Botswana to supply region with coal-fired power - Merafhe

Monday, October 25, 2010

PALAPYE: Botswana's future looks so bright that the country could return the goodwill of South Africa - which currently supplies 80 percent of Botswana's power - by exporting electricity to that country and others in the southern African region.

Officially launching Morupule Colliery Expansion Project on Fiday, Vice President Mompati Merafhe said the success of the project would transform Botswana's economy from one heavily reliant on the goodwill of neighbouring countries for energy to one self-sufficient in power generation.

"Our country will be better-placed to one day return the goodwill by exporting surplus electricity to the neighbouring states," Merafhe said.

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Botswana to supply region with coal-fired power - Merafhe

PALAPYE: Botswana's future looks so bright that the country could return the goodwill of South Africa - which currently supplies 80 percent of Botswana's power - by exporting electricity to that country and others in the southern African region.

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