Power to the people

On Thursday 13 September 2007, the dusty village of Gakuto in Kweneng East began its metamorphosis into the first fruit of a multi-million pula rural electrification project.

When scores of senior government and Botswana Power Corporation officials, as well as representatives of Swedish financiers and contractors, descended on the village, the inevitable excitement belied the enormous task ahead of all stakeholders: the electrification of 99 more villages across varying terrain, weather conditions and economic standards in three years!