Boring through the Maluti: the state of Lesotho’s biggest infrastructure project

Two giant machines are now boring toward each other from opposite ends of the Maluti Mountains, a longest-ever bridge has been inaugurated by two heads of state, and cumulative water royalties paid to Maseru have exceeded M19 billion. Phase Two of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project is running ten percent behind schedule and R11 billion over its last budget estimate, but it is unmistakably moving. On 20 April 2026, South Africa’s Minister of Water and Sanitation Pemmy Majodina, Deputy Minister…Continue reading with a subscriptionSubscribe for full access to every story.Subscribe - M85/monthAlready a subscriber? Sign in Advertisement ...