Amaveni for cross-border transporters

Midlands Bureau
Kwekwe City’s oldest long distance bus terminus, Amaveni, which has been lying idle for the past 10 years, will now be used by cross-border transporters after they won a tender to use the facility, deputy mayor, Councillor Shadreck Tobaiwa has said.

Amaveni Long Distance bus terminus used to be the local authority’s cash cow, but has been lying idle for years after the council was forced to establish another terminus in the Central Business District because of low business.

In an interview, Clr Tobaiwa said the Cross Border Transport Association won the tender.

Clr Tobaiwa said they were waiting for the processing of lease agreements for them to start using the terminus.

“Everything has been agreed on, but what is left is the payment,” he said. “The challenge, however, is that the economic situation continues to change, I think they are failing to raise the agreed fees. We are yet to hear from them.”

Clr Tobaiwa said the terminus had been failing to attract investment, but the council had no plans to sell it.

“The general consensus is that terminus is a huge property that we cannot dispose,” he said. “We would rather negotiate a lease with an investor like what we have done and we hope it will come to fruition.”