{"id":83646,"date":"2023-09-27T11:09:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T09:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/caf-inspects-rufaro-stadium-national-sports-stadium"},"modified":"2023-09-27T14:39:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T12:39:14","slug":"caf-inspects-rufaro-stadium-national-sports-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/caf-inspects-rufaro-stadium-national-sports-stadium","title":{"rendered":"CAF Inspects Rufaro Stadium, National Sports Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Stadium Inspector Joshua Knipp was in Zimbabwe last week to assess progress made in renovating the National Sports Stadium and Rufaro Stadium in Harare.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Monday, the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) said during the inspections, Knipp was accompanied by members of the FIFA-appointed Normalisation Committee. It said:<\/p>\n<p>The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Stadium Inspector Joshua Knipp was in the country last week Thursday where he inspected the National Sports Stadium and Rufaro Stadium in Harare.<\/p>\n<p>Knipp who was accompanied by members of the FIFA-appointed Normalisation Committee (NC) Sikhumbuzo Ndebele, Rosemary Mugadza and the FIFA Forward Manager Kudzai Chitima inspected the sporting facilities Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n<p>A report is expected to be presented to the association in due course.<\/p>\n<p>The two stadiums were banned from hosting international matches after failing to meet CAF requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, CAF said bucket seats made of an unbreakable and non-flammable material should be installed at the National Sports Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The stadium owners are also required to install a functional Venue Operations Centre (VOC) with a good overview of the stadium equipped with CCTV monitors.<\/p>\n<p>The VOC should have an override capability over the public address system in case of emergency announcements.<\/p>\n<p>CAF said the stadium should be equipped with modern electronic turnstiles and automated systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Stadium Inspector Joshua Knipp was in Zimbabwe last week to assess progress made in renovating the National Sports Stadium and Rufaro Stadium in Harare. In a statement on Monday, the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) said during the inspections, Knipp was accompanied by members of the FIFA-appointed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":83645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[1493,2189,540,4106,816,15258,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-83646","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-sport","9":"tag-africa-press","10":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","11":"tag-caf","12":"tag-national-sports-stadium","13":"tag-rufaro-stadium","14":"tag-stadium-inspector","15":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CAF Inspects Rufaro Stadium, National Sports Stadium - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Stadium Inspector Joshua Knipp was in Zimbabwe last week to assess progress ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/caf-inspects-rufaro-stadium-national-sports-stadium\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CAF Inspects Rufaro Stadium, National Sports Stadium\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Stadium Inspector Joshua Knipp was in Zimbabwe last week to assess progress ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/caf-inspects-rufaro-stadium-national-sports-stadium\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-27T09:09:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-27T12:39:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/09\/sm_1695802041.534759.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/caf-inspects-rufaro-stadium-national-sports-stadium\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/caf-inspects-rufaro-stadium-national-sports-stadium\",\"name\":\"CAF Inspects Rufaro Stadium, National Sports Stadium - 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