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IT’S a story that has rumbled on for SEVEN years – the empty promises, the blatant lies, the decay of an iconic structure of the capital.
The spiritual home of the city’s main sporting discipline.
Mayors have come and gone, all of them singing the same tune, all of them bound by their lies and the dummy they sold to the residents.
To them lying, they call it spinning, appears to be a calling.
Even the Town Clerks have changed, and so have the spokespersons of the Council.
Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume claims they have the situation under control despite the chaos brought about by their decision to frustrate Sakunda Holdings, who wanted to refurbish the stadium, and push the company out of the deal.
It’s a familiar song, which even his predecessor, Herbert Gomba, used to sing.
But, the reality is that Rufaro is now in a worse state than when it was closed for the initial renovations.
And, when one considers all the promises we have had from the city fathers before, there is no reason to believe Rufaro will get the facelift it requires.
MARCH 2017
Harare City’s acting Town Clerk Josephine Ncube said Council was working on renovating Rufaro and they were expecting to start erecting bucket seats and introducing Wi-Fi at the stadium.
“In terms of Wi-Fi we have an arrangement with a local provider and you will see that Wi-Fi will be available at Rufaro and also at Gwanzura this coming season. In terms of the bucket seats, they are already on our budget for Council and we will start putting bucket seats this year and we are also going to put up an electronic scoreboard at Rufaro,” said Ncube.
AUGUST 2017
City of Harare spokesman, Michael Chideme, insisted they resolved to take a phased approach to the renovations at Rufaro with the Council starting by replacing the artificial turf with natural grass at a cost of $50 000.
“We will, however, move on to gradual installation of bucket seats at Rufaro and the construction of a tarred and properly marked car park around the stadium.”
MAY 2020
The Harare City Council says it has covered much of the work at both Rufaro and Gwanzura stadiums.
Solar fittings on borehole water supplies have also been done.
At Rufaro, the turnstiles have been repaired while leveling of the ground for turf is 80% complete.”
JULY 2020
RENOVATIONS at Rufaro received a huge boost when a former City of Harare councillor and his colleagues donated building material worth $400 000 towards the construction of the stadium’s new changing rooms.
The City of Harare, who own the stadium, received a major boost yesterday when businessman Beadle Musa Gwasira delivered building material towards the construction of new changing rooms.
MARCH 2019
Harare City Council has embarked on an ambitious project to install bucket seats and shade right around Rufaro.
The project, set to be complete before the end of the year, will see Rufaro Stadium becoming the first football facility in the country to have bucket seats throughout the terraces instead of the VIP area only.
bish the stadium, and push the company out of the deal.
It’s a familiar song, which even his predecessor, Herbert Gomba, used to sing.
But, the reality is that Rufaro is now in a worse state than when it was closed for the initial renovations.
And, when one considers all the promises we have had from the city fathers before, there is no reason to believe Rufaro will get the facelift it requires.
MARCH 2017
Harare City’s acting Town Clerk Josephine Ncube said Council was working on renovating Rufaro and they were expecting to start erecting bucket seats and introducing Wi-Fi at the stadium.
“In terms of Wi-Fi we have an arrangement with a local provider and you will see that Wi-Fi will be available at Rufaro and also at Gwanzura this coming season. In terms of the bucket seats, they are already on our budget for Council and we will start putting bucket seats this year and we are also going to put up an electronic scoreboard at Rufaro,” said Ncube.
AUGUST 2017
City of Harare spokesman, Michael Chideme, insisted they resolved to take a phased approach to the renovations at Rufaro with the Council starting by replacing the artificial turf with natural grass at a cost of $50 000.
“We will, however, move on to gradual installation of bucket seats at Rufaro and the construction of a tarred and properly marked car park around the stadium.”
MAY 2020
The Harare City Council says it has covered much of the work at both Rufaro and Gwanzura stadiums.
Solar fittings on borehole water supplies have also been done.
At Rufaro, the turnstiles have been repaired while leveling of the ground for turf is 80% complete.”
JULY 2020
RENOVATIONS at Rufaro received a huge boost when a former City of Harare councillor and his colleagues donated building material worth $400 000 towards the construction of the stadium’s new changing rooms.
The City of Harare, who own the stadium, received a major boost yesterday when businessman Beadle Musa Gwasira delivered building material towards the construction of new changing rooms.
MARCH 2019
Harare City Council has embarked on an ambitious project to install bucket seats and shade right around Rufaro.
The project, set to be complete before the end of the year, will see Rufaro Stadium becoming the first football facility in the country to have bucket seats throughout the terraces instead of the VIP area only.
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