Lesotho: A R7-Billion Dam but No Tap Water for Local Villagers in Lesotho

“We host this project. But we do not benefit,” says village spokesperson

• Communities living around the Metolong Dam, built at a cost of R7-billion to supply water to Maseru and other towns, have no access to tap water.
• Instead they rely on water from untreated wells and streams shared with livestock.
• Pleas from the Machache Water Supply Movement have been ignored by government.
• Minister of Natural Resources Mohlomi Moleko says the communities will be supplied by the Greater Maseru Water Supply…