Diesel power plants to cost a heavy P29 billion

Government has funded the construction of two diesel power stations - one in Orapa, the other at Matshelagabedi - which will together generate 160MW from a diesel consumption rate of 292,000 litres and 50, 000 litres respectively for a maximum of eight hours a day that the power picking plants will run for.

According to the World Bank, these power picking plants will cost Government US$4 billion (P29 billion), the equivalent of five percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product.