Moyeni (Quthing)  
The rich rock art of the Moyeni / Quthing district is testimony to the Bushmen who lived there for millennia. In the past few centuries Baphuthi, Bathepu (Abathembu) and Basotho have become the main inhabitants, and there is still today a mix of languages and cultures. The colonial district headquarters was set up at Silver Spruit (now the site of Leloaleng Industrial School) in 1877, but reestablished on the present site at Upper Moyeni in 1884 after the Gun War. A second
settlement, Lower Moyeni, developed at the foot of the hill below the government buildings area. A tarred road was opened early in the 90s, linking Moyeni with Mohale's Hock. A hotel was opened at Upper Moyeni, and a hospital was also later constructed. In the Senqu valley upstream from Moyeni are many important fossil sites, with an important fossil footprint site close to the town in the process of being developed for visitors  
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