Feature: Botswana's second largest city turns to solar streetlights to cut costs and fight crime


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  • Sunday, 16 Jul 2023

GABORONE, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Francistown, Botswana's second-largest city is busy installing solar-powered lights that will illuminate its streets to cut costs and fight crime.

A total of 100 solar LED lamps have been ordered from China for replacement by the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC), Botswana's sole electricity utility, as Francistown transit from the national grid to solar installation, said Godisang Radisigo, the mayor of Francistown City Council (FCC), in a recent interview with Xinhua.

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