The Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) and Mulanje Police Station held a four-day campaign from 8 to 11 October against the vandalism of electricity infrastructure in Mulanje District. Mobile teams toured markets and trading centres on Thursday and Friday, urging people to protect power assets and report suspicious activity quickly. On Saturday, 60 members […]
Traditional leaders in Kasungu have called for community-led security patrols to protect electricity infrastructure, following a wave of transformer vandalism that has left several local communities without power in recent weeks. Four transformers have been vandalised in the district within weeks, according to the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM), prompting the utility to launch […]
Minister of Justice has sounded the alarm over a surge in vandalism that is tearing through the nation’s public infrastructure — and has revealed that his ministry is now drafting a new hard‑hitting law to stop the destruction before it cripples the economy. Speaking after weeks of mounting concern, the Minister said the country can […]
Kondwani Nankhumwa, MP for Mulanje Central, has criticised the theft and destruction of public infrastructure, warning that such acts set development back and deny communities the benefits they are entitled to. Nankhumwa made the remarks on Thursday while commissioning an electricity project in Ekhamuno village and delivering 200 desks to Mapereka School, under Senior Chief […]
A temporary labourer for the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) has been sentenced to 48 months imprisonment with hard labour for stealing copper cables in Mzuzu, police records indicate. James Phiri appeared before Mzuzu Magistrate’s Court on March 31 to answer charges of theft of the cables at Mzuzu Power Substation on March 30. […]
Malawi Police have arrested five people for allegedly removing roadside protective barriers. According to the police, the five suspects are in police custody at Nkhata Bay police station for allegedly removing the metal ridges that are usually fixed on the edges of the road either at sharp bend or along the bridges. Police have identified the […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has been left distraught after residents of Area 1B and Habitat in the city of Mzuzu on Saturday vandalised its Luwinga Technical Centre after learning that the facility was offered to Ministry of Health to use it as a quarantine centre for coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic patients. Mzuzu-based FAM second vice-president […]
A 60-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to the charge of torching a billboard bearing the face of President Peter Mutharika in Nkhata Bay. The man, Nyenje Nyirenda was arrested for allegedly setting ablaze part of a billboard bearing Mutharika’s image. Police prosecutors say Nyirenda allegedly committed the offence on September 25, 2019 and had […]
Patients at Chikowa Health Centre in Blantyre were on Friday had a rude awakening following the vandalism that unidentified thugs inflicted to the facility’s water pump. The bandits stole the only facility’s water pump it relied on to pump water into its main tank. The development has forced guardians to find other sources of water […]
Ministry of Information, Civic Education and Communication Technology was not spared the damage by a section of protestors who caused mayhem in Lilongwe on Tuesday, leaving a trail of looting and destruction. The thugs group broke in the ministry’s headquarters at City Centre in Lilongwe and caused extensive looting and vandalism. Pictures taken by official […]
Malawi Police in Blantyre have arrested three suspects in connection to the theft of four rolls of Electricity Supply Commission of Malawi (ESCOM) cables, worth over K1 million. According to Blantyre Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Elizabeth Divala, the three Jester Saukira 40, Gift Austin 20, and James Mpaso 30, were arrested on Saturday following […]
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) on Tuesday, 17 January, 2017 seized over 2,000 kilogrammes of vandalised cables, water pipes, bolts and taps from a fuel tanker in Mzuzu. The development follows patrols mounted by MRA Flexible Anti-Smuggling Teams (FAST) in the city. The items were concealed in sacks inside the tanker, registration number PE 7146 […]
The newly constructed state-of-the-art Bingu National Stadium (BNS) in Lilongwe has been vandalised as thugs had to steal waters taps and toilet equipment during Monday’s Luso TV Bus Ipite Bonanza in Lilongwe. Government allowed Luso Television to use the facility in a Luso TV Bus Ipite match between Mighty Be Forward Wanderers and it’s rivals […]
Members of the community in the Area of T/A Nkaya in Balaka district have ganged up against the malpractice of stealing and vandalising properties belonging to a Brazillian Mine Company Vale mounted along the railway that connects Malawi and Mozambique. This follows an increase in number of cases of accidents and vandals involving people from […]
A 30-year-old-man of Thomson Chaoneka was shot by police in Lilongwe on Monday night for allegedly attempting to steal pipes at Bingu National Stadium which has not yet been officially opened even though contractors finished the project last November. Malawi Police Service (MPS) deputy publicist Thomeck Nyaude confirmed the shooting, saying it was not fatal […]
Malawi Police have confirmed that man who is suspected for stoning and destroying the billboard bearing a face of President Peter Mutharika was arrested. Assistant Public Relations for police southern region, Peter Mchiza, confirmed that Chikondi Saidi, 26 was picked by law enforcers after witnesses reported him to the police. Saidi reportedly stoned the billboard […]
Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) power lines vandals have been given long jail terms by Neno magistrates court after prosecutors said the power utility will spend over K600 million for the vandalised main central region line. Neno First Grade Magistrate Daniel Dzowera then sentenced Wonderford Benard to six years imprisonment with hard laour, Oscar […]
Vandals and torrential rains have brought down the main power lines that supply electricity from Nkula Falls to Lilongwe, worsening electricity woes in the country. Escom transmission manager Alfred Kaponda said over K600 million is needed to bring the situation back to normal. This is in addition to daily electricity woes that has seen Escom […]