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DA demands urgent probe after pollution halts Lesotho Water Project [SOUND]

# The DA is calling on Water and Sanitation minister, Pemmy Majodina, to urgently task the Auditor General to investigate critical financial and environmental concerns surrounding the Lesotho Highlands Water Project Phase 2. Construction has again been halted due to a contractor polluting nearby rivers and the Katse Dam, contaminating crucial drinking water supplies with acidic wastewater. The DA’s, Stephen Moore, says the project costs have ballooned from 8-billion-rand to 53-billion-rand:

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