In the heart of Lesotho’s development landscape stands the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA), a structurally born of ambition, strategic partnership, and promises of national prosperity. Yet, beneath the surface of its capital projects lies a troubling paradox: the subordination of constitutional human rights to corporate policy. The LHDA operates under a corporate framework that treats the state and its indigenous peoples as stakeholders of varying privilege, not as bearers of inviolable rights. Its operational policies often drafted in alignment with international partners and financiers…Continue reading with a subscriptionSubscribe for full access to every story.Subscribe - M85/monthAlready a subscriber? Sign in
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