Troubled BPC readies for dawn of new era

New BPC CEO Schwarzfischer
New BPC CEO Schwarzfischer

In spite of the troubles that the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) has endured over the years, management is adamant on transforming the beleaguered national electricity utility.

Hopes of a reversal in fortunes are embedded in the corporation’s five-year game plan dubbed Masa 2020 Transformation Strategy that was initiated with the intent to turnaround the status of the corporation and make it profitable and efficient by 2020.

Masa is a Setswana word that means dawn, and it is the tagline that management is pinning its hopes on for the corporation’s rebirth.

Editor's Comment
Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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