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Petroda Service Station closed for selling fuel to people with jerrycans

Oct 20, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Salima Turn Off Petroda Service Station The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) has shut down Salima turn-off Petroda Service Station in Lilongwe after one of the attendants was caught demanding extra money to sell fuel… ...

MERA shuts down Total Service Station for overcharging for fuel

Oct 15, 2022 Archangel Nzangaya 3 &

The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) has shut down Murray Total service station in Lilongwe after attendants were caught overcharging fuel prices. According to MERA's consumer affairs officer Vitumbiko Sakala, the development follows several complaints… ...

Chakwera concedes defeat, says Malawi facing fuel shortage

Sep 08, 2022 Russell Kondowe 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has admitted that fuel shortage caused by forex scarcity has hit Malawi for several weeks now, and the crisis has affected manufacturing, businesses, work and domestic life. Chakwera has disagreed with Malawi… ...

Forex problems have caused fuel shortage, says Chakwera

Sep 07, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says long term forex problems have led to the current shortage of fuel in the country. Speaking today at the 2022 Malawi Investment Summit at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe,… ...

ESCOM wants 99 percent electricity tariff hike

Aug 15, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has proposed that electricity tariff should be hiked from the current K104 per kilowatt hour (kwh) to K207 per kwh. The electricity supplier has submitted the proposal to… ...

Man builds hydropower station which provides electricity to 100 homes

Jul 26, 2022 Shorai Mopiwa 6 &

John Sayilence led his community in building a hydropower plant that currently provides electricity to about 100 households at Mantchewe, Traditional Authority Kachulu in Rumphi. Sayilence, a secondary school dropout, built the Chipopoma hydropower plant… ...

Fuel shortage hits Mzuzu

Jul 22, 2022 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

There is a shortage of fuel in the city of Mzuzu and at the two filling stations where fuel is available, long lines of vehicles have formed. At 6am today, long lines of vehicles laid… ...