The eight-month-long repair and refurbishment work will include the electronic score board, running tracks and the entire stadium’s lighting system. The stadium’s existing old-fashioned bulb-style score board will be replaced with a modern light-emitting diode technology. The new equipment will be a full color electronic scoreboard fitted with a clock. The current running tracks will be renewed with a polyurethane layer and granules. Lines and other athletics marks will be repainted.
Long jump take-off boards will be replaced with new ones with the pole vault area also receiving enhancements. The outside running track will be paved with systematic surface. The floodlight system in the main bowl will also be refurbished. The road lighting system inside the surrounding wall of the main bowl will also be replaced.
The multipurpose Mandela National Stadium is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 45,202 people. The stadium was built with a grant of $36 million dollars from the People’s Republic of China.
