Africa-Press – Angola. 150 Angolans, most of them young people, including engineers, bricklayers and helpers, are involved in the construction of the new Mambroa Stadium, whose work began last April, eight months after the handover.
This is the first job for many of these young people, trained in various technical-professional centers and local polytechnic institutions, both in secondary and higher education, recruited through a public competition.
In a press release sent this Tuesday, the company Kora, in charge of building the enterprise, located in the Cacilhas neighborhood, on the outskirts of the city of Huambo, confirms the normal course of the works, which involve the involvement of workers from other nationalities, such as Chinese and Portuguese.
The construction period for the sports infrastructure, which will have a capacity of 20,000 spectators distributed in two parallel stands, was estimated, from its conception, at 36 months.
At the moment, according to the document, work on earthworks, foundations and placement of structures is taking place.
Without justifying the reasons for the delay in the start of the works, consigned in July last year, with the laying of the first stone, Kora reiterates its commitment to complete the project within the stipulated period and with a high level of excellence, in order to contribute to the development of sports infrastructure in Angola.
It should be remembered that the construction of the new Mambroa stadium takes place 12 years after the destruction of the old one, by the government authorities, with the aim of building, on the site, another modern sports facility with greater capacity.
The assignment of the new infrastructure works was guided by the then Minister of Youth and Sports, Ana Paula do Sacramento Neto, as a result of the announcement made by the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, in May 2022.
The future stadium will have a category IV field, in accordance with the recommendations of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), for the practice of professional football, at the various levels.
The infrastructure, budgeted at US$40 million, from the State of Israel financing line, will have, among other compartments, four changing rooms for the athletes, a medical emergency room, an anti-doping control room, an area for of social communication, comprising a press room, workroom, TV and Radio studios, in addition to technical areas, as well as a Wastewater Treatment Station.
It will also have conditions for the practice of athletics corresponding to category III of the International Athletics Federation (IAAF), in the modalities of 100 meters, 110 meters hurdles, 200 meters, 4000 meters and 4100 meters relay, pole vaulting, high jump, long jump and triple high, javelin, shot put and hammer throw.
In addition to sporting activities, it will also serve as a stage for social and cultural events.
Brief History of the Mambroa
The Sport Huambo e Benfica team, owner of the Mambroa stadium, was founded on September 29, 1931, on the initiative of a group of Portuguese citizens, supporters of Sport Lisboa e Benfica de Portugal, eager to transform it into one of the “colossus” of the then Portuguese colonies.
The sports association, also called “incarnados” of the Central Plateau, was, in the past, a reference in Angolan sport, in basketball, especially female, in which it was runner-up nationally, and in football, it was champion in the colonial period, it obtained the 2nd place in the post-independence period (1986) and the 3rd place (1982, 1985 and 1988), having been relegated to the second echelon in 1998.
Its career also includes participation in international tournaments held in Brazil, Portugal and Zambia, which allowed the club to gain prestige abroad, as a result of the good performances in each of these competitions.
The province has cataloged 783 fields, two stadiums, close to 30 multi-sports courts, five multipurpose pavilions and 13 fitness gymnasiums, distributed across eleven municipalities.
This is the stadium of Recreativo da Caála, inaugurated in 2013, owned by the club with the same name, and Kurikutelas, in 1947, belonging to Ferrovia do Huambo.
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