BPC crisis: Cold, dark winter beckons

The Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) faces a dicey period in the next few weeks as autumn approaches winter, the period in which the country’s demand for electricity peaks.

At Morupule B, the country’s main power plant, generation has been a precarious affair since commissioning in 2012; a nervily stacked house of cards which recently crumbled once again resulting in the ongoing power crisis in which consumers are facing up to eight hours of blackouts each day.