APPROVED REFINEMENTS ON THE COMPENSATION POLICY

All refinements are in Italics in English, and the meaning has been translated into Sesotho –bold/italics

Definitions- /Lithlakiso

A vulnerable Household is the one that at the date of resettlement, for whatever reasons, has a lower than average capacity to recover its former standard of living and quality of life as a result of the impacts of LHWP.

Lelapa le Tlokotsing Ke leo ka nako ea ho fallisoa le fumanoang maemo a lona a bophelo/moruo a le tlase ka mabaka afe kapa afe ‘me le bile le hloka bokhoni ba ho ka khutlela maemong a bophelo a matlafetseng ao le neng le le ho ona pele, joale le boetse le thefuloa ke lits'ebetso tsa Morero.

Sec 11.4 Compensation for Gardens/ Mats’eliso a Majarete

1) Where LHDA acquires garden land it shall ensure that the replacement residential site includes a cultivable area of equivalent area or equal in productive value to that of the previous garden. LHDA shall in any case provide a minimum of 300-sqm.of garden land for each resettled household.

Moo Morero o nkang jarete ea motho a anngoeng, o tla leka ka litsela tsohle ho bona hore set'sa se secha seo motho a fallelang ho sona, se na le sebaka sa jarete kapa mobu o manoni joaloka oa jarete ea pele.

Le ha ho le joalo Morero o tla fana ka jarete ea bonyane boholo ba 300m² ho lelapa le leng le le leng le fallisitsoeng.

2) If suitable garden land at the new site cannot be found LHDA shall investigate the feasibility of creating gardens by earthmoving and landscaping. Wherever feasible and cost effective, gardens shall be created by these means.

Moo sets’a se secha sa bolulo se hlokang sebaka sa jarete, Morero o tla etsa matsapa ohle a ho etsa jarete ho kenyeletsa le ho sebelisa mobu o tsoang libakeng tse ling. Mokhoa ona oa ho etsa majarete o tla sebelisoa ha ho lumeleha,'me le lits'enyehelo tsa mosebetsi oa mofuta o joalo li lumellana le ts’ebetso eo.

3) Only when these possibilities have been exhausted, and where there remains uncompensated garden land ,then ,LHDA shall offer compensation for the loss of garden production in the form of an annual cash payment or lump sum

Ke feela moo methati eohle e lekiloeng ho etsa jarete e hlolehileng, ebang Morero o tla fana ka mats'eliso a chelete a ka tlang ka mokhoa oa chelete e lefshoang selemo le selemo kapa bokhothokhotho.

Sec. 13.1 Vulnerable Households/Malapa a Tlokotsing

1) 1) LHDA shall identify and register all Vulnerable Households.

Morero o tla fumana, o hloaee, ekasita le ho boloka manane a Malapa a Tlokotsing.

2) LHDA shall establish a minimum household income threshold below, which no Vulnerable Household’s income shall fall. Shortfalls in household income shall be made up to the level of the threshold for a maximum period of 10 years. The top-up payment shall be the difference between the threshold amount and the household’s income.

Morero o tla beha moeli oa bonyane ba kakaretso ea chelete e hlokoang ke lelapa ho iphelisa ka selemo. Malapa a Tlokotsing ke a tla fumanoa a le ka tlaase ho moeli ona. Lelapa le oelang maemong ana le tla fumants'oa chelete ea tlatsetso hore le fihle boemong bo le phahamisang ho le isa moeling oo ka nako ea lilemo tse leshome. Chelete ea tlatsetso e tla ba phapang pakeng tsa chelete ea moeli ona le chelete eo lelapa ka bolona le bang le eona ka selemo.

3) These Vulnerable Households shall receive individual attention of LHDA's staff, possibly assisted by NGO's, to ensure that they are enabled to retain and where possible improve upon the standard of living they enjoyed before the project affected them.

Basebetsi ba Morero ba tla fana ka thuso eohle ho Malapa a Tlokotsing ka tlatsetso ea Mekhatlo e Ikemetseng haeba ho hlokahala. Sepheo e tla ba ho se theole maemo a bophelo a ona malapa ana ho feta pele Morero o a ama esita le ho ntlafatsa maemo a bophelo ba ona .

3.REFINEMENTS ON THE PROCEDURES

Sec 12.1 Vulnerable Households/Malapa a Tlokotsing

Where feasible, and especially in the case of vulnerable groups and individuals, affected parties shall be relocated over the shortest distance possible and within the same chiefdom.

Ha ho khoneha ,haholo ho malapa a tlokotsing a anngoeng ke Morero, malapa ana a tla fallisetsoa libakeng tse haufi le moo a tlohang ebile e le tlas’a marena a ntseng a ba busa.

The criteria for a Vulnerable Household shall be the one that is:

1. Resettled/Relocated

2. Eligible for Minimum Threshold

And

They must meet one or all of the following criteria:

· The head of the household is over the age of 60 years.

