Eddie Chikamhi
Senior Sports Reporter
THE National Sports Stadium may not be ready in time for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches as renovations at the giant facility will be completed by December, Parliament has heard.
Sports and Recreation Commission chairman Gerald Mlotshwa and his director-general Eltah Nengomasha told Parliamentarians that work was continuing on the stadium’s water reticulation, pitch rehabilitation and bucket seats.
So far, 42 000 bucket seats have been ordered from China by a private partner.
Nengomasha revealed the bucket seats will arrive in batches, with the first batch expected in the country on August 19.
The installation will be done in phases until the end of the year.
Zimbabwe’s Warriors are set to play three home games between September and November in Group J of the AFCON qualifiers.
They are set to host Cameroon, Kenya and Namibia in the qualifiers.
