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Protimos trip to Lesotho
10 December 2009
In early December we made a trip to Lesotho to review the progress of our Seinoli project after 6 months of operation.
Over the last few months the legal team has been gathering more detailed information about the grievances of the dam-affected communities.
On 4 December we held a legal briefing meeting in Durban at the chambers of Andrea Gabriel, a South African advocate who will take on the cases when we get to litigation stage. The legal team have identified 4 areas where strategic legal action would have the greatest impact:
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•Villages in the Katse area left without adequate water supply after seismic activities from the dam.
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•Co-operative societies who have not received promised communal compensation payments following relocation and resettlement.
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•The ‘blue river’ - effluent from local factories flowing through resettled villages on the outskirts of Maseru causing irritation and health problems.
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•Lack of adequate consultation processes between the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) and the affected communities.
Another important issue is the next phase of the LHWP, the Polihali dam, which is underway and will potentially affect thousands more people in the surrounding areas.
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