· The head of the household is ill or disabled.

· Any of the children resident in the homestead show signs of clinical malnutrition.

· The legal head of the household is female.

Mats’oao a Lelapa le Tlokotsing a le hlalohanyang ho a mang ekaba ana:

1. Lelapa e tlameha ebe le jakileng kapa le fallisitsoeng ke Morero

2. Le lokeloang ke Phahamiso

Hape

· Hlooho ea lelapa e le lilemo tse fetang 60; kapa

· Hlooho ea lelapa e fokolloa ke bophelo/e qhoalile; kapa

· Bana ba lulang lelapeng leo ba na le mats’oao a phokolo ea phepo e nepahetseng; kapa

· Hlooho ea lelapa e le mosali.

Special assistance to vulnerable households will take the form of:

- Allowing them first priority in site selection in the host area.

Attempting, where feasible, to locate them near kin and old neighbors.

- Arranging for contractor-build if they are agreeable.

- Assistance with dismantling of salvageable materials.

- Assistance in preparing a vegetable garden.

- Monitoring of nutritional and health status.

- Annual Monitoring to determine whether top-up payment is still applicable given changes in the level of income and standard of living.

- Training for income restoration and assistance in exploiting the economic opportunities provided by the project.

Thuso ho Malapa a Tlokotsing e tla ba ka mokhoa ona:

- Ho ba fa monyetla oa pele ha ho khethoa lit’sa libakeng tseo ba fallelang ho tsona

- Ho ba fallisetsa haufi le malapa a bona le baahisane ba khale

- Ho aha matlo a bona ka likonteraka

- Ho ba thusa ho hloaea le ho nka thepa e ka sebelisehang matlong a khale

- Ho ba fa monyetla oa pele lithusong tse tobileng batho ba anngoeng ke Morero le tabeng tsa mats’eliso

- Ho fana ka thuso ka ho lokisa sebaka sa temo ea meroho

- Ho beha leihlo maemo a bona a bophelo le phepo e nepahetseng.

- Ho hlahloba malapa ana selemo le selemo ho bona hore na Phahamiso e ntse e hlokahala na; ka mohlomong maemo le chelete ea boipheliso e tla be e fetohile.

- Ho ba fa koetliso ea ho ikenyetsa chelete le ho sebelisa menyetla e hlahang ka baka la ts’ebetso ea Morero.

Sec. 12.2 Disturbance Allowance/ Chelete ea Phalliso e fuoang Bafalli

Each Household under the resettlement programme shall be paid disturbance allowance decreasing annually to zero over a period of three years from the date of arrival at the resettlement or relocation destination.

Lelapa le leng le le leng le fallisoang ke ts’ebetso ea Morero, le tla fumants’oa chelete ea ho tsitsa motseng o mocha.

Chelete ena e tla tsoa ka mekhahlelo e meraro e fellang selemong sa boraro. Chelete ena lelapa le e fumana ho tloha letsatsi leo le fihlileng ka lona sebakeng sa bojaki kapa sa phalliso.

Sec 12.3 Minimum Threshold/Moeli o tlaase

An annual top-up amount will be made to the level of minimum threshold for a maximum period of 10 years as shall be determined from periodic assessment of household's annual income..

Phahamiso ea selemo le selemo e tla fanoa ho isa lilemong tse leshome, kamor’a ho hlahloba boemo ba chelete ea lelapa ea selemo, ‘me boemo bo fumanoa bo le tlase ho moeli oa boemo ba boipheliso.

Chelete ena e tla pataloa ho isa ho lilemo tse leshome (10), ka mokhoa oo maemo a phapang ea tlatsetso pakeng tsa sekepele (moeli) le chelete ea lelapa li tla ba kateng.

4.REFINEMENTS ON THE RATES

Sec 1.2 Gardens/ Majarete

Each family moving to a destination where garden land has not been fully compensated in-kind will receive compensation for the garden lost production, at the rate of M 3.00 per sq. Per year for 50 years or M 61.95 per sq. as a lump sum.

Lelapa le leng le le leng le fallelang sets’eng se hlokang jarete le lokeloa ke mats’eliso a M3.00/m². ka selemo ka nako ea lilemo tse 50 e leng M61.95/m² ha e le chelete e tlang bokhothokhotho.

Sec 4. Minimum Threshold/ Moeli o Tlaase

A top-up payment to the minimum threshold of M 3, 960 per annum will be paid to Vulnerable Households to the maximum period of 10 years.. The annual amount payable to the resettled households will be the top-up amount calculated as the difference between M3, 960 and the household annual income.

Chelete ea tlatsetso ho chelete ea moeli oa M3, 960 ka selemo e tla fuoa Malapa a Tlokotsing a oelang katlase ho sekepele sena ho isa ho lilemo tse leshome (10). Chelete eo lelapa le e fumanang ke phapang pakeng tsa eo lelapa le nang le eona le e tla fihlisa lelapa maemong a M 3,960 ka selemo..