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Bulawayo councillors split over Egodini mall project

City councillors remain deeply divided on how to handle the stalled Egodini Mall redevelopment, as frustrations mount among residents over continued delays and traffic congestion attributed to the failed project.During a heated full counci…

Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 09:00hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter

Egodini Mall project in turmoil

The long-delayed Egodini Mall redevelopment project has hit yet another major stumbling block, with South Africa-based contractor Terracotta Trading (Pvt) Ltd requesting to revise its investment downwards from nearly US$60 million to just …

Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 08:46hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter

Egodini Mall project tarnishes BCC

As delays and controversy continue to dog the long-awaited Egodini Mall and Transport Hub redevelopment project, calls for greater accountability in local governance have reached fever pitch. The stalled project has become a symbol of miss…

Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 10:22hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter

Scottland roped in for Egodini Mall project

Terracotta Trading Private Limited, the contractor behind the long-delayed Egodini Mall redevelopment project, has brought on board Better Brands Construction in a bid to accelerate progress amid mounting backlash from stakeholders over pe…

Published: 20 May 2025 at 10:09hrs | 923 | by Staff reporter

Zwigananda roped into Egodini Mall project

Better Brands Construction, a company owned by businessman and ZANU-PF politician Scott Sakupwanya, has been brought on board in a last-ditch attempt to revive the long-delayed Egodini Mall redevelopment project, according to a Bulawayo Ci…

Published: 10 May 2025 at 14:21hrs | 4135 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF member's property destroyed in suspected intra-party violence

Property belonging to a Zanu-PF member was destroyed in a suspected politically motivated attack on Thursday night in Zvimba, Mashonaland West province, as intra-party tensions continue to rise within the ruling party.Gifford Gomwe, a know…

Published: 22 Mar 2025 at 12:19hrs | 1431 | by Staff reporter

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 2012, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) contracted T…

Published: 22 Mar 2025 at 12:15hrs | 1059 | by Staff reporter

Egodini deal terminated

The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has officially moved to terminate the lease agreement with Terracotta Trading Private Limited for the US$60 million Egodini Redevelopment Project due to the contractor's prolonged failure to implement the pr…

Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 07:34hrs | 2249 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo City Council stops Egodini Terminus construction

The Bulawayo City Council has taken decisive action to address the growing lawlessness caused by kombi operators and vendors, temporarily halting the construction of Phases 1B and 2 at the Egodini Terminus. The move is aimed at restoring o…

Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 07:46hrs | 587 | by Staff reporter

Egodini phase 2 kicks in

Terracotta Trading, the developer behind the Egodini Bus Terminus, is set to commence the second phase of the rehabilitation project, which will include the construction of the bus terminal building. Phase 1A of this multi-million-dollar p…

Published: 02 Jun 2024 at 09:05hrs | 15 | 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 infrastructure describing the work done as fake and…

Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 16:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Traders shun Egodini, decry exorbitant user fees

TWO days after the opening of the upgraded Egodini Terminus in Bulawayo, traders and commuters are yet to move to the facility amid revelations that vendors want a reduction of the proposed US$90 monthly fee that is being charged by the co…

Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:42hrs | | by Staff reporter

Egodini finally re-opens

BULAWAYO'S Egodini Terminus finally opened its gates yesterday following the completion of the upgrade works on the taxi rank under Phase One of the multi-million-dollar construction project that should include a modern shopping mall, amon…

Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

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 works.The project has over the years st…

Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:34hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Egodini to be opened during the second week of February

THE first phase of the long-awaited Egodini mall project is ready for re-opening with at least 400 informal traders set to be allocated vending stalls, Bulawayo mayor David Coltart has said.Coltart said indications were that the facility w…

Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 04:17hrs | | by Staff reporter

Egodini terminus completion postponed to around mid-January next year

THE people of Bulawayo have been waiting since 2016 for the completion of the Egodini terminus, a project that promises to transform the city's transport and vending sectors.However, their hopes have been dashed again and again, as the con…

Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 19:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

