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Concerns: Local residents gather to voice their opposition to the construction of the Polihali Dam in Lesotho, as part of the second phase of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

‘Our Land, Our Lives’: Lesotho villagers challenge Gauteng water scheme

Lesotho villagers allege unsafe conditions and no accountability in the scheme to supply Gauteng

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
The second phase of the Lesotho Highlands must not repeat the mistakes of the first phase in which women were displaced and disempowered. Photo: File

Lesotho Highlands Water Project must work with women, not against them

Public banks – Development Bank of Southern Africa, African Development Bank and the New Development Bank – and the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority render women invisible in a process that professes to be inclusive

5 min read
Watershed: The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority building in Maseru. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi

How South Africa’s Lesotho water project costs ballooned by R45bn

Political and administrative delays, treaty complications and changes in government leadership contributed to the jump

  • Eyaaz
5 min read