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From Huye To Orlando; Mahere Accuses Coventry Of Lying About Stadium Situation

11 months agoSat, 04 May 2024 08:30:58 GMT

From Huye To Orlando; Mahere Accuses Coventry Of Lying About Stadium Situation

Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere has accused the Minister of Sport, Arts, Recreation and Culture Kirsty Coventry, of misleading the nation about the progress the Government has made in renovating the National Sports Stadium (NSS).

This comes after the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) announced that the Zimbabwe national team (The Warriors) will host Lesotho at the Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa in their FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifier on 07 June.

The decision to use Orlando Stadium as the Warriors’ home turf comes a few months after the Warriors used Huye Stadium in Rwanda as their home ground when they played Nigeria in another World Cup qualifier.

Zimbabwe currently has no stadium to host international matches after the National Sports Stadium in Harare was condemned by the CAF as unfit to host the matches.

In February this year, Coventry told the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee that the National Sports Stadium would be ready for the June World Cup qualifiers. She said:

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I do believe our next game is in June and we had set the target of April, so if it’s June, it gives us a little bit of leeway but I expect that things are done and CAF is back to Zimbabwe to visit before April.
Those are the time-lines I can share with you right now because I am bound by the MoUs I signed and I have to be as respectful as I can to those private companies that have come forward to offer financial assistance.

Following ZIFA’s announcement that the Warriors will play their next home game in South Africa, Mahere took to X to express her disappointment in Coventry, saying the latter continues to mislead the nation about the progress of renovations at the National Sports Stadium. Said Mahere:

As far back as February 2020, Minister Kirsty Coventry lied to the nation that she had the stadium refurbishment under control and that she was on it.
When we expressed our scepticism, the honourable Minister called it “nonsense.” In September 2020, Minister Coventry lied that the “refurbishments” they’d “done” would be approved by CAF. They weren’t.
In 2022, the honourable Minister lied that a South African company had been engaged to refurbish the national stadium. To date, the national stadium remains condemned.

Meanwhile, the Warriors will play Bafana Bafana of South Africa at Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein on 11 June, four days after hosting Lesotho in Johannesburg.

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40 Comments

Joza · 11 months ago

Kirsty is not a politician. Let alone an evil person like the rest in that cult. She was roped in just to balance the race equation. She is not Zanu Pf material, but she is too scared to quit now.

Anonymous · 11 months ago

Ndozvaakakuudza here kuti aakutya?

masigede · 11 months ago

ndaa ndisingazive kuti kaa kachembere kudaro,kuenzana neni ndakazvarwa nguva yehondo,face kuumbuka nekuunyana kudaro

Account Holder · 11 months ago

You know I used to love Kirsty so much during that time when she won medals in swimming,but now I can't tell how much I hate that woman...she just can't handle her ministry well.....anotokundwa na Kapfupi

kamurungu · 11 months ago

kanopenga akooo

Kirsty Coventry · 11 months ago

ukarwadziwa neni haupore

🏃‍♀️ Chi baby Che Zanu 🌊 · 11 months ago

Ukanzwa pataura Mahere ziva kuti pane bitterness. 😂 😂 😂 A woman attacking a woman?? 🤣 Ma characteristics of a marriage wrecker. She must get herself a man. Ka Dr kaya kekumbouya mu covid kachibva joza kakamutadzawo ka? Obviously ndiani angatora offlayer??

chi baby · 11 months ago

We know you're a Zanu pf loyalist,purely loyal,...but let's call a spade a spade,..Kirsty is the worst sports minister ever,as long as swimming pools are oky,that's wat she cares about...only if our dear president could step in,

Saddam · 11 months ago

gogo vano nyepa kkk nhema chena idzo

cute gel · 11 months ago

chihurumende chezanu hachina kana direction ndati kutokwidzwa ndege yemashanga Coventry kachinyepa hako kambuya aka

Unhappy · 11 months ago

Our stadia are in bad state, we all agree. But why can't we give the Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality the responsibility to sort them out since soccer can attract tourists in the country, especially if Zimbabwe gets a chance to host big soccer events? We just need robust approaches to this issue of stadiums. It is a clear disgrace to host opponents in foreign land, as if we do not have land to build stadia. The government must look deep into this issue.

Loistre · 11 months ago

@Hombre you are very correct

Hombre · 11 months ago

Kirsty ari patight neteam raanoshanda naro. The owners of the contracted companies are way above her. They perform shoddy jobs at their own pace. If they lie about deadlines, she can't challenge them. They are very powerful small boys. Ask yourself why ED is quiet about such a national disgrace. Ask yourself why ED is quiet about every problem in the country, even vashandi vari kurohwa namaChina. If you can answer this and more, you are answered.

