{"id":23674,"date":"2026-02-12T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T08:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/maintenance-of-lesotho-highlands-water-project\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:34:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:34:26","slug":"maintenance-of-lesotho-highlands-water-project","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/maintenance-of-lesotho-highlands-water-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Maintenance underway at Lesotho Highlands Water Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wnVEW\">\n<div data-test-id=\"mailMessageBodyContainer\">\n<div class=\"Yy5or customScrollBar GNqVo allowTextSelection\">\n<div class=\"OuGoX BIZfh\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"document\" aria-label=\"Message body\" data-fui-focus-visible=\"\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">On September 30, 2024, the Lesotho Highlands Water Project shut down the transfer tunnel to South Africa (SA) for maintenance.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The scheduled maintenance takes place every 10 years, in Lesotho tunnel, and it is inspected for possible areas of wear and tear, particularly on the steel linings.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"g4Y3U\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"T_6Xj YJN2u\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">The Lesotho project transfers 780 million cubic metres of water per year to SA Gauteng Province per annum.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"wnVEW\">\n<div data-test-id=\"mailMessageBodyContainer\">\n<div class=\"T31hC customScrollBar GNqVo allowTextSelection\">\n<div class=\"OuGoX BIZfh\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"document\" aria-label=\"Message body\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The tunnel requires general inspection and repair works to be conducted.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This is to ensure the integrity and reliability of the entire water tunnel system.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It is a transfer tunnel linking Katse Dam with Muela power station and Muela Dam.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21206,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-23674","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":null,"news_description":"Lesotho Highlands Water Project","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26569,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23674\/revisions\/26569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=23674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}