Month: June 2023 Posts

ESCOM employees to undergo mandatory alcohol, drug screening

Jun 26, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says it will with immediate effect start conducting random mandatory alcohol and other drug screening tests for all its employees and anyone doing business with the corporation. This… ...

ESCOM wants electricity tariff increased by 69.7%

Jun 14, 2023 Shorai Mopiwa 0 &

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has submitted an application in which it is asking the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) to approve a 69.7% electricity tariff increase. According to a statement from MERA, the… ...

ESCOM employees netted for illegally connecting electricity to lodge, houses

Jun 07, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Namadzi Police in Chiradzulu have arrested four people including two ESCOM employees and an ex-employee for being suspected to have illegally connected electricity to a lodge and houses. Chiradzulu police publicist Constable Cosmas Kagulo has… ...

ESCOM employee dies after falling from pole

May 29, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A power linesman for the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has died after falling from a pole at Mponela in Dowa District. The 40-year-old ESCOM employee died on Sunday while working at the pole.… ...

ESCOM to reconfigure electricity metres

May 17, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says it will from next month start upgrading the electricity recharge token system for prepaid metres. This is according to ESCOM Chief Operating Officer Maxwell Mulimakwenda who was speaking… ...

ESCOM Fires Employee for 2020 Facebook Post Criticizing Loadshedding under Chakwera

May 13, 2023 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

In a shocking turn of events, the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has terminated an employee's contract over a 2020 Facebook post criticizing the Chakwera administration's failure to end loadshedding. The termination is seen… ...

Two people arrested for stealing ESCOM cables at Health Centre

May 06, 2023 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Police at Mponela in Dowa are keeping in custody two men, identified as Steven Hama, 50, and Alfred Shera, 48, for allegedly stealing Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) cables valued at K1.2 million at… ...