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- ↑ "MAQELEPO LEADS BICENTENNIAL FUNWALK". 26 April 2024.
- ↑ "Lesotho Five Ministers sworn-in". 8 November 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
- ↑ "Minister of Health Motlatsi Maqelepo".
- ↑ "Sectors pledge to strengthen health systems".
- ↑ "I can to turn everything I touch to gold: Maqelepo".
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