Month: March 2020 Posts

ESCOM says increase in demand has led to 7-hour blackouts

Mar 22, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 1 &

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says power outages in the country are now lasting 7 hours due to a substantial increase in demand for electricity. In a statement on Saturday, the electricity supplier… ...

Theft causes power outage in Ntcheu

Mar 14, 2020 Lameck Kamtoseni 0 &

Criminals have vandalized an Escom transformer worth K2.2 million at Bula Village, in Traditional Authority Makwangwala in Ntcheu. According to Ntcheu Police Public Relations Officer Sub-inspector Hastings Chigalu, the incident occurred on Wednesday night. He… ...

Man falls from ESCOM pole while syphoning oil

Mar 01, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

A 48-year-old man died on Thursday after he fell from an ESCOM transformer while trying to steal oil. The Public Relations Officer for Thyolo police station, Amos Tione, said on the fateful day, the man… ...

ESCOM celebrates 40 days of no blackouts

Feb 05, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) is celebrating 40 days of no blackouts in the country made possible by the onset of rains. In a statement on Tuesday, ESCOM said the last load shedding… ...

The blacker the night, the merry the Christmas – Escom

Dec 17, 2019 Lonjezo Jamu 1 &

A day after Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) said water levels in the Shire River are now normalising, Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has announced that loadshedding has been extended. In a statement released today,… ...

Govt wants 50% of Malawians to have access to electricity by 2030

Nov 28, 2019 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Government says it wants to increase the electricity access rate to 50 percent from the current 11 percent by 2030. Minister of Natural Resources Energy and Mining Bintony Kutsaira said this on Wednesday during the… ...

Hypocrisy over ESCOM workers suspension

Nov 19, 2019 Luke Bisani 1 &

Malawi’s first citizen Peter Mutharika weeks ago witnessed the sad reality of power outages while presiding over a graduation ceremony at Chancellor College in Zomba. His speech was disrupted not with noise from the graduates… ...

Social commentator condemns suspension of ESCOM workers

Nov 18, 2019 Archangel Nzangaya 1 &

A social commentator has condemned the suspension of nine Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) workers over power outage saying authorities should not get worried about a blackout that lasted for a few minutes when… ...

ESCOM workers suspended over power outage that disrupted Mutharika’s speech

Nov 15, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 1 &

The Electricity Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has suspended nine senior employees over the power outage that disrupted President Peter Mutharika’s speech at Chancellor College last week. The suspended employees are senior members of Staff at… ...

Power cuts hit small businesses hard

Oct 17, 2019 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Operators of small businesses in Lilongwe say their businesses are being heavily affected by frequent blackouts the country is experiencing. During interviews, the businesspersons said it is difficult now to make profits because during the… ...

Power outage hits Malawi

Jul 13, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says customers across the country will experience power outages from today up to Monday. In a statement on Friday, the power supplier said every part of Malawi will… ...

ESCOM cancels controversial K675m demolition contract

Apr 27, 2019 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has cancelled a K675 million contract for the demolition of ESCOM House following public concern. ESCOM during the week announced its intention to award a contract to Irrigwater &… ...

Salary for 3 thousand Secondary School teachers needed to demolish ESCOM building

Apr 24, 2019 Mike J. Kangwele 0 &

...'non-existent' company awarded contract It does not get any extravagant. The country's electricity supplier ESCOM has shocked the nation after publishing that it has awarded an over half a billion Kwacha tender award to a… ...

Escom LTD takes over Facebook

Nov 21, 2018 Richard Jimu 0 &

ESCOM LTD has taken over the social media in Malawi. Malawians are being slammed on Facebook. They are being mocked from all corners. They are being mocked over the power crisis which a trending parody… ...

EGENCO to shut down Tedzani

Aug 19, 2018 Richard Jimu 0 &

The Electricity Generation Company (EGENCO) will shut down Tedzani III unit 5 power station for five months starting from Monday. According to a statement released by the company on Friday, the shutdown will be done… ...