Lelimo: a life cut short
MASERU – ’Mathabo Lelimo, 37, a committed sportswoman, died last weekend after she was allegedly beaten and strangled by her boyfriend.
The killing has torched an outpouring of emotions in Sea Point in Maseru where she lived.
Lelimo, 37, a keen sportswoman, was serving as a commissioner at the Lesotho Recreation and Sports Commission (LRSC) at the time of her death.
She was allegedly beaten and strangled to death by her boyfriend, a man she had looked up to as her protector.
The boyfriend fled the scene following the incident.
Her younger sister ’Maselebalo Lelimo said it had become routine for the sisters to meet up on Sundays and drive together to church.