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"Renovations Of Rufaro Stadium Back On Track"

2 years agoTue, 14 Feb 2023 06:43:48 GMT
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"Renovations Of Rufaro Stadium Back On Track"

After the announcement of the cooperation between the Harare City Council and City Parking a few days ago, the renovations of the Rufaro Stadium are back on track with some work already in progress.

Due to years of neglect, the stadium, which is part of Zimbabwe’s rich football history, has fallen into disrepair.

Football matches in the top division were last played there in 2019. The ZIFA First Instance Board red-flagged it in 2020 and declared it unfit to host premier football.

City Parking Public Relations manager Francis Mandaza told The Herald on Monday that they were expecting to have the stadium back in good condition by mid-next month. Mandaza is quoted as saying:

City Parking has started construction work at Rufaro Stadium on the agreed scope of work which includes perimeter wall, shopping complex, parking lot and B arena ground. 

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Our contractors are already on the ground with their construction equipment ready to start work. We have already procured most of the needed building materials including 120 000 bricks, river sand, pit sand and cement among other materials. Our expectations are that by mid-March we should be nearing project completion.

The stadium had become an eyesore and will require a lot of work to meet the required standards. 

The stadium’s outer wall was in terrible shape, and basic infrastructure maintenance has been an issue. The open space outside the ground was turned into a dumping site while part of the car park had been occupied by trucks and vendors. 

According to a statement released by the Harare City Council recently, as part of the project, City Parking, a major source of revenue for the council, will carry out works outside the main stadium. 

Harare City Council spokesperson, Innocent Ruwende, confirmed the city council has started work at the stadium.

Concerns are still lingering on the renovation of the structures inside the stadium which include the run-down changing rooms, the press tribune, the toilets, the bucket seats, turnstiles and the turf. 

The City Council was criticised last year after cancelling a lease agreement with Sakunda Holdings. 

The energy giants had set aside investments in the region of US$5 million for the project but the deal collapsed amid accusations and counter-accusations from both parties.

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10 Comments

Pastor · 2 years ago
Excuse me guys, i can understand where our anger is coming from, however, for the sake of progress, let's give council the benefit of doubt in its capacity to turn around things at the home of football. Maybe this time around they will push to ensure people tinodzokera kuma ground whilst City park wachiita mari kkkkkk
Mushina muhombe pamaNyenyere flats · 2 years ago
Yaa ngavadzirise nabedrooms edu ema shortime mari inoti wedzerei kubva pa2us coz zvinenge zva smart pane kut mhene iende kumba yazara ****
Jah🇿🇼tsvarie · 2 years ago
Chokwad ichocho ndakamboendeswao muRufaro ndanhongao **** kwakunz hakuna pressure asi pressure yandakaona ndeye **** iwoo ma**** acho haana kana basa nazvo vanot mari chete
good fighter · 2 years ago
vanhu ngavavhotere zanu pf muma urban council zvipere
Bhoso s · 2 years ago
Vhoratera zanu yako iwewe vanhu vaunoda kuti vavhotere zanu ndivanani vakapusa sewe kudaro soro rakazaravhati
@D.ak,o · 2 years ago
vhoterai Zanu pf musangano wega une future opposition haitonge muno kana ichida kutonga inotogadzira Zimbabwe Yayo yewaya yotonga iyoyi Yaya gadzira
Zuze · 2 years ago
ZANU ine future? Future yeZANU yandinoziva kudzokera backwards. Iye zvino tadzojera kuma 1920 kwekutiea mvura muzvibhorani nekushandisa maBlair toilets
kkk · 2 years ago
vanhu tichanganakidzwe nokuti ndere vanhu kudini.harare city cannot make that facility world class coz panodiwa mari yakawanda zvokuti vakada kuyendesa mari kustadium service delivery zvodhakwa.the sakunda deal without zim toxic politics was the way to go look at what happened to fnb stadium in sa .fnb bank was given a lease and they made that stadiun world class.izvo zvekuti ndere vanhu izvo ingano dzana tsuro nagudo ehe ndere vanhu then what iro richingoramba richiitwa chimbuzi kudaro.
· 2 years ago
Chigadzirisa iweka une mari
Doug · 2 years ago
Can they go to do Gwanzura next, as nothing has been done so far after the people's expectations were raised as well.
FedBack · 2 years ago
Haa i was there a few days ago. You cannot mordenise that ground as long as its in mbare. The surrounding structures won't do it any justice. Even the drainage system in mbare is effing gone bonkers
Hillbillies Auctioneers · 2 years ago
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🇿🇼 Steez · 2 years ago
Rufaro stadium ndiro national sports stadium redu here?
· 2 years ago
Rufaro Stadium ndeyevanhu. National Sports Stadium ndeyeZANU namaChina
Bright · 2 years ago
Amhuri gone ground iro mukutadza kuisa ma bucket sit ku national sports
Zuze · 2 years ago
Bright are you really bright? Rufaro Stadium ndeyeHarare City council. National Sports Stadium wotobvunza ZANU isina zano. Ndivo vakavakisa netuvanhu vane tuziso twakatsveyama, vanodya imbwa nenyoka
Cash and teak Carpenters · 2 years ago
Ayizvee

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