Next to the building we have to get connected to ‘motogaz’ (electricity from Botswana Power Corporation) and ‘sweet water’ (water from Botswana Water Affairs).
BPC first sends about ten men: one to dig a hole for the pole, one to manage him, and the rest to take a rest. After a week with a hole fit to catch a lion in front of our gate, another crew turns up to put the pole and connect the public wiring to Bram’s office.
That makes us all set for the exiting part: will our electrician’s work get through the BCP-inspection? Batalefi is convinced it will take less then ten minutes, and then we’ll have the power. He’s right; when we think the inspectors just started, they are already handing over papers and our motogaz-card, so we can buy units for our connection!
Once we apply for sweet water, Water Affairs sends a JCB within a week to dig the trench to the main pipe. At the end of the second day we are the proud owners of a water meter, a standpipe, and … a parking lot! This saves us a lot of work; the spot Bram wanted to clear for guest parking only needs levelling now.
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