Thieves target copper cables at Phakalanes dark city

Mmegi has also learnt that due to the standoff between Phakalane Estates on one side and Botswana Power Corporation and Water Utilities Corporation one the other, some of the home buyers have instructed their banks to withhold making payments to BHC pending connection of utilities.

Thieves are now taking advantage of the standoff that goes back to December last year when the houses were completed. The utilities want Phakalane Estates to fork out P55 million for the upgrading of a sewerage pump and a power substation for the whole of Phakalane.