Month: February 2023 Posts

House catches fire at Police College in Zomba

Feb 23, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

A house at Police College in Zomba caught fire Thursday afternoon following a suspected electrical fault. Eyewitnesses who opted for anonymity told Malawi24 that the fire started at around 2 in the afternoon when Electricity… ...

Malawians to experience 15 hours of blackout on Sunday

Feb 18, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Nkula Power plant The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says domestic users in most parts of the country, will this Sunday 19th February be subjected to 15 hours of blackout as the whole country… ...

Government to restore partial generation of power at Kapichira

Feb 18, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says partial generation of power at Kapichira Power Station will be restored by the end of March. The power plant was damaged last year following floods that hit Southern Region of Malawi.… ...

Malawi has only 193MW of electricity available

Feb 13, 2023 Shorai Mopiwa 0 &

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says the electricity situation in Malawi is still in an emergency mode, with  only 193 Megawatts (MW) of hydro capacity available against a system demand of 300MW. ESCOM said… ...

Rain causes nationwide blackout in Malawi

Feb 12, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says heavy flow of water at power stations led to a system shutdown on Sunday afternoon. Malawi experienced a nationwide power blackout that started at around 2:30pm today. According… ...

ESCOM says new lighting tubes will help reduce loadshedding

Feb 10, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has encouraged industrial and commercial customers to start using energy efficient lighting tubes,  saying the tubes will help customers reduce their electricity bills and assist ESCOM to minimize levels… ...

ESCOM says power outage will last about 10 hours today

Jan 29, 2023 Shorai Mopiwa 0 &

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) says it will implement prolonged loadshedding lasting about 10 hours today due to a further reduction in power supply. According to ESCOM, hydro-power supplier, EGENCO, will undertake maintenance… ...