South Africa: The Human Cost of SA’s Water Lifeline – Lesotho Communities Go to Court

Thousands of people and hundreds of businesses are taking the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority to court over the Katse and other dam projects

• 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 3,000 people and 889 businesses are suing the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority over the dams project, claiming decades of unpaid or inadequate compensation for land taken…