Mokhele Rantsie Likate
Chairman, Moradi (Pty) Ltd
Born 01-11-1952
in Bloemfontein
South Africa
Mokhele Rantsie Likate has had a greatly varied career that spanned both public and private sectors. While in the public service, he rose up the ladder to occupy very senior posts at very early ages and, at around the same time, founded Moradi (Pty) Ltd, a company operating in the stone crushing field. Over the years,it remained the sole supplier of crushed stone aggregates to the Lesotho construction industry. Later on, Mokhele was appointed member of the Independent Electoral Commission which steered Lesotho from an era of post election violence. At the end of this term, he served as his country's first Ambassador to Japan.
Mokhele Rantsie Likate's Professional details
Current Position(s)
Previous Position(s)
Educational history
Secondary
St. Stephens High School, Mohales Hoek (1971)
St. Agnes Secondary School, Teyateyaneng (1969)
Tertiary
Los Angeles, United States of America | 1979 - 1980
Master of Public Administration - MPA - Public Administration
Roma | 1972 - 1976
Bachelor of Arts - Government and Administration
Achievements
media exposure
Dicussing Lesotho economic potential.
Covering a visit to the Head Office of the One Village One Product movement in Oita, Japan.
Covering appointment as Ambassador to Japan.
Covering appointment to the Independent Electoral Commission.
Reporting an election result.
Reporting an election result.
Settling a possible electoral dispute over a suspicion by members of opposition political parties that ballot papers could have been tempered with at the Mabote Constituency.
Receiving a donation of electoral ink from the Indian government on behalf of the Independent Electoral Commission of Lesotho
Delivering closing remarks after a seminar on Africa on behalf of African Ambassadors on Africa Day.
Covering Lesotho on Independence day.
Other Achievements
Co-founded Lesotho Brick and Pave (Pty) Ltd | 2004
Lesotho Brick and Pave is a company doing business in the manufacture of concrete bricks of different sizes and form, pavers and earth retainers. It is a downstream industry of the stone crushing operation, Moradi (Pty) Ltd, which feeds it with its main material.
Founded Taung Ranches (Pty) Ltd | 1995
Taung Ranches was a cattle buying and selling, feedlot running, as well as a butchery operating concern. A successful enterprise that made a name in Maseru but, regrettably, fell victim to and had to close shop after the melt-down of the Lesotho economy following the political riots of 1998.
Founded Moradi (Pty) Ltd | During Private Time | 1981
Moradi (Pty) Ltd is Lesotho's biggest and leading dolerite stone mining and crushing concern which, from its initial plant in Morija, in the south of Lesotho, has fed the construction industry with superior quality crushed stone for the construction of buildings, roads and other infrastructural amenities. There is numerous structures, big and small, and vast stretches of tarred roads which all bear testimony to Moradi's many years of dilligent service. In time, it spawned a new crusher in Peka, in the north, and, in partnership with another company, the Lesotho Brick and Pave (Pty) Ltd which has already emerged as a dominant force in its sector.
