Mmabatho Stadium

{{Short description|Sports venue in Mafikeng, South Africa}}

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Mmabatho Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Mafikeng, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 59,000 people and was designed and built in 1981 by an Israeli construction firm.{{cite web|last1=Lissoni|first1=Arianna|title=Apartheid Israel: The Politics Of An Analogy - Apartheid's "Little Israel": Bophuthatswana|url=https://africaisacountry.creatavist.com/apartheidanalogy|website=Africaisacountry|accessdate=30 November 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/@goldwert/the-mmabatho-stadium-c1d083013273|first=Mark|last=Goldwert|date=26 May 2017|title=The Strange Case Of The Mmabatho Stadium|publisher=Box To Box Football}}

The design of the stadium is almost identical to that of the Odi Stadium located in Mabopane.Davis, Kitty (2019-03-26). [https://sastadiums.com/what-happened-to-south-african-stadiums-after-2010-fifa-world-cup/ What Happened to South African Stadiums After 2010 FIFA World Cup]. SA Stadiums. Retrieved 2020-04-09.{{Cite web|title=South Africa: One of two unique giants at risk of collapse – StadiumDB.com|url=http://stadiumdb.com/news/2021/02/south_africa_one_of_two_unique_giants_at_risk_of_collapse|access-date=2021-05-04|website=stadiumdb.com}}