Mission Impowerable: Electricity hikes and sadness
Tuesday, July 28, 2026 | 60 Views |
You know it’s bad when your salary doesn’t even bother to wave goodbye—it just slips quietly out the back door, leaving a note that says: ‘Don’t wait up, I’m with BPC now.’ At this point, my paycheck isn’t a paycheck. It’s more like a polite suggestion. A whisper. A faint rumor that money once lived here. And every time one opens their bank app, they half expect it to say: ‘404 Balance Not Found.’ Yes, the power tariffs are just about to spike and they are coming to chip away at your salary. Nothing unites humanity quite like the collective gasp of horror when electricity tariffs spike.
So we are going to band together and form support groups like the one they formed in the 80s when teachers were unhappy with a job evaluation exercise. So yes a Tariff Increase Unsatisfied Consumers pressure group might soon be constituted to fight this!
“Let us never negotiate out of fear.But let us never fear to negotiate”– John F. KennedySupport for healthcare, education, skills and infrastructure can improve lives. The reaffirmed commitment to the Mmopane–Block 8 road is welcome for the prospect of better transport links for surrounding communities.China has shown willingness to assist Botswana, and government deserves credit for securing these commitments. However, the success of our...