Following an announcement of a load shedding schedule that was planned to complete on Monday, the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi has extended the load shedding schedule. According to a statement by Escom Management, the six hour blackouts will affect regions differently according to how they are grouped.

Consumers Association of Malawi (Cama) executive director John Kapito has described the return of the six-hour electricity blackout for both domestic and industry customers as worrisome and counter-productive to the economy.

The first three-day six-hour load shedding was experienced last week from Saturday to Monday and Escom has also published another schedule from yesterday to Saturday. The private sector in Malawi blamed Escom for a slow business year in 2019 as the load shedding exercise to up to 9 hours per day. The statement by Escom has revealed that the blackouts are due to maintenance works at Tedzani III Power Station.