Govt declines to accept refurbished National Stadium

Friday, May 20, 2011

The Government through the Ministry of of Infrastructure, Science and Technology, has rejected the refurbished National Stadium.The Ministry's Permanent Secretary, Carter Morupise, tells Staff Writer, Mqondise Dube and Correspondent,Thato Kala that the Government cannot accept a half-baked project.

Mmegi Sport: What is wrong with the renovated National Stadium?

Morupisi: It is the construction of the pitch. There are drainage issues, which we are not happy with. The pitch is bumpy and uneven; otherwise, other structures have been completed and as government, we have accepted them except the pitch and the drainage. The pitch does not drain properly because of the system that has been put [in place].

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