Public works minister Matjato Moteane is a shareholder in a local firm the government plans to invite to participate. Photo: Rets'elisitsoe Khabo Motsamai Mokotjo Lesotho has signed a US$6.2-billion agreement with US-based Convalt Energy to build a hydropower plant and AI data centre. Sekhametsi Investment Consortium is among the local firms the energy

A 1,485-metre Polihali TBM access tunnel, excavated beneath Tloha-Re-Bue village to facilitate construction of the transfer tunnel from Polihali Dam to Katse Dam. Photos: Sechaba Mokhethi Tloha-Re-Bue villagers say a borehole, wells and springs that supplied the village for decades have dried up since tunnel blasting began under their village. One villager

Dust from Polihali Dam construction and quarry sites regularly engulfs the nearby village of Tsekong. Photos: Sechaba Mokhethi. “It looks like gathering rain clouds. The dust is very dark. You can see it coming from both quarry sites until it covers the whole of Tsekong” Mamohlakola Letuka and Selloane Nyakane The Lesotho Highlands

Last week, scores of disgruntled members of the SGK pyramid scheme gathered outside the office of SGK Brand Image Store, registered earlier this year by Mampoi Makhetha. This is the same office where, in February, FNB employees helped recruits open bank accounts. Archive photo: Thetso Letsepe. Sechaba Mokhethi SGK, an extensive pyramid

Scores of disgruntled members of the SGK pyramid scheme gathered outside the office of SGK Brand Image Store, registered earlier this year by Mampoi Makhetha, who says she was duped into opening a company and bank account. Photos: Khotsofalang Koloi. Sechaba Mokhethi A pyramid scheme disguised as a digital marketing company, has

(Left) Hari Achuthan during the MOU signing in Maseru. Photo: US Embassy Sechaba Mokhethi Also read Part One: Questions over vetting process as Lesotho signs M98bn Kobong deal Court records and public contracts from New York show that Convalt Energy's previous flagship manufacturing project never materialised despite receiving public funding and government support. For nearly

Hari Achuthan, Convalt Energy’s founder, president and CEO, seals the M98 billion hydropower deal with Lesotho Minister of Energy, Lejone Mpotjoane.Photo: US Embassy Sechaba Mokhethi The company selected to develop what could become Lesotho’s largest-ever foreign direct investment has a track record that raises important questions about the government’s due diligence before

View of the SUN JV workers' camp at the Polihali project in Mokhotlong. The camp houses over a thousand workers involved in the construction of the Polihali Dam under Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. Photos: Sechaba Mokhethi ‘Mamohlakola Letuka The Sun JV consortium behind the M7.68 billion Polihali Dam