Flood damage at Polihali dam in Lesotho expected to delay water delivery to SA The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority said that no employees were injured at the Polihali dam site in Mokhotlong but it had been evacuated and work had been temporarily suspended. FILE: An aerial view of a dam from phase 1 of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. Picture: http://www.lhda.org.ls/
53 days ago
JOHANNESBURG - Temporary shelters and construction equipment for the Lesotho Highlands Water Project have been washed away by floods at the Polihali dam site in Mokhotlong.
Heavy rainfall has filled up rivers and dams, causing flooding that has left a trail of destruction.
Shot on location in his native Lesotho, Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s story of an elderly woman’s pious journey of reclamation in the face of displacement has its sights set on the Oscars.
This story was first published inNew Frame
Lesotho is fondly known as the Kingdom in the Sky, as its mountainous terrain elevates it more than 1 000m above sea level. This small enclave of a country, completely landlocked by South Africa, has a population of about two million, making it one of the smallest states in the world. But out of these peaks has emerged a feature film, set in the world of its landscape and written and directed by one of its own.
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s
This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection has made history as the country’s first official submission to the Best International Feature Film category at the upcoming Oscars.