We knew about shortage - Magang

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The pervasive question among experts when government mooted the expansion of the Morupule project in anticipation of power outages facing the Southern African sub continent was: What would Botswana do with excess power? This was despite clear evidence before the experts and government that the country and the sub-continent would be submerged in power shortages in 2008.

Former energy minister in the 1990s, David Magang, says the power cuts gripping Botswana and some parts of southern Africa were long anticipated but somebody slept on the job in the case of Botswana, failing to respond timeously to the impending disaster.

" We have always known about that, but the timing is critical. There has been lack of leadership," said Magang in an interview yesterday.

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