{"id":177663,"date":"2024-08-22T15:00:32","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/lesothos-white-gold-water-demands-in-south-africa-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T15:00:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T14:00:32","slug":"lesothos-white-gold-water-demands-in-south-africa-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/lesothos-white-gold-water-demands-in-south-africa-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesotho\u2019s \u2018white gold\u2019 water demands in South Africa | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/Gn8D_jMEaOM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Lesotho\u2019s \u2018white gold\u2019 water demands in South Africa | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gn8D_jMEaOM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Lesotho\u2019s \u2018white gold\u2019 is the water which plays an important role in the south African country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>This is largely due to the Katse dam which, standing at 185m (600 feet) tall, it is Africa\u2019s second largest curved dam.<\/p>\n<p>But despite being water rich the country remains economically poor and its citizens haven\u2019t been feeling the benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Demands have increased for Lesotho\u2019s water from other parts of southern Africa, including South Africa where, in Johannesburg, taps run dry due to its growing populations and climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Government officials have acknowledged the problem and say they are acting to address it.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#SouthernAfrica #Lesotho #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lesotho\u2019s \u2018white gold\u2019 is the water which plays an important role in the south African country\u2019s economy. This is largely due to the Katse dam which, standing at 185m (600 feet) tall, it is Africa\u2019s second largest curved dam. But despite being water rich the country remains economically poor and its citizens haven\u2019t been feeling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":177664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128810],"tags":[138052,142481,129334],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-177663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbc-news","tag-gold","tag-lesothos","tag-white"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lesotho\u2019s \u2018white gold\u2019 water demands in South Africa | BBC News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Lesotho\u2019s \u2018white gold\u2019 water demands in South Africa | BBC News for free, here on News ISC. 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