source: Mmegi
STAFF WRITER
The country must brace for persistent power outages in the next four to six weeks. That was the gist of Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources, Ponatshego Kedikilwe’s briefing broadcast over the public media yesterday morning.
Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) spokesperson, Thomamiso Selato confirmed that indeed the load shedding measures were mainly brought about by the shutdown of one of Botswana’s major electricity suppliers, the Cahora Bassa power station.
The Mozambican power utility had to carry out major maintenance from May 9 until the 31st. Cahora has [continue reading]
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17 May, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Disasters, Hurricanes, Ice Storms, Wind Storms. We’ve all seen the after-effects, entire communities without power. It’s reported that on average 3.5 million people lose their power in the US each week! We bought a generator from MainPowerConnect.com that now ensures our family has the power needed when faced with unexpected outages. With Standby Power, our home and business stays warm, secure systems stays armed and well lighted. With our generator the sump pumps keep running protecting us against flooding and keeping our food cold and fresh.