Education, Health, Housing, community Services and Licensing Committee Chairperson Cllr Patson Mangwiro-Chikwaka says Gwanzura Stadium will be ready for premier league action by mid-year.
Education, Health, Housing, community Services and Licensing Committee Chairperson Cllr Patson Mangwiro-Chikwaka says Gwanzura Stadium will be ready for premier league action by mid-year.
Cllr Mangwiro was speaking during a tour of Gwanzura Stadium which is going under renovations with the assistance of the Ambassador at Large, Prophet Uebert Angel’s office.
Council has already started doing ground clearance at the city’s second biggest stadium while the ambassador’s office will come in after the clearance.
“We are expecting by mid-season this stadium will be usable to the Premier league games,” he said.
He praised the working relationship with the Ambassador’s office and expects a lot more that the initially promised US$50 thousand which is meant for the refurbishment of the media booth, VIP toilets, one of the changes rooms and the sprinkler irrigation system for the turf.
“Our working relationship has been excellent that is why you have seen they have started in a very short period of time, this shows they are committed and council is also committed.
“We are looking forward to more since we have seen that they are committed to even making this a mini FNB Stadium. We really appreciate the commitment.
“We are looking forward to more partnerships of this sort even for other stadia, even for High Glen that is in our plan. Currently we do not have the funding but we really appreciate if corporates and other players come in with the funding to make the dreams we have as a city come to reality,” he said.
He said the city will do everything in its power to make sure that the stadium will be maintained after the works are completed.
“As a city, and as residents we have learnt from our past mistakes and we hoping for improvements from now going forward so I think they are going through improvements as far as maintaining our facility is concerned,” he said.
