Phase one of the stadium was officially opened by former Free State premier Ace Magashule in 2013. Sports events have never taken place there since.
The provincial department of sport, arts, culture and recreation put the cost of the first phase at about R112m.
“Money is being used for populist reasons. The people are suffering. The stadium is fine but why is it not up and running? We never asked for a statue.” Sealanyane said they did not have any running water and he has to walk about 600m to collect water from a JoJo tank. “You have to be very lucky when you have water, because sometimes you wake up and the water is finished. It’s a matter of giving each other turns to use the water.
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