BCC allocates vending bays at Egodini

Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has started allocating vending bays to registered informal traders at Egodini Mall as the first phase of the project nears completion.More than 500 vending bays are being constructed at Egodini Mall under phase …

Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 12:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

BCC raises red flag over Egodini vending stalls fraudsters

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has raised a red flag over fraudsters who are reportedly swindling vendors purporting to be responsible for the allocation of vending bays at Egodini Mall ahead of its reopening on Friday.Terracotta Trading Priv…

Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 17:49hrs | | by Staff reporter

Contractor re-designs Egodini Mall vending bays

TERRACOTTA Private Limited, a South African company, which won the US$60 million tender to rebuild Bulawayo's Basch Street Bus Terminus has since engaged another company from the neighbouring country to redesign the vending bays at the Ego…

Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:14hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter

Shock as David Coltart fingered in hefty bribe over Egodini Mall

In a shocking turn of events, the recently elected Mayor of Bulawayo, David Coltart, once hailed as a champion of development and an anti-corruption crusader, is now facing damning allegations of bribery and collusion with the South Africa…

Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 09:03hrs | | by Siphamandla Sibanda

Coltart summons Egodini project contractor

Bulawayo's Mayor, David Coltart, has called for a review of the contract with Terracotta Private Limited, the contractor for the Egodini Mall project. The project, which began in 2012, has faced significant delays, with the bus terminus an…

Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 09:03hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

BCC takes Terracotta to court over Egodini project stall

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has resolved to take Egodini Mall contractor, Terracotta Private Limited, to court for delaying to complete the project after winning the US$60 million tender to rebuild Bulawayo's Basch Street Bus Terminus in 2…

Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Egodini delays cost Bulawayo

The long-delayed construction of the Egodini Mall in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, is having a negative impact on the city's economy.The project, which was originally scheduled to have completed the first phase by November 2019, has been plagued by …

Published: 15 May 2023 at 10:29hrs | 45 | by Paul Ndou

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.Revelations of the notarial lease agreement â€” wh…

Published: 10 May 2023 at 05:59hrs | 6 | 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 Egodini perhaps could not have imagined…

Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 12:00hrs | 5 | by Bruce Ndlovu

Bulawayo Council reveals eGodini Mall relocation strategy

The City of Bulawayo has issued a circular informing informal traders and the generality of the public on the steps that shall be taken to relocate informal vendors to the botched eGodini Mall site which has failed to come to a completion …

Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 18:33hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu

Egodini to open in mid-February this year

Bulawayo City Council has said the Basch Street Bus Terminus, popularly known as Egodini, will be opened in mid-February this year for some informal traders and transporters as construction work progresses.Terracotta Trading Private Limite…

Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:47hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

South African companies gets a flake over eGodini delays

RESIDENTS of Bulawayo have demanded immediate cancellation of contracts given to two South African companies, citing delays by one while the other has been accused of usurping council.Terracotta Trading Limited (TTPL), which is rebuilding …

Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 20:33hrs | 9 | 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 City Council has said.The project has bee…

Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter

Egodini mall first phase deadline deferred

THE completion of Bulawayo's Egodini Mall Phase 1A project, which covers taxi and bus rank upgrade as well as informal trading stores, has been deferred to August this year after missing the April 2022 deadline.The contractor, Terracotta T…

Published: 28 May 2022 at 08:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Egodini seeks bricklayers

AS work continues to gather pace for the completion of Phase 1A of the much anticipated Egodini Bus Terminus upgrading project, the South African based developer â€“ Terracotta Private Limited â€“ will today be recruiting bricklayers to wo…

Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo mayor says there is significant progress at the Egodini Mall project

BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni yesterday said there was significant progress at the Egodini Mall project, with the first phase already completed."There is a difference from what we saw last time, and we are happy about the progress.  Th…

Published: 04 May 2022 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Egodini mall developer shuts down public toilets

TERRACOTTA, the company contracted by Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to construct Egodini Mall last week shut down public toilets used by vendors who operate along Lobengula Street, drawing the ire of residents groups.Terracotta indicated tha…

Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter

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