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
Tana project a welcome development

Whilst the project received mixed reactions from members of the public, the project is indeed a welcome development, which needs to be implemented as soon as possible. Many shared their opinion, with those against the project decrying that if implemented, it will kill the already struggling public transport industry.Many countries around the world have state-run public transport, and those who have travelled to such countries will give testimony...

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