Men sent to prison for vandalizing electricity infrastructure
The Chief Resident Magistrate Court in Thyolo has sentenced four people to 18 years in prison for vandalising an ESCOM transformer at Khonjeni in the district earlier this year.
The Chief Resident Magistrate Court in Thyolo has sentenced four people to 18 years in prison for vandalising an ESCOM transformer at Khonjeni in the district earlier this year.
People in the country should expect a reduce in load shedding as the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM)has signed a transmission connection agreement with Press Energy Limited ( PEL) for a 50- Megawatt solar project.
The High Court in Blantyre has stopped the Government from transferring Kamwamba Kumwenda, from the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi where he served as Chief Executive Officer to the Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences as a lecturer.
The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi has reported of widespread power outages in Lilongwe City due to heavy rains and strong winds.
An ESCOM employee, Josephy Chilowa, aged 31 has died after falling from an electricity pole at Mbenje CR-20 camp site in Nsanje.