Neville Motlhabakwe DE AAR, the 119 year-old former railway junction town in the Northern Cape, last week unveiled a spanking new multimillion-rand sports facility compliments of a China-based solar energy producer in the area, CHN-Longyuan Mulilo.
The complex consists of an artificial turf soccer field with netted goal posts, and four spanking new, galvanised iron seating areas for fans. At the back of the stands are new ablution blocks with well laid out change rooms for competing teams.
There are also four tartan surface courts which can interchangeably be used as netball, tennis or volleyball courts.
The complex which is worth R10 million, was also renamed after its immediate neighbourhood, the Merino Park sports complex. CHN-Longyuan Mulilo director of socio-economic development Fay Cassim explained that the idea for the…