Lesotho: New charge in highlands water project

The director of an international company that took part in the construction of the Lesotho Highlands water project is to be charged with paying a R1 million bribe to a top water commission official. Raymond Stock, a Lahmeyer International director, allegedly paid the money during the period of 1996-99 to Reatile Mochebelele, the then head of the Lesotho Highlands Water Commission.