The second phase of Africa’s largest water transfer scheme—the Lesotho Highlands Water Project—has broken ground paving way for construction of a $856-million dam and water transfer tunnel. LHWP is a ...

The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) is the implementing authority and the Lesotho Highlands Water Commission (LHWC) the oversight authority. Phase II of the LHWP builds on the 2003 ...

The dam in Mokhotlong is part of Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. It is advancing after years of planning setbacks. By the end of July 2025, about M18bn (R18bn) of the project’s M53bn ...

The Court of Appeal has ordered the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority to pay compensation owed since 2013 to more than 600 villagers in Bobete whose livelihoods were disrupted by construction of ...

Villagers in Bobete lost access to riverine resources since the Katse Dam was built The Court of Appeal has ordered the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority to pay compensation owed since 2013 to ...