Crossroads Hotel donates K5m to Football Legends Association ahead of AGM

Crossroads Hotel has donated K5 million to the Football Legends Association (FLA) to help cover expenses for the association’s annual general meeting, scheduled for 29 August. Speaking at the handover ceremony in Lilongwe, Crossroads Hotel general manager Jones Malili said the donation reflected the hotel’s corporate social responsibility commitments. “We thought it was very necessary […]

ACB  czar reports ‘progress’ in Crossroads Hotelgate probe

Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general Reyneck Matemba, has disclosed that the bureau is making good progress in investigating a suspicious transaction between the State House and the Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe recently. Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC  and Youth and Society (YAS) called  for expedited investigations into the matter. Addressing a news conference in Lilongwe on […]

Crossroads Hotel beware! HRDC for blacklisting of corrupt companies, individuals: Citizens must boycott their services

Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has said it would be imperative for government to blacklist companies and individuals who have been defrauding Malawians, in all sorts of manners, so that would-be offenders can be deterred. In a statement issued Thursday, and signed by national coordinator, Gift Trapance, and regional chairpersons, HRDC said it was appalled […]

Chakwera differs with State House on dismissing ‘hotelgate’ as fake:  Backs probe

President Lazarus Chakwera has differed with his media and communications team at State House for rushing to dismiss a Nyasa Times story on payments to Crossroads Hotel for $300 a night accommodation for foreign guests, saying he welcomes Anti-Corruption bureau (ACB) investigations into the alleged abuse of public funds. The presidential press secretary Brian Banda […]

Not fake news! Crossroads Hotel confirms getting payment from State House

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general Reyneck Matemba has said that the bureau will investigate suspicious payment by State House for its four foreign guests allegedly for inflating figures for business at Crossroads Hotel at its Lilongwe unit. Crossroads Hotel earlier issued a statement dismissing an earlier Nyasa Times report, saying the hotel has had […]

New rubble of plunder at State House: K65m spent on bogus accommodation at Crossroads Hotel

There is a new rubble of a systematic looting of public money right from State House in cohort with  Crossroads Hotel in the Capital Lilongwe which has so far seen the tax payer defrauded K65 million in bogus accommodation charges . President Lazarus Chakwera came to power less than five months ago–promising so many good […]

Popular hotel Crossroads guilty of  polluting environment, fined  K1 million

A popular hotel in Lilongwe, Crossroads, has been found guilty of polluting the environment in the capital city and has since been fined K1 million. Director of Environmental Affairs Michael Makonombera says this follows an inspection at the hotel conducted by the department on September 30  2019. The inspection was conducted to follow up on […]

Crossroads Hotel probed over ‘tax evasion’

Crossroads Hotel is under investigation for alleged tax evasion through abuse of a duty waiver, Nyasa Times understands. According to information gathered by Nyasa Times, Crossroads Hotel was granted a waiver of duty by Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) on a hotel project they are building in Blantyre. However, the owners of the hotel are alleged […]

Malawi Crossroads Hotel workers go on strike: Zimbabwean manager under fire

Management of Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe on Friday got a rude awakening after employees walked off the job demanding better perks and improved working conditions. The development forced some staff in high positions to work as waiters during various meetings at the hotel and has also led to management to force staffs that were on […]