village, southwestern Lesotho. The area in which the village is situated is predominantly agricultural (subsistence farming of wheat, corn 【maize】, and sorghum) and pastoral, the main cash income coming from livestock (sheep, cattle, goats) and the production of wool and mohair for export. As much as one-fifth of the area's population (mostly adult male) may be absent from the district at any given time, working in the mines and farms of South Africa. Mohale's Hoek has a hospital and is connected by road to Maseru, the national capital, 60 miles (100 km) north. Pop. (1976) village, 3,763.