18 Feb 2021

Parliament has learnt that electrification of the Tsetseng village has never been halted but was rather delayed due to amongst other factors, shortage of materials, delays in peg inspections and the recent intermittent heavy rains.

When responding to a  question in parliament on Wednesday, Minister  of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security, Mr Lefoko Moagi said the electrification of the Tsetseng village  fell under the  ongoing 118 villages  electrification project which started during the 2018/2019 financial year.

Mr Moagi highlighted that there had been some instances where the  progress of electrification of the  118 villages  in totality including  Tsetseng village was significantly delayed due  to the  impact of COVID -19.

He said works on the  bulk line linking Tsetseng and Kang villages had been stopped by the Department  of Roads owing to land board erroneously allocating Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) a  servitude within the road reserves.

Takatokwane MP , Mr Tshoganetso Leuwe  had asked  for an update  on the Tsetseng  electrification project.