BPC Loses P10 Million Annually To Vandalism

Stefan Schwarzfischer PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Stefan Schwarzfischer PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

FRANCISTOWN: The chief executive officer of Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) Dr Stefan Schwarzfischer says the parastatal suffers an annual loss of over P10 million due to vandalism. He disclosed this recently at the Francistown Instant Quotation launch, which was held at the BPC customer service centre.

When giving an overview of Instant Quotation, Schwarzfischer expressed concern over vandalism of their properties, which he said is a nationwide problem. He said normally the lawbreakers target electrical transformers to steal copper cables.

“We had an incident lately in Francistown where criminals took an expensive small transformer. The problem is escalating and more people seem to be joining the stealing bandwagon.”  Schwarzfischer indicated that vandalism does not only affect BPC financially but also inconveniences customers. He said replacing cables is expensive and takes a lot of time for them to be availed because they are usually procured from abroad.

Editor's Comment
Congratulations Anicia Gaothuse!

The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...

Have a Story? Send Us a tip
arrow up