There is very little history recorded about Maloti. A bribe of 500 maloti was paid for his release. Kharetsa&colon; named after the aloe which is indigenous to the Maloti Mountains of Lesotho. The majority lived in the district between the Maloti mountains and the Caledon river. Donald's Drift is a settlement within Maloti. It also located in a section of Drakensberg mountains (Maloti in the Sesotho language). It is situated on the Mohlesi ridge of the Drakensberg/Maloti Mountains, north of Sani Pass. Maloti, once a village, is now a rapidly developing township. In 1980, Lesotho introduced its own currency, the loti (plural&colon; maloti). From 1993 to 1998, HIV/AIDS response cost Lesotho's government an estimated 151.2 million Maloti. In 1996, 2 and 5 maloti coins were introduced, followed by 20 lisente in 1998.