BPC to axe 187 jobs

Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) is currently undergoing a restructuring exercise in which 187 employees in a number of departments including credit control and billing will lose their jobs.

Sources within the corporation revealed that the exercise, to be implemented between July and September this year, might be part of the BPC’s move to engage an Irish management consultant that will take over the running of the power utility.

“The introduction of smart metres has made a lot of jobs particularly in customer service department redundant.

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