Palapye power plant breaks down again
Friday, May 14, 2010
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.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...