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.

Phase 1 of the LHWP was officially completed in 2004. Phase 2 of the LHWP will include the construction of a new 165-million-cubic-metre dam, the Polihali, in Lesotho; a transfer tunnel from the ...

‘The degradation of montane and alpine wetlands in the Maloti-Drakensberg region of South Africa and Lesotho is likely one of the greatest threats to water security in water-scarce southern ...

Arid Botswana has finalised a deal with South Africa and Lesotho to tap some of the water from the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. Wednesday, July 2, 2025 News ...