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Grace Chingoma, Harare Bureau
HARARE City’s acting town clerk Josephine Ncube yesterday said the council was working on renovating Rufaro and they are expecting to start erecting bucket seats and introducing wi-fi at the stadium.

Speaking on the sidelines of a tour of Rufaro yesterday, where work is being carried out on the pitch which now has natural grass, Ncube said they are starting the process to renovate the ground.

The stadium is expected to host Premiership matches when the league gets underway next month. Yesterday, the acting town clerk and contractor Highmel Investments toured the facility, assuring the local football family that by the second week of April the ground would be ready. Although the kikuyu grass was only laid early this week, with repeated watering, it is expected to be ready for football matches next month.

The Harare City boss said they are also looking at renovating Gwanzura.

The Highfield ground was last season condemned by the Zifa Grounds Committee.

The renovations at Rufaro have a budget of $80 000.