South Africa: Follow the Water – Tracing Lesotho’s Uncertain Water Supply to Johannesburg

The long-term viability of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project faces various threats

Ahead of a six-month scheduled stoppage in supply from the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), which provides water to approximately one fifth of South Africa’s population, GroundUp’s Sean Christie travelled to Lesotho to walk the river catchments of the LHWP. What he found should be alarming for anyone concerned with the long-term viability of the supply.

To say that Johannesburg depends on the Lesotho…