Don't get me wrong, I am not saying it's wrong for people to point fingers and call for heads to roll at BPC and government enclave. South Africans had tried to call for heads to roll at Eskom and Union Buildings but did not succeed. But at least Eskom has been honest in admitting failure on their part. Talk is that they never thought the South African economy will experience such unprecedented boom. Botswana is in the same situation where suddenly there is a mining boom and the energy demands are likely to increase until....God knows. I will submit that Botswana, just like SA never anticipated such growth and as some had correctly pointed out, we in Botswana are in a worse situation as we are 80 percent dependent on South Africa for power.
Whether this is in compliant with Vision 2016 of a proactive and self-reliant nation, it's another thing. I was wondering how can this year's budget address these problems instead of pointing fingers at the ministry of finance and ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources. Isn't it better to propose that both government and private sector share the cost associated with load shedding? Let's first look at SME before addressing problems of big business.
