Month: March 2020 Posts

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… ...