The National Sports Stadium is a hive of activity, with hundreds of volunteers sprucing up the venue in readiness to host the first of two “special conventions” of Jehovah’s Witnesses to be held from Friday, 22 August to Sunday 24 August 2025.
The past weekend saw scores of volunteers from different congregations in Harare converging at the giant stadium to clean the seating bays and bucket seats. Water bowsers could be seen spraying the bays and volunteers with brooms and mops busy at work.
In a statement, Jehovah’s Witnesses local public information coordinator Kudakwashe Chikuvadze, said the second “special convention” will be held from September 5 to 7 and the expected attendance for both conventions is 40,000, including 4000 delegates from 16 countries.
Delegates from outside Zimbabwe have started arriving in the country, providing a boon for the local tourism industry through hotel occupancy and ancillary services.
Chikuvadze said a business meeting and official launch will be held at the National Sports Stadium on Wednesday to discuss the event.
This is the second time in recent years that the Witnesses are hosting an event of this magnitude in Zimbabwe. The first one was held in 2014 and was attended by over 80,000 people on the final day.
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