Illegal electricity connections hit Serule

BPC workers
BPC workers

SERULE: Some residents here have learned the hard way that tapping electricity to avoid buying is illegal as their homes were disconnected from the supply while investigations continued.

It has been established that some homes recharged for about only P10  way back in 2013 and have never recharged, though their homes  continue to consume electricity without a hitch to this day.

The cash-strapped Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) has been hit by illegal connections of electricity where bogus electricians bypass the meters to supply customers with power.

Editor's Comment
Who watches the watchdog?

For a fact, in a democratic society such as Botswana, the media plays a crucial role of being watchdog, holding the powerful to account and exposing all possible wrongdoing for the benefit of the public.There has been a nagging question about who watches the watchdog after all? Perhaps, the investigations into alleged wrongful acts implicating those supposed to be playing the watchdog role will shed more light into what has happened such that the...

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