Lesotho’s Failed Multi-Million Rand High-Altitude Sports Centre

The decaying Rapokolana facility was built in 2005 but has never been fully operational. It is a missed opportunity for athletes from South Africa and Lesotho.

• Built in 2005 to attract elite athletes, the M55-million Rapokolana centre has never been fully operational.
• Communities around Rapokolana say promised jobs and local economic benefits never materialised.
• Now South Africa plans to revive the abandoned centre as a regional high-altitude training hub.

High in the mountains, Lesotho’s most…