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Egodini Mall will never happen?
Bulawayo councillors have renewed calls to cancel a tender awarded to South African engineering firm, Terracotta, for the redevelopment of Egodini bus terminus into a multi-purpose mall.In 201...Published: 22 Mar 2025 at 12:15hrs | 1058 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors flag sprouting illegal bus ranks
Councillors in Bulawayo are concerned over the rise of illegal bus ranks in the city as it becomes clear that the long-awaited Egodini Mall project may not be able to accommodate all city buses. With ...Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 10:56hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Potholes develop at Egodini terminus
THE recently-opened and hyped Egodini terminus' tarmac has seen potholes emerging, exposing poor workmanship by the contractor. Residents have since raised alarm on the deteriorating infr...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 16:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Egodini Taxi Rank - The Heartbeat of Bulawayo
Bulawayo, the second-largest city in Zimbabwe, is a vibrant metropolis with a very rich cultural and historical heritage. At the heart of this bustling city lies the iconic Egodini Taxi Rank, formerly...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 11:50hrs | 10 | by Mncedisi Nyathi
8-year wait over as Egodini finally reopens
EGODINI Bus Terminus will tomorrow reopen ending an eight-year closure for its rehabilitation after the South Africa-based contractor, Terracotta Trading Private Limited, completed the first phase of ...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:34hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Coltart lays out vision for Bulawayo
Former Primary and Secondary Education minister David Coltart says his immediate task if elected as Bulawayo mayor this week is to clean-up the city that he says has become a cesspit.Coltart, ...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
New Egodini project lease agreement raises stink
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) and South African property developer, Terracotta Trading (Pvt) Limited, have registered a notarial lease for the long-awaited US$60 million Egodini Mall project.Rev...Published: 10 May 2023 at 05:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Egodini decade of deception
WHEN the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) ordered vendors and transport operators to vacate Basch Street Terminus on 25 March 2016, those men and women that were marched out of the place famously known as ...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 12:00hrs | 5 | by Bruce Ndlovu
Bulawayo a pale shadow of its former self
IN the years gone by, Bulawayo, with its charming architecture in the form of Victorian-style buildings, stood tall across the country as a better-organised and cleanest city in southern Africa. ...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Traffic nightmare as kombi crews create 6th Avenue rank
DRIVING on Bulawayo's streets has become nightmarish as rowdy kombi crews violate road rules causing congestion.Roads such as 6th Avenue Extension and Herbert Chitepo streets from 5th Avenue t...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo struggles to clear housing backlog
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) plans to service 650 medium density stands in Mahatshula and 453 high density stands in Luveve suburbs as it battles with a housing backlog of over 120 000.The hous...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:08hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Egodini to open for buses, kombis in December
COMMUTER buses and kombis are set to return to Egodini by December when Phase 1A of the much-anticipated Egodini Mall and Bus Terminus upgrading project is expected to have been completed, Bulawayo Ci...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Egodini Mall construction further delayed
BULAWAYO residents have to wait a little longer before they step foot at the long-awaited Egodini Mall after a South African civil engineering company that won a tender to construct the mall missed it...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 08:32hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Nothing to write home about at Egodini
NOTHING to write home about is happening at Egodini in Bulawayo, years after a tender was awarded to a company to transform the terminus.The Egodini Mall contractor, South African civil engine...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC checks progress at Egodini Mall
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) officials will today tour Egodini Mall amid concerns that the project has taken too long to complete.The mall is being constructed by South African property develop...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:35hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Local companies blamed for Egodini Mall delays
SOUTH African property developer, Terracotta Trading (Private) Limited company yesterday blamed Bulawayo companies for stalling progress in the construction of Egodini Mall.Company director Th...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Egodini project finally kicks off
CONSTRUCTION of the long-awaited Egodini Mall by South African property developer, Terracotta Private Limited, is set to begin next month with an initial recruitment of at least 300 workers.Th...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Terracotta backtracks on Egodini Mall cost
SOUTH African property developer, Terracotta Trading (Private) Limited, which was contracted to develop Egodini Mall in Bulawayo, yesterday made an about turn and produced a statement claiming the tot...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Egodini Mall cost raises eyebrows
SOUTH African property developer, Terracotta Private Limited, which was contracted to construct the Egodini Mall in Bulawayo, yesterday said it estimated the value of the project at US$25 million as o...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
BCC launches 'I Love Bulawayo' campaign
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) yesterday launched the I Love Bulawayo campaign which coincided with the Bulawayo Day celebrations to showcase the city's heritage, diversity and artistic potential....Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:26hrs | 2 | by Staff report
Egodini mall's first phase completion set for August
THE completion of the first phase of the multimillion-dollar Egodini Mall project in the Bulawayo central business district is now expected next August after several missed deadlines.In 2016, ...Published: 22 May 2021 at 19:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo faces massive land shortage
BULAWAYO requires as much as 27 000 hectares of land within and outside its boundaries to meet the needs of residents and industry under a development strategy running until 2034.Only 12 350 h...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Showdown over Egodini mall construction
A LEGAL showdown is looming between the Bulawayo City Council and the Affirmative Action Group (AAG), which is pushing for cancellation of the Egodini mall construction tender awarded to a South Afric...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Health crisis looms at Bulawayo's makeshift kombi terminus
WITHOUT a care in the world, a visibly intoxicated tout staggers out of a parked commuter omnibus with a plastic bottle filled with a yellowish liquid and tosses it on a heap of trash in an alley just...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fury over closure of Egodini toilets
BULAWAYO's Egodini Mall developer - Terracotta Private Limited - has triggered a storm after reportedly shutting down ablution facilities without notifying vendors operating within the site vicinity....Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 16:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Egodini Mall project stalls
