Lesotho's 'white gold': Water, water everywhere ....
weekly newspaper. Communities living within sight of Lesotho’s two biggest dams endure a daily struggle to get safe water because the “white gold” they can see but cannot reach is destined for neighbouring South Africa. The landlocked country has earned a total of 11.2-billion maloti ($746-million) for selling 16,401.3 million cubic metres of clean water to its bigger, much wealthier neighbour from 1996 to 2020, according to the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA), the project’s implementing agency. In 2020 alone, Lesotho earned 1.03-billion maloti (about $69-million) when...
Source: dailymaverick.co.za