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03 August 2023 www.joburg.org.za

CUTTING-EDGE CHRIS HANI SPORTS COMPLEX WILL MAXIMIZE FUNCTIONALITY

The new Chris Hani Sports Complex And the Multipurpose Hall will serve as a state-of-the-art
infrastructure, enhance the sporting experience, and foster community development.

Residents of the Stretford District Node in Orange Farm can look forward to a new,
upgraded sports complex designed with excellence that is unique to the region. The
Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA) has completed the site establishment for the
highly anticipated Chris Hani Sports Complex.

This milestone marks the beginning of an exciting journey to create a cutting-edge sporting
facility that will serve as a hub for athletes, sports enthusiasts, and the local community.

The Chris Hani Sports Complex forms part of the Orange Farm Turnkey Programme. The
JDA, the City of Johannesburg’s infrastructure development agency, is implementing the
project on behalf of the City’s Community Development Department.

Directors
D Oliphant (Chairperson) S Genu (Acting CEO) M Mokoena M Ntanga M Ramonyai N Zonela B Sarela P Numa V Hlongwa J Makgonye S Masiza
Registration Number: 2001/005101/07
The development objectives of the Chris Hani Sports Complex are:

 Intensifying the complex with sports related facilities

 Promoting the development of sports excellence in youth
 Promoting better integration between the sports complex and surrounding precinct
 Improving the legibility of the complex by providing defined links, clear gateway and
entrance points

The completion of this landmark facility will serve as a platform for the community in
becoming a hub of sporting excellence and in inspiring the next generation of sporting
talent. The project encompasses the construction of multiple facilities including a
multipurpose hall, athletics and soccer stadium, gatehouse, aquatics centre, a high
performance centre.

These multiple facilities will be designed in an integrated manner forming part of the overall
sports precinct. The implementation of the facility will also adopt a design construction
methodology and material palette that seeks to amplify efficiency and ensure a
contemporary design of high quality.

The design will consider sustainability, energy generation and water harvesting from the
individual buildings.

As part of the project, the JDA will also be undertaking public environment upgrades along
Moyane Drive and 16th Street which will see the introduction of safe pedestrian crossings,
paved sidewalks, street furniture, bins, benches, lights, and trader stalls as well as soft
landscaping.

The public environment upgrade project will provide an improved quality environment and
enhanced pedestrian experience.
“The construction of the Chris Hani Sports Complex will be in three phases, and we, as the
JDA, are thrilled to have reached this significant milestone of the first phase of this facility,”
JDA Acting CEO Siyabonga Genu said.

“This project is in Orange Farm, extension 4, in the Stredford District Node and, once
completed, will serve as another example of how the JDA emphasizes the development of
resilient, sustainable and liveable urban areas in identified transit nodes and corridors, Genu
added.

Stredford District Node is the most vibrant node in the area and feeds to the anchors such
as the Eyethu Mall and Stretford Station. The node was identified in the city’s policy
documents, the Nodal Review 2020.

ENDS
Issued by: Kenneth Nxumalo
Johannesburg Development Agency

For more information:

Elias Nkabinde
Email: enkabinde@jda.org.za
076 961 8022
www.jda.org.za