Month: October 2016 Posts

MERA blocks Escom from hiking electricity tariffs

Oct 09, 2016 Luke Bisani 99 &

… says Escom already makes enough money to improve services The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) has blocked Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) from implementing a hike of electricity tariffs arguing that the supplier… ...

Malawi electricity blackouts underrate safe motherhood efforts

Oct 08, 2016 Luke Bisani 37 &

Despite efforts to end cases of women dying when giving birth, persistent blackouts in Malawi are reported to have underrated the efforts as a woman in Mzimba district has died due to lack of electricity.… ...

Three in cooler for impersonating Escom officers

Oct 06, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 44 &

Police in Mchinji have arrested three people who claimed to be Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) officers and stole K180,000 from customers. Mchinji Police spokesperson Kaitano Lubrino identified the three as Patrick Brown, 26,… ...

Malawians to protest against blackouts

Oct 05, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 177 &

Civil Society leaders in the country have announced that they will hold anti-blackouts demonstrations this month in Lilongwe. According to one of the organizers of the demonstrations, Billy Mayaya, the protests will be conducted only… ...

Goodbye blackouts? New electricity company registered in Malawi

Sep 22, 2016 Archangel Nzangaya 209 &

Amid continuing blackouts in the country, government has now registered a new energy company which will be generating power in Malawi. According to Minister of Energy, Mining and Natural Resources Bright Msaka the new company… ...

Malawi electricity tariffs to go up

Sep 20, 2016 Luke Bisani 79 &

Amid persistent blackouts in the country, the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has unveiled plans to hike electricity tariffs following the coming of Independent Power Producers (IPPs). The development come at a time when… ...

Ndirande residents, police tussle in a night demo

Sep 17, 2016 Richard Jimu 203 &

…teargas used to disperse angry protesters There were running battles last night between the Malawi Police and residents of Ndirande township in Blantyre who were demonstrating against persistent electricity blackouts that have hit the area… ...