Electrical Power Load Shedding In Botswana: 2015

Pre-2008 , approximately 70.00 % of Botswana’s power requirement was imported from her neighbouring countries , with the bulk of it coming from the South African giant , ESKOM . To mitigate this anomaly , in 2008 the Botswana Government approved the construction commencement of a new 600MW thermal power plant , the Morupule “ B “ Power Station , at an estimated cost of P11b ( Eleven Billion Botswana Pula ) .

The plant was to be commissioned in 2012 . However , after encountering numerous pro...