Hope for end to Maun electricity crisis

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The Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) says the four-day electricity outage in Maun and surrounding areas should be resolved by Wednesday.

Since Saturday, areas from Dukwi, to Nata and Maun have been without electricity, adversely affecting homes and businesses.

Consumers took to social media to express outrage over the blackout, while pictures of damaged perishables were also shared on social media. One major retail chain in Maun reportedly threw out perishable goods worth tens of thousands of pula recently.

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