Morero oa Metsi a Lihlaba

Morero oa Metsi a Lihlaba Lesotho (LHWP) ke morero o tsoelang pele oa phepelo ea metsi o nang le karolo ea motlakase oa metsi, o ntlafalitsoeng ka kopanelo lipakeng tsa mebuso ea Lesotho le Afrika Boroa. onale le karolo ea matamo a maholo le litselana kahare ho le Lesotho mme e fana ka metsi ho noka ea Vaal River Afrika Boroa. kahara Lesotho, e akarelletsa linōka tsa Malibamatso, Matsoku, Senqunyane le Senqu. Ke lenaneo le leholo ka ho fetisisa la ho fetisetsa metsi Afrika.

Sepheo sa morero ona ke ho fa Lesotho mohloli oa lekhetho ka phepelo ea metsi ho Afrika Boroa, hammoho le ho hlahisa motlakase oa metsi bakeng sa Lesotho.  Ho tloha ka 2015, litefiso tse lefuoang ke Afrika Boroa ho mmuso oa Lesotho li lekana le li milione tse 780 tsa liranta, e lekanang le liperesente tse ka bang 5 tsa chelete ea naha ea Lesotho ntle le lekhetho.  Matla a motlakase a metsi a entse hore Lesotho e ikarabelle bakeng sa tlhahiso ea motlakase, leha ho le joalo, litletlebo li kenyelelitse tahlehelo ea mokhoa oa ho iphelisa bakeng sa batho ba qalang le litlamorao tsa tikoloho. 

 Nalane 
Sepheo sa ho theha letamo sebakeng seo bo ile ba etelloa pele ke Mokhomishenara e Moholo oa Borithane Sir Evelyn Baring ka bo-1950, kamora hore qalong a qale ho qaptjoa ke moenjiniere oa moaho oa Afrika Boroa Ninham Shand ha a ntse a etsa lipatlisiso ha a le thomong ea Mmuso oa Borithani linōkeng tsa Lesotho.  Joalokaha ho ne ho reriloe sethathong, morero ona o ne o tsejoa e le Morero oa Oxbow.

Kamora hore ho etsoe boithuto ba bokhoni pakeng tsa Phato 1983 le Phato 1986 ke Jeremane-British Lahmeyer MacDonald Consortium, morero o ile oa tsoelapele.  Ho 'nile ha boleloa hore morero ona o bile le litlamorao tse mpe sechabeng le tikolohong. Le ha matšeliso a ne a fanoa ka mokhoa o tloaelehileng mme a lefuoa malapeng a makholo a seng makae a amehileng ke meeli, ho na le tletlebo ea hore ha ea lekana. 

Hamorao tjena, metsi a tsoang ho morero ona a 'nile a lokolloa ka nōkeng ea Mohokare (Caledon) ho fana ka metsi ho Maseru linakong tsa khaello e tebileng. Matamo a macha a tletse joalokaha hone ho hakantsoe 'me ho theoha ha metsi ho tloha matamong ho ea linokeng tse ho ntse ho tsoela pele ka morero o reretsoeng ho boloka tekano ea tikoloho. Metsi ana a tsoang a phallela Senqu (Orange) 'me ha a ntse a boloka tikoloho e le teng, a tsoela feela metse e phallang linōkeng molemo.   [<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2011)">citation needed</span>]

Morero ona o bile le tšusumetso e kholo ho meralo ea motheo ea Lesotho, kaha ho ile ha hahoa lik'hilomithara tse makholo tsa litsela tse hahiloeng ka mokhoa oa boenjiniere ho ntlafatsa mekhoa ea hofihlela libakeng tse fapaneng tsa kaho, hammoho le litsela tse ling tse kenellang tse potolohileng matamo.

Ho tloha sethathong, morero ona o 'nile oa hlaseloa ke bobolu bo ileng ba baka liqoso tse 'maloa tsa lekhotla tse amang batho ka bomong le lik'hamphani tse ngata. 

 Likarolo tsa morero 
Ka tlaase mona ho bontšoa kakaretso ea likarolo tse khōlō tsa mekhahlelo e meraro ea pele ea morero.
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 Mohato oa Pele 
Karolo ena ea morero e kenyelletsa likarolo tsohle tsa bohlokoa tsa ho hapa metsi ka har'a Letamo la Katse, ho hlahisa motlakase le ho lebisa metsi  Nōkeng ea Vaal. Karolo ea pele e hlophisitsoe ka hloko e le hore Letamo la Katse le lule le le teng ka ho tšoanang le mekhahlelo e meng e fumanoeng nakong ea lithuto tsa ho etsa lintho. Ho latela mokhoa oa mekhahlelo, Mohato oa I o na le Mohato oa IA o nang le likarolo tsa bohlokoa, le Mohato IB o matlafatsang tlhahiso ea morero ka ho eketsa mehloli e 'meli ea libaka tse ka thoko e leng Mohale Dam le Matsoku Weir.

