(March 18, 2004) Foreign companies were the prime movers in the corruption of Lesotho officials in the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, President Mbeki said this week.
South Africa to help Lesotho sue corrupt contractors
(March 18, 2004) Southern African kingdom faces enormous costs for litigation against companies that bribed officials to win water project deals.
The key word is failure, Ms. Kelly
(March 17, 2004) This week has seen the opening of a £5 billion multinational dam project in tiny Lesotho, in southern Africa, that has already become more famous for exposing bribery than delivering water.
Mountain kingdom rates high in governance
(March 17, 2004) Lesotho yesterday officially opened Africa’s largest dam and water project – a stunning $8 billion (R53.2 billion) scheme that has involved the impoverished kingdom in fighting and winning unprecedented battles against corporate graft.
Lesotho opens graft-hit dam project
(March 16, 2004) The project has drawn attention to the corrupt practices of some Western companies working in Africa.
Lesotho commended on corruption bust in water project
(March 16, 2004) President Thabo Mbeki has heaped praises on the Lesotho government on the way it has dealt with malpractices at the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, saying the action ensured increased investor confidence in future projects.
Related articles: Canadian firm in World Bank corruption probe
(March 16, 2004) The World Bank has formally reopened a corruption inquiry into a leading Canadian engineering company, which could lead to the first blacklisting of a major international firm.
Acres’ Lesotho woes continue
(March 16, 2004) Acres International Ltd., already convicted in an African bribery case, could be barred from World Bank-financed projects for corruption, the bank confirmed yesterday. It would be the first major international engineering firm to suffer that shame.
Three strikes against graft: assessing the impact of high-profile corruption
(March 15, 2004) Discussion paper on the Lesotho highlands bribery prosecutions.
At Goliath’s feet: the Lesotho corruption and bribery trials
(March 15, 2004) Barrister Fiona Darroch provides an overview of the landmark Lesotho Highlands Water Project corruption trials and addresses some of the wider implications for the international community.
Three strikes against graft
(March 15, 2004) A paper delivered to the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) seminar on the impact of
high-profile corruption cases in Lesotho, Mozambique and South Africa, held in Gauteng, South Africa, March 15-17, 2004.
African legislators wage war against corruption
(March 11, 2004) This week, parliamentarians across Africa gathered in Abuja, Nigeria for a two-day conference on corruption. Under the auspices of African Parliamentarians Against Corruption (APNAC), participants were expected to debate questions such as the role of parliaments in preventing crimes of laundering and the trafficking of minerals, money and humans, and the establishment of preventive mechanisms and the role of national parliaments in helping to recover looted wealth stashed in other countries, particularly in the West.
We’ll conquer corruption, declares Nevers Mumba
(March 6, 2004) We want to win the fight against corruption at all costs but we will also ensure that fair justice is given to those implicated. We want justice in our fight against corruption and our men and women in the courts of law are aware of the challenge.
Global company fined R10m for Lesotho bribery
(February 25, 2004) One of the world’s leading electrical companies, Schneider Electric, was fined R10 million in the Lesotho High Court today after admitting to bribery.
Despotic leaders beware, peer review is here . . .
(February 24, 2004) The recent African leaders’ summit in Rwanda finally adopted a unique peer-review system that has the potential of irreversibly changing the face of governance in Africa.
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