By Neo Kolane
The Lekhotla family started a business called ‘Beyond the Sunset Tombstone’ which specialises in tombstones after their mother’ worked at a funeral parlour for six years.
Beyond the Sunset Tombstone is an enterprise that started operations on February 1 2021. It builds graves and supply granite tombstones with chips or slap for new and old graves. The tombstones are top polished or wholly polished.
Beyond the Sunset Tombstone has two workshops; one at Lekhalong in the Mohale’s Hoek district and the other is near Unity Primary School in Khubetsoana.
In an interview with theReporter, the Maseru branch manager, Teboho Lekhotla, said that in as much as his mother worked for a funeral parlour that offers counsel and comfort to families and friends of the deceased and arrange for the removal of the deceased’s body to prepare for the funeral, she opted to specialise in selling tombstones.
Lekhotla explained that the employees blast, design, shape and polish the granite into whatever the shape is sought by the customer. The sheet of either granite or marble is imported into Lesotho from South Africa.
Lekhotla that tombstones are so important as they designate the resting place of the individual. It is, added Lekhotla, is also a significant monument that depicts the deceased.
“What stands out about our business is that we are patient and gentle when dealing with clients as they morn their dead ones,” Lekhotla said.
The business managed to buy cutting machines that produce high quality products that are sold to the clients for the peaceful resting of their loved ones.
“We also managed to be in contact with other tombstone companies that will assist us with complex designs,” Lekhotla said.
The tombstones range from M6 000 to M 80 000 depending on the design.
