Persistent and severe droughts have drastically curtailed Lesotho’s capacity to produce its own hydropower, shoving the country into a perennial power crisis. Pulitzer Center #RainforestReporter Sechaba Mokhethi for CIJ 👇 bit.ly/4a2yoTI

Irony of Lesotho’s energy crisis is striking: its dams are full, thanks to a halt in water transfers to SA, allowing Lesotho to maintain its hydroelectric plant. However, the nation won’t benefit from renewable energy potential full dams offer|Sechaba Mokhethi lescij.org/2025/01/26/les…

Go behind the scenes of a groundbreaking investigation revealing how journalists uncovered climate change’s hidden impact on hydropower in Lesotho and Zambia. #ClimateChange #EnergyCrisis |Sechaba Mokhethi Cindy Sipula| Powered by Pulitzer Center lescij.org/2025/02/08/beh…

1,500 health workers sent home after US aid suspended. Trump blocking aid threatens vital health services|Writes Sechaba Mokhethi lescij.org/2025/02/11/150…

Fear of a surge in new infections as antiretroviral medicines become harder to get||Writes Sechaba Mokhethi . lescij.org/2025/03/05/we-…

US President Donald J. Trump Trump says nobody has ever heard of Lesotho. But his colleague Elon Musk, head of the new Department of Government Efficiency , is currently seeking a licence to provide internet services in Lesotho.||Writes Sechaba Mokhethi lescij.org/2025/03/06/elo…

A company which claims to be the biggest trout farm in Africa contributed only R5,000 to the community fund in the Katse Dam catchment area in the Lesotho Highlands. Local farmers say the dam has changed conditions for the worse.|Sechaba Mokhethi lescij.org/2025/03/14/the…

Fishers at Katse Dam claim they have been beaten by officials policing the area on behalf of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority. The #LHDA denies any abuse.||Writes Sechaba Mokhethi lescij.org/2025/04/24/fig…

MNN CIJ Sechaba Mokhethi Turning people who were once self-sustaining into beggars for fish heads and tails is simply cruel. Sies! 🚮🚮🚮

A 6-billion Maloti American-funded development project in Lesotho is on the verge of collapse as the United States moves to shut down the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the agency behind the programme.|| Sechaba Mokhethi lescij.org/2025/04/30/us-…

A construction company working on Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project has been forced to suspend operations because it has been dumping acidic and oily wastewater into nearby rivers and the Katse reservoir.||Writes Sechaba Mokhethi lescij.org/2025/05/13/les…

The thorny truth of Lesotho’s rosehip industry, villagers survive on meagre earnings while big companies make millions|| Writes Sechaba Mokhethi lescij.org/2025/05/15/the…

IN the heart of Lesotho, where tales of struggle and resilience are woven into the fabric of everyday life, one young lawyer stands as a beacon of hope. Born in Roma and raised in Maseru, Advocate Mokitimi Tšosane, has transformed his personal tribulations into a passionate

A major US-funded project aimed at boosting Lesotho’s chicken farming industry has been canned.||Writes Sechaba Mokhethi| lescij.org/2025/05/28/big…

Only 12% of Lesotho’s R2.2-billion health budget was government-funded last year. More than half of the budget came from USAID and the US Centre for Disease Control. With 93% of USAID funds cut this year, 652 frontline workers have had to be laid off. groundup.org.za/article/lesoth…

Sanlei Premium Trout reported community donations of fish heads worth M2.9-million, but actually gave less than M450,000||Writes Sechaba Mokhethi | lescij.org/2025/06/04/tro…

A programme designed to feed more than 36,000 learners at 200 schools in Lesotho will now end after abrupt cuts by the US Department of Agriculture.||Writes Sechaba Mokhethi| lescij.org/2025/06/06/us-…

We are excited to share that one of our documentaries was featured in the Films Investigating Global Manufacturing, screened at the Washington D.C. Environmental Film Festival. Our documentary starts from 33:33 mins of the compilation: | See it here: youtube.com/watch?v=Zr79g3… |

US aid cuts have been bad news for schools in the remote highlands of Lesotho. Learners take classes under the open skies. Lessons have to be shortened and classes cancelled during bad weather||Writes Sechaba Mokhethi lescij.org/2025/06/27/us-…

From M8-billion to M53-billion, South Africa explains the Lesotho water project cost surge|| Writes Sechaba Mokhethi lescij.org/2025/08/13/how…