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Concerns: Local residents gather to voice their opposition to the construction of the Polihali Dam in Lesotho, as part of the second phase of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

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‘Our Land, Our Lives’: Lesotho villagers challenge Gauteng water scheme

Lesotho villagers allege unsafe conditions and no accountability in the scheme to supply Gauteng

Sheree Bega

Katse Dam in Lesotho is the largest of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project reservoirs, with a storage capacity of nearly 2-billion cubic metres.. (Walter Dhladlhla/Getty Images)

Basotho lose out over new dam that will supply SA with more water

Few benefits will flow to the people on whose land the Polihali Dam is being built

Majara Molupe