Man pays dearly for ESCOM cable theft
This article was originally published on Malawi24 ">Malawi24, Malawi's #1 independent news platform. A suspected attempt to steal ESCOM electricity cables has left a 39-year-old scrap dealer seriously injured after a high-voltage electric shock trapped him inside a transformer cage in Mzuzu. Amon Nkhata was electrocuted on Thursday, November 5, 2026, at St John of God in Chibanja, where he was allegedly attempting to cut an electrical cable […] Read the full article and more Malawi news at Man p
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This article was originally published on Malawi24">Malawi24, Malawi's #1 independent news platform.
A suspected attempt to steal ESCOM electricity cables has left a 39-year-old scrap dealer seriously injured after a high-voltage electric shock trapped him inside a transformer cage in Mzuzu. Amon Nkhata was electrocuted on Thursday, November 5, 2026, at St John of God in Chibanja, where he was allegedly attempting to cut an electrical cable […]
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- 100 words · 1 min read
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- November 6, 2026
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- Ben Bongololo
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- Malawi24