The second phase of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, implemented by the LHDA, has seen costs escalate from M8-billion in 2008 to M53-billion today, with delays pushing completion from 2019 to 2028. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi Sechaba Mokhethi The second phase of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project has ballooned from M8-billion in 2008

The Katse Dam, the largest in the Lesotho Highlands Water Project and a key water source for the Vaal Dam, which provides all Johannesburg’s drinking water, is at the centre of a landmark constitutional case to be heard by the Lesotho High Court. Archive photo: Sechaba Mokhethi Sechaba Mokhethi The Lesotho Highlands

A constitutional court case brought by communities affected by the Lesotho Highlands Water Project is to be heard by the Lesotho High Court. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi Sechaba Mokhethi Communities affected by the Lesotho Highlands Water Project have brought a constitutional court case arguing that they were denied fair compensation for decades. More than

Khama-khamane Primary School students learn in an unroofed structure in the Lesotho Highlands. Photos: Sechaba Mokhethi Sechaba Mokhethi US aid cuts have left schools in Lesotho Highlands looking for alternative funding to fund their infrastructure. Children learn in church halls and outdoors, compromising their education. At Sephalane Primary five grades are squeezed into one

The CEO of T-Connect Lesotho, Phelane Phomane, at the launch of Starlink. Sechaba Mokhethi Starlink, Elon Musk’s satellite internet service, has launched in Lesotho through T-Connect Lesotho. The launch comes after massive job losses stemming from 50% US tariffs on Lesotho imports and funding cuts that were led by Musk in the Trump

The future of garment factories in Maseru hangs in the balance as the United States threatens massive tariffs. Sechaba Mokhethi New orders have plummeted at garment factories after the threat of a 50% US tariff on Lesotho and production lines have shut down. Thousands of workers have been sent home, with factory closures

Learners at Ha Samuel Primary School queue for their breakfast. Photos: Sechaba Mokhethi Sechaba Mokhethi A programme designed to feed more than 36,000 learners at 200 schools in Lesotho will now end after abrupt cuts by the US Department of Agriculture. The Lesotho government says it’s own food programme will now cover these

Fish cages in Katse Dam, photo by Sechaba Mokhethi Sanlei Premium Trout reported community donations of fish heads worth M2.9-million, but actually gave less than M450,000 Sechaba Mokhethi SanLei Premium Trout, which farms trout in Lesotho’s Katse Dam under licence from the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA), overstated its donations to the community,

A major US-funded project aimed at boosting Lesotho’s chicken farming industry has been canned. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi Sechaba Mokhethi A M500-million project to boost chicken farming in Lesotho has been canned by the United States Department of Agriculture. The Sustainable Transformation of Enterprises in the Poultry Sector (STEPS) project, launched in 2023, aimed