Gwanzura

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Gwanzura is a football stadium in Highfield, Harare it was built in the 1960s. It is bordered by Mushandirapamwe Hotel, Machipisa council bar, bus station, Jerusalem suburb and by a BP station owned by the Tawengwas.It was built by the brothers Eric and Phanuel Gwanzura to defy colonial restrictions on access to sporting infrastructure for black Africans.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Historically, it has been the home ground of CAPS United, Blue line aces and Lions.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". It hosts Castle Lager premier soccer matches.[1]

There media reports in February 2008 that indicated that the stadium was in a poor state, with one reporter going as far as to compare it to a harvested wheat field.[1] The Harare City Council is charged with the upkeep of the stadium.

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