Why Morupule B was doomed from the start

Right from the start, according to the World Bank’s latest assessment, Morupule B got off on the wrong technical footing.  On that Friday in February 2010, as scores of dignitaries, the media and others gathered for the power station’s groundbreaking ceremony, there was no clue of the disaster that lay ahead.

On that day, then energy minister, Ponatshego Kedikilwe, appealed for the power station’s delivery on time and within budget and China National Electrical Engineering Company (CNEEC) officials pledged to hand over a shiny, new operational facility in cost and time.