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Named after the mother of Johannes Brand, four-time President of the Orange Free State, Ladybrand began in 1869 as a cave church. Ladybrand lies in the fertile Caledon Valley overlooking the Maluti & Drakensberg Mountain range.
Ladybrand is a multi-national town and a favourite of people who work in Lesotho, to buy property in Ladybrand.
Foreigners buying property in Ladybrand are mostly Taiwanese, Chinese, Indian and Lesotho Residents.
Most mountains in the area are capped with sandstone cliffs. The first house in Ladybrand was built with Sandstone. It was then characteristic of the buildings erected in Ladybrand and surrounding Mantsopa municipal area. There are 8 buildings that have been granted National Monument status in honour of the architecture and exceptional sandstone craftsmanship.
Attractions in Ladybrand are: Leliehoek, a resort with excellent accommodation and other facilities. Rose Cottage Cave which was occupied during the stone age and also the rock crevice known as “the Stables” where Boer horsemen hide during the war. A sandstone bridge that was built during the Anglo Boer war can still be seen. A fossilized Dinosaur footprint, the only one of it's kind in South Africa, is found in Ladybrand.
Ladybrand and Clocolan are situated in the Eastern Free State, on a main route (R26) linking the Cape and Garden Route, to KwaZulu Natal, Gauteng and Mpumalanga. The Southern Highlands also link South Africa and the mountain kingdom of Lesotho.
Each season in Ladybrand offer its own attractions; roaring, open log fires in winter, cherry blossoms and then the succulent fruit in spring, hot summer days and golden autumn sunsets.
Maseru being the capital of Lesotho, has most of the Embassies and consultates situated there. Border posts at Maseru Birdge and Maputsoe being open 24h a day. Lesotho’s standard unit of currency is the loti (plural Maloti, symbol M) which is equivalent to the South African Rand.
