How tiny Lesotho turned into Africa’s water tower

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Tiny #Lesotho's #water sustains tens of millions of people throughout the Orange River Basin – an area 25 times the size of the kingdom itself.

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[Mr_M_History]

Used to teach someone from Lesotho. The stories he'd tell showed how shockingly low the standard of living was. The LHWP has been such a sad plundering

[andrewrockwell]

"The people reaping the benefits are not the same as those bearing the costs" is a reoccurring problem around the world.

[NgolaNalane]

As a south african I'm very happy to confirm that I couldn't have explained this better. Lesotho and South Africa have a very delicate relationship even going beyond the water projects. You did an amazing job. Congratulations

[jms]

Used to live in South Africa. Quite interesting to see how I overlooked the value of Lesotho to South Africa and its geopolitics.

[williammokoena]

You absolutely killed it with this one man. Its very rare seeing such high quality content discussing this topic on YouTube. The geopolitics of South Africa (my home country) and Lesotho (my family ancestral home) are an interesting case study showing the political theatre of Southern Africa.

Complete fire🔥🔥

[jsteinman]

I’m a South African, and worked for one of the companies that did prepatory work for the next main phase, which is about to start. This video is surprisingly well done and accurate. Lesotho is a truly beautiful kingdom. SA’s population would not survive without its water and the scheme is quite controversial because it is widely known to the people of Lesotho (based on my interaction with locals) as to how it was born.

[kisarunihofmannndosi]

How refreshing to watch something economically interesting, rather unbiased and well researched from an African country. I'm sure many people learned something new about the world, which they otherwise wouldn't. This is why I'm a long time subscriber!

[mohlomimoleleki]

This is an amazing video. As someone that is from Lesotho and lives here, I can tell you, you absolutely nailed this! Nailed it! I had no idea that the payments are not subject to inflation! This is unbelievable! Construction on the Polihali dam has begun and things are going smoothly. I hope things change so that the basotho people can enjoy the benefits of this water in the long run.

[smandan]

Those Mountains, Rivers, Plateus, Streams are My Home. Haaeso Lesotho 🇱🇸❤️✊🏿😀

[everythingandmo]

Thank you for making this video. My parents are from Lesotho & my most of my family is still there. It breaks my heart to see what has been done to such a great nation.

[engineeringscience]

Thank you Caspian for talking about Africa.

[thari_za]

CaspianReport's pronunciation of Sotho names and place is not that bad🙌🏾

[randomperson]

Lesser known topics like these are great. Probably some of my favorite videos

[scudza]

As a South African, I had no idea about any of this. Thanks for the great video!

[ThabeloChrisMakhele]

I am a Mosotho, ask me something and I will answer. This was well researched but more needs to be done!

[aqeelwilliams]

So glad you covered these countries down on the southern tip of Africa! Never really knew this about Lesotho and SA, even as a native South African. Really love your work - always interesting, detailed and unbiased in analysis. 👌🏼

[tommymclaughlin-artist]

This one was fascinating. I'm embarrassed to say that I only ever knew about Lesotho from the Risk board. Would love more videos on this topic in the future.

[lehlohonolonkalai]

"The people reaping the benefits are not the same as those bearing the costs" - This made me emotional. Some people who were relocated from their homes to make way for the dams now live in abject poverty and cannot even afford basics such as a loaf of bread, clean water, school fees etc.

[kabeloignatiusmosala]

Look at that, I'm 1st here. And I am actually in Lesotho right now. 🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