(August 19, 2001) The corruption trial of Ephraim Sole, the dismissed chief executive of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, resumed this week in the Maseru high court after a two-month recess, only to be halted within a day.
(June 5, 2000) The Lesotho Highlands Water Project corruption trial begins on Monday, with some of the world’s largest construction companies among the accused.
(November 29, 1999) Dam-building companies charged with corruption in a Lesotho court should be suspended from receiving World Bank contracts while they are under investigation, says International Rivers Network.
(August 17, 1999) Several international construction companies that have handled major contracts in Uganda and Kenya have been named in a 12 million rand ($2.5 million) corruption scandal in South Africa and Lesotho
(August 9, 1999) International construction companies bribe top official in large dam project for South Africa. Scandal highlights urgency of implementing OECD Convention against international corruption.
(August 5, 1999) Six of the dozen international companies implicated in the multimillion-rand Lesotho Highlands Water Project bribery case have been linked to other dam-building scandals.
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