News

Fishers at Katse Dam in Lesotho's Highlands claim they have been beaten by officials policing the area on behalf of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA). The dam is part of the ...
The Gauteng province and parts of Johannesburg have been battling water outages going back several weeks, and even months for ...
The agricultural sector has expressed a number of concerns ahead of the Department of Water Affairs shutting down the Katse and Mohale dams supplying the Vaal River for a six-month rehabilitation ...
The Katse dam is a seriously impressive piece of design. Standing at 185m (600 feet) tall, it is Africa’s second largest curved dam. Completed in 1996, it forms part of the Lesotho Highlands ...
But farmers say that if they could irrigate crops with water from the vast Katse Dam they could increase their yield. “I am very angry about that water, because it could benefit us, we could use ...
Nestled between the rolling Maluti mountains and just a stone's throw from the Katse Dam, which is Africa's second largest, is the headquarters of Highlands Trout. Image source, Roderick Macleod ...
Oily and acidic wastewater has been dumped into rivers relied on by rural communities, and into the Katse reservoir which provides drinking water to South Africa. The company has until 26 May to ...
The South African rowing squad have been reaping the benefits of their high-altitude training camps on the Katse Dam in neighbouring Lesotho since the end of 2013. Limited resources compelled ...
Cape Town - Lesotho has come to the rescue of its neighbours in South Africa by sharing much-needed water from the Katse Dam with Aliwal North. The water was released in terms of a bilateral agreement ...
Johannesburg - The bodies of the pilot and passenger of the Lesotho defence force helicopter that crashed into the Katse Dam in Lesotho 12 days ago, were brought ashore and flown to the government ...
FILE: The Katse Dam in the Lesotho Highlands, part of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. Picture: Sechaba Mokhethi/GroundUp Pheello Seafo says he was beaten up by police last year because he was ...