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Business News
Escom outlines risks to power generation
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has described the dependent on one river and one technology as major risks…
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National News
Water level rise boosts power generation
Relief! Malawians should expect improved power supply this month as the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) yesterday said…
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Front Page
Blantyre residents brace for 3 days of dry taps
Blantyre residents and those from surrounding areas have been warned to brace for three days of no water supply…
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Business News
Escom’s K3.4bn Lilongwe diesel power plant ready March
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) says the 10 megawatts (MW) diesel-powered generation plant worth $4.7 million (about K3.4 billion)…
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Business News
Shire River basin economy’s lifeline, says minister
Government has said it is implementing the Shire River Basin Management Programme to enhance integrated programme approach since Shire…
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National News
Brace for more blackouts—Escom
Malawians should brace for prolonged hours of blackouts following the continued dwindling of water flows in the Shire River…
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Business News
MSE struggles to court corporate bonds
Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE) seems to be facing difficulties to attract firms to issue corporate bonds that can be…
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Editors Pick
Girl dies from electrocution
A 12-year-old girl has died in Blantyre’s Ndirande Township after being electrocuted on Monday. Police say the girl, identified as…
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National News
Escom vandalism case verdict today
The Neno Second Grade Magistrate Court is today expected to deliver judgement in a case of vandalising of Electricity…
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Editors Pick
Vandalism worsens Escom woes, cuts power to hospitals
Vandalism of laminated pieces of metal has brought down 12 steel towers supporting Escom’s 66kv line to Lilongwe, worsening…
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Editors Pick
Fury, desperation over electricity loadshedding
There is growing fury and desperation among Malawians over the recent intermittent power outage that is substantially impacting on…
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Beyond unbundling of Escom
For a long time, Malawians have cried for competition or alternative players in the power market where Electricity Supply Corporation…
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Front Page
Water price hikes an insult, says Cfsc
The Centre for Social Concern (Cfsc) has said the recent tariff hikes by public utility service providers, Electricity Supply…
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Editors Pick
Escom recovers K305m from ‘tricky’ customers
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has the last laugh through the recovery of K305 million from 1 528…
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National News
Mystery surrounds MSB ATM fire
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) and Malawi Savings Bank (MSB) are investigating a fire which burnt down the…
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National News
BWB tips customers on Sunday water situation
Blantyre Water Board (BWB) has alerted its customers that Walkers Ferry Pumping Station will operate at half load on…
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Weekly Agenda
Mphambe and the woodman
A woodman was felling a tree on the bank of a river, when his axe glancing off the trunk,…
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Are imported poles more tree than local ones?
Judge Mbadwa: This is the second time in few weeks that this court is handling a matter involving Escom and…
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Front Page
Shock as ESCOM imports poles
As Malawi’s foreign currency stockpile dwindles, the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) could spend roughly $100 000 (around…
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Development
Nature takes revenge
The recent spate of load shedding by the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) is a direct effect of human…
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