The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority today started a series of workshops with registered construction companies in Gauteng and Free State to explain the Procurement Framework of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project LHWP Phase Two and to share lessons learned from previous tender submissions.
The first workshop was held today at the Bethlehem Town Hall in the Free State, which will be followed by the second one at Floreat Hall in Bloemfontein on Tuesday 2nd October. Similar workshops will be held at the Senate Hall of the University of South Africa this Friday 5th October and the other will be hosted on Saturday 6th at Duncan Hall in the Gauteng Legislature.
The main purpose of these events is to improve compliance and participation in the Lesotho Highlands Water Project’s works. Phase Two will increase the current supply rate of 780-million cubic metres a year incrementally to more than 1.26-billion cubic metres a year.
Phase Two of the LHWP will be implemented in terms of two distinct components: a water delivery system to augment the delivery of water to South Africa and a hydropower generation system, which will increase the current electricity generation capacity in Lesotho.