Anonymous · 11 months ago

If she can lie about the stadium that we can all see what about other things she lies about

Account Holder · 11 months ago

Zanu irikuvanda nechigunwe chema sunctions asiko... problem vakapihwa Mari me FIFA yeku developer bhora vanogovana vega ...zvakatanga nana Philip Chiyangwa

Gangera · 11 months ago

isu toziva varungu vakatadza chunu anosteper dwn ko uyu ibenzi rakadiko chimurungu ichi.

Anonymous · 11 months ago

Coventry akaita inonzi IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM JOIN THEM. hapana chaatadza.

coni · 11 months ago

kamuchembere aka kazvitadza she has joined the league of failures

Kaguvi · 11 months ago

Vazukuru munonyadzisa munodarirei kudya nzungu nemhutwa here Kuba dura rese nhai Dai makasiya vachena vaikuvakirai nyika vachitonga pane zvauri kuita kutungana kwembudzi mandinyadzisa zvicherwa zvese maparadza vazukuru munodarirei muchapfukirwa nehondo yakaparara mukuita nyika ino sekachitsuva kwenyu muchiti vene vene hokoyoi naZig achakuparirai

Sylvester Maruta · 11 months ago

muchiri kuziwa hre Coventry paakapinza pachi minister ndiye yya wekumboti, we are thinking of changing the (NSS) to a swimming pool 😂😂😂😂😂

skun · 11 months ago

mahere ngaite zve gym yake apedze mazifuta aita during looting na chamsa wake ..zvebhora ngambomira..akasiya nzvimbo take wavakuvukura pa social media..

Poor In Mind · 11 months ago

Mindset yakadai inoshoresa dzinza rese kwaunobva hama yangu😭😭😭

Mahere Mahere Mahere · 11 months ago

How many times have I called you, wapinda sei, rinhi ko munya ya dze nhabvu, Coventry murungu and paakapa ma speculation ayo thought wo kuti when all things are well zvese hazvo companies pledging support they offered to pasina hindrance ne nagging sanctions embargo iyo, the stadiums would be ready by June, but kuti masanctions here akapa ve Caf to further condemn stadiums zvakare ma buckets seats kwaanobikwa would take more than six months to be shipped to Zim unless and until there is a another way that calls for companies to imply Masanctions are chief cause of all this retardation not Coventry, there's just nothing that she could do Zvinofadza kunzwa wo A lady airing views on football matters but you messed up quitting

😏 · 11 months ago

pane zvino kosheswa ne ruzhinji kugadzira mastadium ..masanctions ..mps ne ma chifo kuda mota muromo one machine ye cancer ma sanctions akonzeresa asi mbinga dziri kutenga ma rolls Royce ikoko kunyika dzamuri kuti dzaka sangishena dzimbabwe. honestly kana Zanu-PF iri party yerzhinji yakaumba hurumende iri kutonga ichikwanisa kutengera vanhu vayo mota koo machine ano batsira vanhu vakaivhotera.. ma dialysis nema cancer machines. Unless muri kuti zvirwere izvi zviri kubata vanhu ve opposition

👽 · 11 months ago

Mukambosvikawo mudzimba me VENE veMENE munozvinyarara zvema sanction izvi. #WakeUP#WiseUP

mmm · 11 months ago

Makadii kumuAdviser kt shefu June padhuze shipping inoda 6 mths kt asashande nefemberafembera

Legend · 11 months ago

The worst minister ever!(Gorimbo)

chipezeze · 11 months ago

masanikisheni akupinda nekuma stadium. ko dai tanzi titambire mu gwanzura kana NSS isingakwanise kutambirwa. asi khovhentiri aripo here mu🇿🇼? qyq ma1. ku orando stedhiyamu atizopondwa nema Kalanga kutsiva zve gururasi? ini ndotya

Scud · 11 months ago

Saka Minister Kirsty na President wenyika vachayenda kunokuza ma Worriors ku home ground yavo ku Orlando here. Ndanga ndichikumbirawo lift, Wicknell ari kundinyima Aqua.

Warriors · 11 months ago

Pane vachaenda kuOrlando stadium ndinokumbirawo kuti pese pachabata goalkeeper wedu bhora murove maoko on my behalf

matrix · 11 months ago

Api Chivhayo is buying cars left right and centre. Anyway its his money.