 Mohato oa Bobeli 
Karolo ena ea morero e ile ea phetheloa ka 1998. E ne e entsoe haholo-holo ka kaho ea Letamo la Katse Nōkeng ea Malibamat'so Lesotho.Ho ile ha hahoa terene ea ho fetisetsa ea lik'hilomithara tse 45 ho tloha letamong la Katse ho ea letamong la Muela. Pokello sa Muela e nkoa e le letamo la mohatla, le fanang ka motlakase oa metsi bakeng sa Lesotho. Ho tsoa letamong la Muela ho na le tonnro ea bolelele ba lik'hilomithara tse 37 ho ea ho phallo ea noka ea As moo metsi a phallang teng ho ea ho Vaal Dam.Le hoja letamo la Katse le na le bokhoni ba ho hlahisa motlakase bakeng sa tšebeliso ea lehae, morero oa mantlha ke ho ba polokelo ea polokelo bakeng sa Phase IA, le ho fana ka phallo ho ea teropong ea phetisetso.

Ho fokotsa tahlehelo ea sebaka sa bolulo, Serapa sa Katse sa Botanical se ile sa theoa ho amohela limela tse pholositsoeng sebakeng seo ho tla koaheloa ke metsi.

 Karolo ea Bobebli ea mohato oa Pele 
Karolo ena ea morero e ile ea phetheloa ka 2002. E ne e entsoe ka ho aha:

 Letamo la Mohale, e leng letamo le leholo haholo la ho tlatsa majoe, le fumanehang Nōkeng ea Senqunyane;
 Tsela ea ho fetisetsa ea lik'hilomithara tse 32 pakeng tsa letamo la Mohale le letamo la Katse;
 Ho hahoa ha Matsoku Diversion Weir;
 Tsela e bolelele ba lik'hilomithara tse 5,7 ho tloha Matsoku Diversion Weir ho ea letamong la Katse.

Mokhoa ona o hokahane ka tsela e etsang hore metsi a fetisetsoe ekaba sebakeng sa polokelo Mohale kapa qetellong a fetisetse Afrika Boroa ka setsi sa metsi sa Katse.

 Mohato oa Bobeli 

 Ka 2005, ho ile ha tekenoa tumellano pakeng tsa mebuso ea Afrika Boroa le Lesotho e le hore ho qete lithuto tsa ho etsa lintho tse ka khonehang;
 Ka 2006, ho ile ha thakholoa boithuto ba ho hlahloba lintho tse ka khonehang 'me ea phetheloa mafelong a 2008;
 Tumellano ea ho kenya tšebetsong mohato oa bobeli e ile ea tekeneloa Maseru ka la 11 Phato 2011.
 Ho thakholoa ha mohato oa bobeli ea kaho ho etsahetse Tlokoeng ka la 27 Hlakubele 2014.
 Lefu la seoa la COVID-19 le ile la etsa hore kaho e liehe. Kaho ea litselana tsa ho khelosa bakeng sa Letamo la Polihali ha ea ka ea qala joalo ka ha ho ne ho reriloe mathoasong a 2020  

Rephiloe Tlali, Mookameli oa LHWP ea Morero oa Metsi a Lihlaba (LHDA), o boletse a re: "Mokoloko oa li-cubic metres tsa 2,3 tsa Polihali o tla hahuoa ka tlase ho motsoako oa linoka tsa Senqu le Khubelu.

Ha mohato oa bobeli o phetheloa, o tla bebofaletsa metsi a fetang limithara tse lisekoere tse limilione tse 400 hore a phalle ho tloha Lesotho ho ea ho letamo la Vaal 'me o tla fetisetsa metsi a fetisetsoang ho tloha Lesoto ho ea Afrika Boroa ho feta limithara tse libilione tse lisekoère tse 1,27 ka selemo. Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority e tla bokella boholo ba libilione tse 40 tsa liranta tse hlokahalang ho phethela mohato oa 2.

Ka Phato 2023, Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA) e ile ea fumana chelete ho tsoa ho New Development Bank e ka bang liranta tse limilione tse likete tse 3.2 tsa Afrika Boroa (hoo e ka bang lidolara tse limilione tse 172 tsa Amerika) ho sebelisoa ho ntšetsa pele Phase 2. Mokoloto ona o tlatselletsa ho litolara tse limilione tsa America tse 86.72 milione e alimiloeng ho tsoa ho African Development Bank hammoho le chelete e tsoang mehloling e meng. Mokhanni oa boenjiniere, thepa le kaho (EPC) ke mokhatlo o kopaneng o kopaneng oa Salini Impregilo le Cooperativa Muratori Cementistri (CMC di Ravenna), ka bobeli ba tsoang Italy, CMI Infrastructure Company ea Afrika Boroa le LSP Construction ea Lesotho. Ho lebeletsoe hore mohato oa bobeli o tla phetheloa ka 2028.

 Mehato e latelang 
Joalokaha ho ne ho hopotsoe sethathong, ho ile ha khothaletsoa matamo tse ling tse tharo ka mor'a hore Malibamatso e kene nokeng ea Senqu, Mashai, Tsoelike le Ntoahae.

Ka 2007, boithuto bo bong boile ba etsa hore hobe le liphetoho, ho e-na le hoo tsa fana ka tlhahiso ea letamo la Senqu, ka holimo ho tloha moo le kenang teng le Malibamatso. Hajoale ena ke katoloso e khethiloeng ea morero, leha kaho e e-so qale (ho tloha ka Pulungoana 2021). 

 Bona hape 

 Lihlaba tsa Lesotho

 Litlhaloso 

 Lihokela tsa kantle 

 Bolaoli ba Nts'etsopele ea Lithaba tsa Lesotho
 Bolaoli ba Trans Caledon Tunnel
 Lesotho Highlands Liphetoho Tse Ling Tsa Thuto ea Bokhoni
 Aicha Amouchi
 Ryan Anton
 Hoover van Ryij