CEO adoption of elephants most welcome

The chief executive officer (CEO) of Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) Stefan Schwarzfischer has adopted nine baby elephants following a tragic electrocution of the same number of beasts four weeks ago in Dukwi. The accident occurred as a result of a lowered cable that was in the vicinity of a drinking pond.

The CEO’s adoption of nine orphaned elephants in Kenya is a sign of compassion for the endangered species and we welcome his efforts in wildlife conservation. We also would like to take this opportunity to encourage the CEO to extend his compassion to the consumers of electricity in Botswana who have lost valuable electric appliances as a result of power cuts or overloaded transmission that exceeds the capacity of household consumption. 

Some of the past power supply interruptions have destroyed consumers’ television sets, radio receivers, refrigerators and other appliances and the customers have nowhere to lodge their complaints. In other instances, customers have had to part way with their perishable consumables such as food or medicines because electricity supply had been interrupted for several hours or even days.

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Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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