{"id":113294,"date":"2024-10-12T12:25:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T05:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113294"},"modified":"2024-10-12T12:25:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T05:25:42","slug":"lesothos-white-gold-water-demands-in-south-africa-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113294","title":{"rendered":"Lesotho\u2019s \u2018white gold\u2019 water demands in South Africa | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gn8D_jMEaOM?autoplay=1&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>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<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gn8D_jMEaOM\">source<\/a><\/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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113294\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113294\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}