Bulawayo City Council shuffled around who gets to hand out land after developers kept complaining that the Town Planning Department was basically gatekeeping everything. Director Wisdom Siziba used to run the whole show, but the new policy moves major investment decisions over to City Economic Development Officer Kholisani Moyo, who apparently has better connections with people trying to dump money into the city.
Property developer Tapiwa Nyazika said the planning folks kept telling everyone to wait for tender ads that never showed up, and frustrated investors started looking at smaller towns willing to actually give them space to build stuff. The council only put out two major land tenders over five years, which left capable developers sitting around while land hoarders grabbed plots without developing anything.
Moyo will handle the big stuff like hotels, gas stations, medical facilities, and solar farms through expressions of interest or public tenders, while Siziba keeps control over smaller projects and random unsolicited proposals.
Property developer Tapiwa Nyazika said the planning folks kept telling everyone to wait for tender ads that never showed up, and frustrated investors started looking at smaller towns willing to actually give them space to build stuff. The council only put out two major land tenders over five years, which left capable developers sitting around while land hoarders grabbed plots without developing anything.
Moyo will handle the big stuff like hotels, gas stations, medical facilities, and solar farms through expressions of interest or public tenders, while Siziba keeps control over smaller projects and random unsolicited proposals.
