[citation needed] Mokoena-Mokhali's career began when she was working as a Field Technician in Lesotho on the Metolong Cultural Resource Management project.
[1][2][3] However, she has been interested in the past from a young age and says that it was the "powerful experience" of finding out her own family history which inspires her still.
by combining historical and scientific approaches, her research brought to light previously unknown and ignored histories of Basotho by highlighting the daily lives of people who settled on the mountain.
[citation needed] Her practice includes working with local communities to examine the rock art in Matatiele in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, which in turn led to those communities producing recommendations that included their views and protected their sacred places.
She is also a co-author of the Historical Dictionary of Lesotho [4] In addition to her research, she has also held roles on the council of the Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists (ASAPA).