Eish, what's acting up
"Many reports" only shows when two independent signals agree. One signal on its own shows "Possible problems", so a few angry posts can't flag a provider.
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Emergency numbers
Police, ambulance and fire are free from any phone in Botswana. Save these now, before you need them.
Private rescue services may charge non-members.
Motlakase & Metsi
Power and water cuts, street by street. Report yours and see straight away whether your neighbours have it too.
Lights out?
Planned interruptions
The Eish Wall
Say how it's going, anonymously. Tap a shout and it appears with your town only.
Cellphone networks
Powered by the people on each network. When calls drop or data dies, report it and everyone in your town can see it's the network, not their phone.
Reports by town, last hour
Every service
Tap a service for its signals, 24-hour report history and contacts.
Every service also has its own page, for example Is BPC down?
Eish Awards ·
Last month in outages, the fun way.
Power cut survival kit
Handy when the lights go. Bookmark it now.
🧊 How long will my food last?
Keep the fridge and freezer closed. A closed fridge keeps food cold for about 4 hours. A full freezer holds for about 48 hours, a half-full one about 24.
🔌 Before the power comes back
Unplug TVs, computers and switch off the geyser so a power surge can't damage them. Leave one light on so you know when it's back.
🔋 Save your phone battery
Turn on battery saver, lower the brightness and switch off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth if you're on mobile data. Charge power banks whenever the power is on.
💧 When the water stops
Keep a few full containers in the house. When water comes back, let the tap run for a minute first if it looks cloudy.
Measures your speed to abereka's server, so it's a rough guide. Uses about 3 MB of data.
How abereka works
Every few minutes we load each organisation's public homepage, the same way your browser does. We never log in. A slow or failed load only shows that page, not their whole service.
People report what's happening where they are. We count reports by area and compare them with what's normal.
One signal shows "Possible problems". Only when both agree do we show "Many reports". Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it within a day.
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People arrive at the exact moment something has failed them. Ticker, category and outage-takeover placements, shown next to the problem your product solves.
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