{"id":50978,"date":"2026-02-26T21:47:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=50978"},"modified":"2026-02-26T21:47:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:47:42","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignnational-sports-stadium-renovations-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/26\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignnational-sports-stadium-renovations-update\/","title":{"rendered":"National Sports Stadium renovations update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-140052\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- .entry-header -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"457\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/National-Sports-Stadium-renovations-update.jpg?resize=457%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"object-contain h-46 w-full rounded-lg  md:rounded-none md:rounded-lg wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/farai-Jere.jpg?w=1868&amp;ssl=1 1868w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/farai-Jere.jpg?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/farai-Jere.jpg?resize=1024%2C592&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/farai-Jere.jpg?resize=768%2C444&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/farai-Jere.jpg?resize=1536%2C888&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/farai-Jere.jpg?resize=457%2C264&amp;ssl=1 457w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/farai-Jere.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<p>The Parliamentary Sports Portfolio Committee Chairperson Farai Jere has given his assessment of the National Sports Stadium after his tour on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Intial renovations started in 2024 and have been ongoing until now.<\/p>\n<p>The giant facility, which is owned by the Ministry of Sports, is now expected to be completed in eight weeks, as it is currently 98% complete.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the press after touring, Jere said he has been impressed with the work that has. been donne so far.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI\u2019m very impressed with progress so far. The last time we were here, that was in July, there has been significant changes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very happy that he water reticulation system is now almost done. The pipes are all now covered and are now in the testing phase.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThis facility is now 98% complete. If we\u2019re to play a match tomorrow it will be easy for people to get into the stadium. The turnstiles are now accommodating even the disabled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content -->&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- \n\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in Local<\/span><span class=\"tags-links\">Tagged Farai Jere, national sports stadium<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#National #Sports #Stadium #renovations #update<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; The Parliamentary Sports Portfolio Committee Chairperson Farai Jere has given his assessment of the National Sports&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[801,9753,2635,3434,1010],"class_list":["post-50978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-national","tag-renovations","tag-sports","tag-stadium","tag-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50979,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50978\/revisions\/50979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}