Letamo la Polihali

**letamo la Polihali** ke letamo le nang le betone le shebaneng le lejoe le ntseng le hahuoa Lesotho.  Ke letamo la boraro, tlasa mokhahlelo oa bobeli kahara letoto la matamo oa Metsi a Lihaba Lesotho, o tla qetella o kenyeletse matamo a mahlano a maholo libakeng tse hole tsa mahaeng tsa Lesotho le Afrika Boroa.  Tonnoro ea Polihali , e tla hokahanya letamo lena le Letamo la Katse (ntlha ea mantlha ea LHWP), e na le bolelele ba lik'hilomithara tse 38 ka mokelikeli o bitsoang limithara tse hlano. Tsela ena e tla tsamaisa metsi ka matla a motheo ho tloha polokelo ea Polihali ho ea polokelo ea Katse. Ho tloha Katse, metsi a nto isoa Setsing sa Matla a Metsi sa Muela sa Phase I mme hamorao a lebisoa Nokeng ea As tseleng e eang Gauteng, Afrika Boroa. 

## Ntshetsopele
Karolo ea bobeli ea Morero oa Metsi oa Lesotho Highlands e kenyelletsa kaho ea Letamo la Polihali, Tonnoro ea Polihali, morero oa phehlo ea motlakase Oxbow le marokho a mararo a maholo.  Ho eketsa li-cubic methara tse limilione tse 2325 bokhoni ba polokelo, e tla phahamisa sekhahla sa phepelo ea selemo le selemo ho tloha ho 780 ho ea ho li-cube metres tse limilione tsa 1270, e khotsofatsa litlhoko tsa metsi tsa Afrika Boroa ha e ntse e ntlafatsa bokhoni ba tlhahiso ea motlakase ba Lesotho. 

Ho fanoa ka likonteraka tsa kaho ea Letamo la Polihali (hoo e ka bang limilione tse likete tse 7.68), tonnoro ea Polihali (hoo e batlang e le limilione tse likete tsa 9.2) le borokho ba Senqu (bo boholo ka ho fetisisa ho marokho a mararo a maholo a reriloeng) ho etsahetse qetellong ea 2022.  Boholo ba chelete e hlokahalang bakeng sa karolo ena ea bobeli e tla tsoa mebarakeng ea lichelete ea Afrika Boroa ke Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority.  Ho rekisoa ha thepa bakeng sa ho hlahloba moralo le kaho ea Morero oa Oxbow Hydropower ho qalile ka March 2023, e le nako e behiloeng ea ho fana ka lipehelo tsa baeletsi ba boenjiniere, tikoloho le sechaba. 

Kaho ea Letamo la Polihali le ho tlatsa letamo ka mor'a moo ho tla ba le sebaka se fetang lihekere tse 5 000 e moeling oa linoka tsa Senqu le Khubela. Bonyane malapa a ka bang 270 a tla fallela sebakeng se seng. Matlo a pele a ho lula sebakeng sa Mokhotlong a ile a fanoa mathoasong a Mmesa 2023, 'me ho tla latela ho lula hape ha matlo a macha a phethoa. Amnesty International e lemosa hore morero oa letamo la Polhali o ka etsa hore bonyane batho ba ka bang 8 000 ba tlosoe metseng e 35, kaha sena setla beha maphelo a bona le mekhoa ea boiphiliso tsietsing.  Mokhatlo o ipiletsa ho ba boholong Lesotho ho netefatsa hore ho fallisoa ha batho ho amanang le projeke ea Letamo la Polihali ho etsoa ho latela litekanyetso tsa machaba tsa litokelo tsa botho.  Holima moo, lihlooho tse ngata tsa litaba tsa moo li ile tsa totobatsa litletlebo tsa baahi. Lintho tsena li akarelletsa ho lefisoa ha masimo a bona, ho tšoaroa ha liphoofolo tsa bona tse neng li le sebakeng seo ho hahoa ho sona le meputso e tlaase e fuoang basebetsi ba moo. 
 
Ka Mots'eanong 2023, Morena Letsie III oa Lesotho le Mopresitente oa Afrika Boroa Cyril Ramaphosa ba ile ba thakhola morero ka molao.  Likhoeli hamorao, Morero oa Metsi a Lihlaba eleng Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) o ile oa tlaleha hore ka Labohlano, la 4 Phato 2023, sehlopha se atlehile ho khelosetsa Nōka ea Senqu ka har'a pre-cofferdam.  Sepheo sa letamo la pele ke ho tsamaisa noka ka litselana tsa ho e khelosa, ho netefatsa kaho e sireletsehileng ea letamo la letamo le metheo ea letamo le ka sehloohong. Sepheo ke ho qeta letamo la cofferd mafelong a Mphalane 2023, le lateloe ke ho qala mosebetsi oa letamo le ka sehloohong.

## Bona hape

* Lihlaba tsa Lesotho
* Morero oa Metsi a Lihlaba
* Letamo la Katse
* Letamo la Mohale

## Litlhaloso