Roma Attractions
The university town of Roma was founded by Moshoeshoe in 1862, and some years later a Roman Catholic mission station was established here, which in 1945 became a college and later still a university.
The road, at first still asphalted, continues southeast (from here to Semonkong it is 83km/52mi), but soon (beyond Ngope) degenerates into an unsurfaced track, running through very beautiful scenery, with villages, fields of maize, herds of cattle and flocks of sheep. In March the country is gay with the blossom of cosmeas and wild peach-trees.
Here too (for example at the village of Ha Mpotu) there are caves containing Bushman paintings. The great expanses of reeds in this area have given the principal river, the Malehlakana, its name (''Mother of Reeds'').
The road, at first still asphalted, continues southeast (from here to Semonkong it is 83km/52mi), but soon (beyond Ngope) degenerates into an unsurfaced track, running through very beautiful scenery, with villages, fields of maize, herds of cattle and flocks of sheep. In March the country is gay with the blossom of cosmeas and wild peach-trees.
Here too (for example at the village of Ha Mpotu) there are caves containing Bushman paintings. The great expanses of reeds in this area have given the principal river, the Malehlakana, its name (''Mother of Reeds'').
