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RUFARO STADIUM CHALLENGES SET TO BE RESOLVED SOON IN ZIMBABWE

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RUFARO STADIUM CHALLENGES SET TO BE RESOLVED SOON IN ZIMBABWE

HARARE City Council (HCC) hopes for the return of football at Rufaro Stadium with indications that the ceremonial home of football will be ready to host Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) matches this season. Rufaro Stadium has been under renovations since last year to give the neglected football facility a face-lift. The closure of Rufaro, which last hosted top-flight football in 2019, has created a stadia conundrum in Harare forcing all teams to use…

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RUFARO STADIUM CONSTRUCTION MISSED THIRD COMPLETION DEADLINE IN ZIMBABWE

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RUFARO STADIUM CONSTRUCTION MISSED THIRD COMPLETION DEADLINE IN ZIMBABWE

Rufaro Stadium’s drainage is not yet complete, so are its dressing rooms, perimeter wall, and archaic scoreboard; toilets, turnstiles, parking area, bucket seats, and ‘modern roofing’ have all not been attended to. Although Harare City Council feels it has done a lot to rehabilitate Zimbabwe’s historic site of football, the return of topflight action might have to wait a bit longer than Mayor Jacob Mafume has been promising since work began in February. In spite…

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RUFARO STADIUM TO GET MASSIVE FACE-LIFT IN ZIMBABWE

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RUFARO STADIUM TO GET MASSIVE FACE-LIFT IN ZIMBABWE

Rufaro Stadium is about to get a massive face-lift after Sakunda Holdings secured the iconic venue on a long-term lease from Harare City Council. The move could change the face of football in the country. Sakunda Holdings energy giants have also bankrolled traditional local football powerhouses Dynamos and Highlanders, having agreed to upgrade the Mbare facility into a modern stadium that meets international standards and they have been given the naming rights too. The decision…

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