Palapye power plant breaks down again

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For the second time in two years, the Morupule power plant, the country's major sole generator of electricity has broken down, resulting in large scale blackouts that have characterized life in Gaborone and other parts of the country this week.

The Morupule power station that supplies some 120MW of electricity throughout the country is understood to have broken down over the weekend, the BPC has confirmed, but would not elaborate.

The latest barrage of blackouts has even forced people to visit family and friends in other parts of town for food, as the BPC has started engaging in a surprise electricity rationing exercise.

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