(May 21, 2002) Dam project chief given millions to place contracts companies gave millions to dam project official.

(May 21, 2002) Canadian company, Acres, denied links to bribery scandal.

(May 21, 2002) The former chief executive of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, Masupha Sole, convicted in the multi-million rand bribery trial linked to the massive Lesotho Highlands Water Project, has been remanded in custody at a Maseru Hospital.

(May 20, 2002) A former senior official in Lesotho has been found guilty of taking bribes from a consortium of international firms in relation to a highly controversial water development project.

(May 20, 2002) A historic decision: a court in Lesotho has convicted an African official of taking bribes from international construction firms.

(December 9, 2001) The Lesotho and South African governments are headed for a clash with the World Bank after the financial institution decides not to fund the kingdom’s legal costs in a crucial corruption case.

(November 26, 2001) Police attempt to disrupt demonstrations, injuring three.

(August 15, 2001) Just six days are left until Swiss banks officials cough out their knowledge about former Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) Chief Executive Masupha Sole’s secret financial accounts.

(July 18, 2001) Most OECD nations already have laws that prohibit the commission of a crime, such as bribery, abroad. Canada does. But there’s never been a single court case brought against a Canadian company. Here’s the rub: We profit from corruption.

(June 17, 2001) Ephraim Sole, the former chief executive of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA), rose in Maseru’s high court and pleaded "not guilty" to 16 criminal charges of bribery and two counts of fraud before Judge Brandon Cullinan.