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Government officials express confidence that Botswana's power supply will stabilise during the peak winter season, and the Ministry of Minerals and Energy says the Botswana Power Corporation is not expected to introduce large-scale load shedding.
Why it matters
Government confidence that power supply will stabilise this winter without major load shedding is reassuring news for households and businesses.
Government officials express confidence that Botswana's power supply will stabilise during the peak winter season, and the Ministry of Minerals and Energy says the Botswana Power Corporation is not expected to introduce large-scale load shedding.
BPC CEO David Kgoboko told Parliament that the utility faces mounting financial pressure as it sells electricity at subsidised prices that do not recover generation, transmission and distribution costs. He warned that continuing to import power at commercial rates while maintaining low domestic tariffs risks either deeper losses or more load rationing.
The Botswana Power Corporation has appealed to the government for urgent tariff adjustments, citing persistent net losses, tightening liquidity, and mounting cash flow constraints that have resulted in a creditor's balance of P3.5 billion.
BPC told a parliamentary committee this week that while it has made measurable progress under its 2021 "Maduo 26" strategy, the current electricity tariff structure is no longer financially sustainable as costs continue to rise.
Inflation averaged 4.1 percent in the first quarter of 2026, up from 2.7 percent in Q1 2025, driven by rising transport, food, and miscellaneous goods costs, with transport contributing 1.6 percentage points to the annual rate.
Construction of a 500MW solar PV plant and battery storage project in Maun has begun, with Botswana Power Corporation expecting it to reduce electricity costs and cut reliance on imports.
Botswana's electricity supply is set to return to normal on April 24 after two days of load shedding caused by the shutdown of Morupule B power station's Unit One. The power plant was running on only Unit Two, producing 130MW, and BPC expects Unit One back in operation that night, with Unit Three resuming by week's end or early next week.