The country is heavily dependent on South Africa, where over the decades thousands of Basotho have worked in the mines.

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Small, landlocked, and mountainous, Lesotho relies on remittances from Basotho employed in South Africa, customs duties from the Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU), and export revenue for the majority of government revenue.

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