For every glass of water or a shower taken in Gauteng, South Africa's most populous province that includes Johannesburg, there is a 60% chance the water came from its small neighbor, the mountain kingdom of Lesotho.
A newly built bridge launched this week is part of a network of constructions that will help the landlocked nation, cited by the World Bank as one of the poorest in the world, nearly double its water exports to South Africa to power one of Africa's biggest industrial and economic hubs. It will also boost the water royalties and revenue for a country where half the population lives under the national poverty line.
