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BPC takes it on the chin as Mado26 launches

David Kgoboko. PIC KENNEDY RAMOKONE
David Kgoboko. PIC KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Botswana Power Corporation's (BPC) Masa 2020 strategy, a five-year transformational programme, was not successfully implemented, BusinessMonitor has learnt.

Speaking at the launch of the new Maduo26 strategy last week, the BPC board chair, Professor Oboetswe Motsamai said the corporation was unable to achieve goals set in the previous strategy for various reasons.

Masa 2020 strategy, which ended on March 31, 2021, envisaged the BPC as a profitable entity free from reliance on government.

Editor's Comment
Don't let FMD outbreak drag on

Acting Agriculture Minister, Edwin Dikoloti, is right in saying opening an export-ready facility whilst Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is still spreading would risk getting the whole country blacklisted before a single carcass leaves the door.A ban like that would break the already stressed nation. So, the postponement, painful as it is, is the right thing to do. The local economy is being squeezed from both ends. FMD has already slammed the door...

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