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Source: GroundUp/Sechaba Mokhethi. A Qingjian Group Company plant in Qacha’s Nek during construction of the Makhaola Lerotholi Highway.

Lesotho community left in ruins by highway projectSechaba Mokhethi

Workers protested outside this project site in Illitha Park, Khayelitsha, since Monday over their unpaid wages. Photo: Vincent Lali / GroundUp

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Workers are seen at a construction site at Protea Glen, a township of Johannesburg, South Africa, 19 March 2021. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

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The new campus for Rivoni School of the Blind includes several large buildings. But work to finish the project has been stalled for most of this year. Photos: Thembi Siaga / GroundUp

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Source: Supplied. Siphamandla Mkhwanazi, Senior Economist at FNB.

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Source: Supplied. Simon Norton, Director: International Zinc Association (IZA) Africa.

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Source: Supplied. Teddy Daka, Group chief executive officer at Zutari.

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Source: Supplied. Dan Payton, chief executive officer of CivilSure.

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The former managing director of a company involved in the multibillion Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) and his business partner have been charged in the Maseru Magistrates’ Court for fraud and money laundering. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi / GroundUp

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