Blantyre’s first ever five star hotel, the Sogecoa Golden Peacock, will officially open its doors to the public on Friday. President Lazarus Chakwera is expected to officially inaugurate the Chinese-constructed magnificent structure ranked five-star. Hotel Marketing Manager, Samuel Mio, said following the grand opening, prices and costs of all the products and services have been […]
Lilongwe District Health Office (DHO) has finally released its investigative report on three Chinese nationals who were at the centre of rumours that they had symptoms coronavirus (COVID-19). The Chinese nationals were booked at the Golden Peacock Hotel in Lilongwe. The rumour prompted guests and other organisations to check out of the hotel, bringing business […]
Business has come to a standstill at the Golden Peacock Hotel in Lilongwe following social media rumours that the hospitality facility was keeping a couple infected with coronavirus (Covid-19). The hotel’s assistant general manager, Samuel Miao, said in an exclusive interview with Nyasa Times in Lilongwe on Thursday that circulation of the fake news on […]
Malawi’s Ministry of Health has put at ease social media rumors that there is a suspected coronavirus patients at one of the hotels in the capital city, Lilongwe. A message seculating on social media purported from an insider at Golden Peacock Hotel said there are two Chinese nationals locked in one of the rooms after […]
Malawi Bureau of Standards says it has instituted investigations after reports that a Chinese upmarket hotel, Peacock and Pacific Hotel in Lilongwe continued serve food to customers after they were closed on Wednesday. Devlin Chokazinga, director general of Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) said the two hotel management would be taken to court if his […]
Malawi Bureau of Standards, enforcers of food standardisation in the country, have closed down food departments of two popular and upmarkets hotels in Lilongwe. The bureau officials confirmed they have closed down the food departments of Peacock Hotel, owned by Chinese and an Asian owned Pacific Hotel in the Capital City, Lilongwe. They said the […]
With youth unemployment at record levels in Malawi, the capital city Lilongwe on Wednesday witnessed long queue at Golden Peacock Hotel as youths search for jobs. A long winding queue at the hotel, situated just less than a kilometre away from Capital Hill, the seat of government surprised guests to the Chinese run hotel. The […]
Local staff at Chinese run hotel in the Capital City, Lilongwe have downed their tools, asking for paying hike and accusing the management of abuse. Staff at Golden Peacock or Segcoa, an upmarket hotel at the city centre, say they will not allow management to bring ‘Beijing’ into Malawi. Golden Peacock assistant marketing manager Malumbo […]
Some illegal Chinese workers are still working at Golden Peacock in the capital Lilongwe without the blessings of the Department of Immigration which denied them working permits for several times. Nyasa Times investigations has revealed that Golden Peacock management is still keeping the workers in their managerial positions despite the Immigration Department advice that the […]
By Wanga Gwede, Nyasa Times Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has threatened to “smoke out” protestors who will hold another round of nationwide anti-government demonstrations Wednesday August 17. Civil rights groups want Mutharika to explain his personal wealth, address foreign exchange and fuel shortages and reconcile with Britain, which froze aid after a diplomatic spat. […]