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Rufaro Stadium Project: Harare Mayor Says Council Is Open To Negotiate With Sakunda

2 years agoThu, 17 Nov 2022 10:05:44 GMT
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Rufaro Stadium Project: Harare Mayor Says Council Is Open To Negotiate With Sakunda

Harare City Council has made a U-turn on its decision to cut ties with Sakunda Holdings on the project to renovate Rufaro Stadium.

On Tuesday, the energy giant announced that it was withdrawing its commitment to renovate the Mbare-based facility citing a lack of commitment from the City Fathers. Said Sakunda in a letter to Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume:

We are shocked and disturbed by untruthful and malicious allegations that Sakunda intends to purchase Rufaro Stadium, which is a public asset…

Consequently, we would like to hereby notify you of our immediate withdrawal from the partnership.

The two parties had earlier this year agreed on a deal that would have seen Sakunda renovating Rufaro Stadium to world-class status under a long-term lease agreement on behalf of Dynamos Football Club.

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In response to the withdrawal, Mafume appeared to be unmoved by Sakunda’s withdrawal from the deal, accusing the company owned by Kuda Tagwirei of seeking “a parasitic deal.”

However, Mafume told a press conference this Wednesday that the council was ready to engage with Sakunda Holdings to revive the deal. The Independent cites him as saying:

We are still open to negotiate with them.

There is nothing to drag. They (Sakunda) were supposed to come to a presentation to present their feasibility studies in terms of the agreement and if we had dragged any feet, they would have sent a notice or even written to us or sought an appointment with the Mayor as the head of the institution. There is no record of such a letter or anything of that sort that has happened. What we have is that they are talking about rumours in the letter but I don’t know what that means. What we have insisted and reiterated is that we need to enter into mutually beneficial agreements as a city with our business people so that we don’t end up signing things we do not understand or hand over assets of the public. We have not dragged any feet nor said we do not want to partner them.

In the proposal, Sakunda Holding expressed its vision to drive community development in Mbare by establishing a Fifa-accredited stadium for use by Dynamos and other local clubs.

The rehabilitation of Belgravia Sports Club and its facilities for use by Dynamos for training purposes was also part of the deal.

Rufaro Stadium last hosted league matches during the 2019 season before it was red-flagged by the Zifa First Instance Board in 2020.

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6 Comments

Faith · 2 years ago
Ko iyo Sakunda a well organised company inoita base their arguments on hearsay nemhaka yeyi, They should come out clean on their deals vanhu vosainirana ma papers, The Mayor is saying we want them kuti vanyore ma terms and conditions avo tosainirana totanga basa, kwete kuita ma meeting muzvi corner...come wth your written documents towirirana tosainirana tovaka, kwete kuda kutenga stadium. Apo patonzi long term lease, meaning vanovakisa stadium vomboshandisa vachitora ma gate takings nema rentals vozodzosera kanzuru
Mohammed Zaka ali · 2 years ago
Kkkkk ha Zim so mwari pindirai
sakunda no no · 2 years ago
another partner not sakunda is needed to in this deal.vana musavasarudza dynamos haisiriyi yega team yebhora muHarare
Maparamuro · 2 years ago
Arrogant mayor. He is supposed to be hunting for partners in development and when found grab them by the neck and never let go. This nonsense that they should make an appointment with him is the mark of true arrogance. You hunt for investors and give them favorable conditions to get what you want. This council is really messed up
biden · 2 years ago
I watched the press conference the mayor was articulate on what needs to be done, he neva made a u turn, i think he is going to make Harare great again given time or a second term even though i would love to see him in Parliament
WILLIAM SONBOY CHINEMBIRI · 2 years ago
Those who read my comments still remember that I said the two must sit down and discuss further the deal as it would help people in Harare and in the whole of Zimbabwe as Zimbabweans have no football pitch suitable for international use in the whole country. The two sides must sit down and discuss further this deal. [ GARAI PASI MUTAURIRA]. [ VERUZHINJI KANDAI ZANU PF MUGOMBA REMARARA MUVHOTERE CCC POLITICAL PARTY KUTI TIWANE SHANDUKO KWAYO NEHUTONGI HWEJEKERERE ]. Yours truly William Sonboy CHINEMBIRI [THE BUSH LAWYER4CCC].
Maparamuro · 2 years ago
Like all people in gvt both national and local, they want kickbacks, other Mayor's would use such projects to build political profiles to last forever but this one wants to be worshipped
John Dhiri · 2 years ago
You cannot just enter into an agreement for the sake of. Terms and conditions are very important in making sure than you don't sell your birth right for a plate of soup.

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