National university of lesotho

NUL Student Mixes Plastic Trash and Sandstone into a Material for Tiles

Chemical Technology student at the National University of Lesotho (NUL), Kabelo Moroeng, has been cooking up something interesting in the lab. He’s taking thrown-away plastic: the bags and bottles…and quartz from sandstone… and turning then into material good enough to make strong tiles. That’s right! The future of floors and wall wall tiles might just […]

NUL Students Hunt for the Secrets of “Lephakatlali” a Lightning Magnet!

Physics students at the National University of Lesotho (NUL), Thabang Ralitjobo and Mothepane Shale, have been playing detective with one of Lesotho’s biggest mysteries: a place called Lephakatlali. You might have heard stories from your grandparents. It’s a special spot on top of a mountain that lightning loves to strike, again and again. Some myths […]