Police in Balaka District arrested two ESCOM employees and several others on Thursday, August 22 2024 for vandalizing ESCOM property. Balaka Police Station spokesperson Gladson M’bumpha said the arrests follow an investigation into incidents of vandalism that occurred on the nights of August 8-9 and August 18-19, 2024, at Govati Village and Phombeya Substation within Phalula. “The suspects apprehended include Rodgers Mkwanda, 25 and Stanford Chabwera, 30 who are ESCOM security guards stationed at ESCOM’s Substation in Phombeya,” he said. M’bumpha said Mkwanda and Chabwera were found

Police in Mangochi have arrested 40-year-old Joseph Simeon for allegedly vandalizing Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited and Southern Region Water Board (SRWB) properties in the lakeshore district.   Mangochi Police spokesperson, Amina Daudi, said the law enforcers have been receiving reports from ESCOM of incidents of unknown criminals vandalizing transformers in the district.   “During this period, several transformers in locations such as Namiyasi, Mosiya, Mgundaphiri, Kalonga, and Mpondasi were tampered with, resulting in the theft of cables and fuses,” she said.   Daudi said

The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) Limited Dowa office team on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, busted a syndicate of illegal electricity extensions at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in the district. Dowa ESCOM Senior Distribution Supervisor, Amon Chirwa, said they conducted the sweeping exercise after customers complained of frequent power supply outages at the refugee camp. “A particular distribution transformer (1MVA), which supplies power to Dzaleka Health Centre, has been experiencing frequent faults due to illegal electricity extensions; hence, we intervened to disconnect them. We were afraid of