This newspaper was published in 1926-1970, and is part of the NLSA's Black Press Newspaper Collection. It was aimed mainly at the white trading community [of the Free State] and, to a lesser extent, colonial authorities and missionaries in Lesotho, but it was read by blacks as well as whites in Lesotho and in the Orange Free State. It covered constitutional developments in Lesotho during the 1950s and 1960s, for example, and carried extensive reports on such news events as the ritual murder trials.

Mochochonono and Naledi ea Lesotho were the only known publications independent of the missionary societies, the British colonial government and other white individuals and institutions, and even the monarchy, in Lesotho during the 1911-1953. From 1934 Mochochonono became a newspaper of more moderate African opinion. It incorporated Naledi ea Lesotho in 1937 and was itself incorporated in Mphatlalatsane in November 1953.

Published 1958-1964 in Johannesburg by Bantu Press for the High Commission territories of Bechuanaland (Botswana), Basutoland (Lesotho) and Swaziland. African Echo was issued in three editions: Naledi ya Batswana (The Voice of the Batswana) for Tswana speakers, Lentsoe la Basotho (The Voice of the Basotho) for Sotho speakers, and Izwi lama Swazi (The Voice of the Swazi) for the Swazi people who at the time read and wrote in Zulu. The newspaper was essentially the mouthpiece of the British colonial  administration which helped subsidize the publication.

NOTE: Later [198-?] it was published by the Lesotho Ministry of Information in Maseru.

NOTE: Not to be confused with Lentsoe (Lentswe) la Batho, founded probably in 1899  in Maseru, Lesotho, and edited by Josiel Lefela. His newspaper apparently offered an alternative to the editorial policies of Leselinyana la Lesotho at the time.

African Leader was founded in Johannesburg by George Hashe, an ex-overseer in a mine compound, who bought Abantu-Batho's press and used it to print the new newspaper. T. D. Mweli Skota, a prominent leader in the African National Congress, was the editor, and Gilbert Coka resigned from Bantu World to join the newspaper. English-language contributors included H. Selby Msimang, Pixley Seme, Halley Plaatje, S. H. Mbulawa, Joel Nduma, Jessie Ntandatu, P. D. Max Mashicila and several pseudonymous writers. It was issued in sections: English, Zulu (Umholi we Afrika), Sotho (Moetapele oa Afrika), Xhosa (Inkokeli ye Afrika). One of several party organs founded after the death of Abantu-Batho, it was highly regarded as a newspaper and it was apparently successful in competition against Bantu World. The newspaper incorporated Ikwezi le Afrika in November 1932. African Leader failed less than a year later, according to Roux, "through sheer bad business management" (Roux 1964, Couzens 1976, Reed personal communication).