The Citizen reports that for over two years, the Tshwane Metro has been paying a company for two security guards per shift at the Zithobeni stadium. But even the guards don’t know what they’re meant to be guarding, as there is almost nothing left of the destroyed facility.

In December 2018, it was reported how the facility near Bronkhorstspruit, built for R44.3 million in 2017, had been stripped bare, with urinals, toilet bowls, and basins and copper pipe fittings ripped from the walls of all the ablution facilities. Security was installed after The Citizen reported on the pillaging, but the vandals have since managed to finish off the little that was left, with almost the entire perimeter fencing around the facility now gone. The guardhouse, which is supposed to accommodate the security officers has also been smashed, with the guards now using a shack erected along the once lush soccer pitch. “To be honest, there is nothing left here to watch. Everything is gone. Whatever was left at the stadium was stripped during the hard lock down,” a guard at the stadium said. He explained that most of the stripping happened under the cover of darkness, because there was no electricity and no perimeter fencing. The City of Tshwane has yet to respond to questions about the broader plan for the stadium and how much the security guards watching what is left of the facility are costing taxpayers.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sipho Mabena at The Citizen

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