Tutume Businesses Bear The Brunt Of Power Cuts

FRANCISTOWN: Business activities have been severely disrupted by constant power cuts in the Tutume area.

Tutume Sub-district council chairperson, Ishmael Mokgethi said the council is deeply worried that power outages have become a regular occurrence in most of the areas within the sub-district.

Mokgethi was officially opening an ordinary council meeting late last week. He said many businesses have expressed concern that they are making huge losses as a result of regular power outages. He further noted that beside businesses, common people also suffer from the problem.

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