Early Life and Career
Born in Leribe, Jonathan was a minor chief, like many others a great-grandson of the polygamous King Moshoeshoe I.
Jonathan worked as a mine induna at Brakpan and but because he was a chief he went back to Rakolo's in got involved in local government in Basutoland from 1937 and was a member of delegations to London that sought self-government in Basutoland.
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