(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

A view of the Polihali Village gates shows a blue pond on the left, and just outside the fence, an area below the road used by Masakong villagers for open defecation. Residents cross the tarred road daily from their village on the right to reach this site, entering through a

Motlalepula Lethala makes a living by ferrying people in a small aluminium boat across the Senqu River in Qacha’s Nek, Lesotho. Screenshot from video: Ashraf Hendricks Sechaba Mokhethi Every day at about 6am, Motlalepula Lethala pushes his small aluminium boat onto the Senqu River in Qacha’s Nek. Lethala has ferried people across one

Management at Lesotho’s Scott Hospital sat in silence as a medical waste contractor falsely identified itself to villagers at a public meeting convened to address the dumping of hazardous medical waste in their community. Photo © Retšelisitsoe Khabo

The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority's offices in Maseru. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi Sechaba Mokhethi Malawian politician Helen Buluma was appointed as secretary of the Lesotho Highlands Water Commission (LHWC) in April. Buluma previously acted as deputy CEO of Malawi’s state oil company, where she faced allegations of mismanagement. She was fired in 2022