ZIMBABWE's financial meltdown has brought the construction of the Egodini Mall — set to be the biggest public transport terminus boasting a retail section and parking bays in Zimbabwe's second large...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt concerned over delays in Egodini Mall project
GOVERNMENT has expressed concern over delays in the construction of Bulawayo's proposed Egodini Mall, more than three years after South African firm Terracorta won the tender to undertake the project....Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Egodini developer recruits 65 people
BULAWAYO's Egodini Mall developer, Terracotta Private Limited, has so far recruited 65 people to work on the initial stages of the multi-million dollar project. The Bulawayo City Council award...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC MPs, councillors in $60m scandal
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has opened an investigation against 23 MDC councillors and two National Assembly members implicated in a $60 million tender scandal.Other charges...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 18:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rising costs affect Egodini project
ESCALATING costs of building materials have stalled the construction of Egodini Mall, with officials revealing that they are reviewing the project's budget.This development was revealed at the...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bartender stabs disrespectful customer
A BARTENDER from Ntabazinduna allegedly stabbed a customer twice with a knife for "disrespecting him."Mr Givemore Zhou (25) was admitted to the United Bulawayo Hospitals after Nkosilathi Mpofu...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Egodini Mall construction suspended
CONSTRUCTION of the long-awaited Egodini mall has stalled amid claims the contractor has suspended development until after elections and that they are facing funding challenges.Bulawayo mayor ...Published: 31 May 2018 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
52 vehicles impounded by police
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday impounded 52 vehicles in a crackdown against motorists who are allegedly causing chaos in the city centre. Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Precious Simango ...Published: 12 May 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Egodini upgrade: Contractor gets down to business
DEMOLITION of old infrastructure is underway at Egodini terminus in Bulawayo as work on the $60 million mall construction project takes shape.South African engineering firm, Terracotta Private...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Egodini contractor mulls equity scheme for Bulawayo
SOUTH African civil engineering firm, Terracotta, will be launching a broad-based retail equity scheme, which allows Bulawayo residents to acquire a maximum of 30% shareholding in the Egodini project....Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Egodini closure worsens congestion in CBD
THE closure of the Basch Street Terminus has worsened the congestion along 6th Avenue extension and surrounding areas in the city, with residents and motorists calling on the Bulawayo City Council to ...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Egodini Mall construction jobs to open next month
AN official contact centre will next month be established near the Basch Street Terminus in Bulawayo to cater for job seekers who wish to work on the construction of the Egodini Mall.The contr...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombis move out of Egodini terminus
THE Basch Street Terminus in Bulawayo, popularly known as Egodini, will be closed from today to pave way for the construction of a multi-million dollar mall, with informal traders and commuter omnibus...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Egodini Mall construction begins
Basch Street Terminus (Egodini) will be closed today to pave way for the construction of the Egodini Mall, Bulawayo City Council has said in a statement.In a notice to stakeholders, town clerk...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC Note on closure of Egodini
PUBLIC NOTICE: CLOSURE OF BASCH STREET TERMINUS (EGODINI) FOR REDEVELOPMENT The City of Bulawayo would like to advise commuters, stakeholders, commuter ...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 19:42hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
BCC makes progress in Egodini relocations
THE Bulawayo City Council says it has made considerable progress in preparing for the relocation of transport operators and informal traders operating at the Basch Street Terminus.The city cou...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 05:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
BCC fails to meet Egodini mall project deadline
THE Egodini mall project has got off to another false start, as Bulawayo City Council failed to meet Thursday's deadline to begin the much-hyped rehabilitation of Basch Street bus terminus into a regi...Published: 03 Mar 2018 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Egodini project stalls
THE Bulawayo City Council has extended by two weeks the relocation of transport operators and informal traders operating at the Basch Street Terminus citing inadequate preparation of alternative sites...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council clears Egodini for mall project to resume
THE Bulawayo City Council has started the process of relocating commuter and vendor operators from Egodini terminus paving way for its upgrading starting next week.The local authority has alre...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 08:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
$60m Egodini facelift begins next month
South African civil engineering firm, Terracotta, is set to move on site next month as the rehabilitation of Basch Street Terminus commonly known as Egodini begins.Last year, Terracotta won th...Published: 10 Jan 2018 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Egodini project to be cancelled
THE much hyped project to rehabilitate Basch Street Terminus commonly known as Egodini and turn it into a regional public transport hub and shopping mall, hangs in the balance after Bulawayo councillo...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 10:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Locals to get 30% stake in Egodini
CONTRACTORS of the $60 million Egodini project have engaged an independent financial advisor to put together a broad-based retail equity scheme that will allow ordinary residents of Bulawayo to acquir...Published: 30 Oct 2017 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Outcry over delayed Egodini Mall project
FRUSTRATED Bulawayo residents have expressed grave concern over delayed commencement of the much awaited multi-million dollar Egodini Mall project, despite assurances by the authorities.The pr...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 13:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Touts kidnap, assault traffic police officers for impounding car
THE Asifuni Bumbulu chant landed four touts in hot soup after they allegedly assaulted police officers who had impounded their colleague's vehicle.The four could not come to terms with the fac...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 08:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Life ban for kombi driver
A KOMBI driver was banned for life from driving and sentenced to a year in jail after he was convicted of picking passengers at an undesignated spot in Bulawayo.Bulawayo magistrate Mr Tinashe ...Published: 17 Jul 2017 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
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