{"id":228,"date":"2026-09-30T21:26:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T21:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xikulu.net\/?p=228"},"modified":"2026-10-01T21:28:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T21:28:23","slug":"malamulele-city-mall-construction-to-start-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xikulu.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/30\/malamulele-city-mall-construction-to-start-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Malamulele City Mall construction to start soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MALAMULELE CITY MALL SET TO TAKE SHAPE AS CONSTRUCTION PLANS ARE UNVEILED<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>MALAMULELE<\/strong> &#8211; Excitement is growing in Malamulele following the official presentation of plans for the long-awaited <strong>Malamulele City Mall<\/strong> by the <strong>Masingita<\/strong> Group of Companies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s delegation, led by CEO <strong>Timothy Phiri<\/strong> and <strong>Lesley Bumba Nkuna<\/strong>, met with local stakeholders at <strong>Malamulele<\/strong> Community Hall on Wednesday to outline the development plans.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Preparatory work, including site clearing, fencing and the arrival of graders, is expected to begin in October 2026, with major construction planned to start in January 2027 and completion targeted for early 2028.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The proposed double-storey development is expected to include shops, a five-star hotel and conference facilities, an upgraded <strong>Malamulele<\/strong> Taxi Rank, entertainment facilities and a new park.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The developer has also called on the Collins Chabane Local Municipality to relocate hawkers operating near the site, with a deadline of 14 October 2026 mentioned during the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the company, the project could create more than 2,350 job opportunities, including approximately 1,850 permanent positions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to make sure that Malamulele becomes more like a city with such a big business facility,\u201d said Phiri.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The mall is planned for the former <strong>Malamulele Secondary School<\/strong> site, which was vacated following the school\u2019s relocation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If implemented as presented, the development would mark a significant new commercial investment in Malamulele.<\/p>\n<p>N&#8217;WAMITWA TIMES Reported<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MALAMULELE CITY MALL SET TO TAKE SHAPE AS CONSTRUCTION PLANS ARE UNVEILED &nbsp; MALAMULELE &#8211; Excitement is growing in Malamulele following the official presentation of plans for the long-awaited Malamulele City Mall by the Masingita Group of Companies. &nbsp; The<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/xikulu.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/30\/malamulele-city-mall-construction-to-start-soon\/\" class=\"blog-read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[29,27,28,23],"class_list":["post-228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-mahungu","tag-malamulele","tag-mall","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xikulu.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xikulu.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xikulu.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xikulu.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xikulu.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/xikulu.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233,"href":"https:\/\/xikulu.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions\/233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xikulu.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xikulu.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xikulu.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xikulu.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}