Welcome

Welcome to the Peter Mokaba Stadium website.

Here you'll find everything you need to know about our stadium facilties and the opportunities we offer for staging successful events from major soccer tournaments on our famous FIFA World Cup pitch to small, intimate gatherings in one of our special function rooms.

View a virtual tour of our VIP Suites and Boxes.

For advance news on forthcoming attractions, check the events calendar - it's refreshed every week.

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About Peter Mokaba Stadium

Named after Peter Mokaba (1959-2002), who was a hero of the struggle against apartheid and was imprisoned on Robben Island. He became a Member of Parliament in 1994 and was deputy minister in the Department of Environmental Affairs & Tourism. He was elected to the ANC's National Executive Committee in 1991, 1994 and 1997.

At the time of his untimely death from respiratory complications, he had been appointed to lead the ANC's electoral campaign scheduled for 2004.

The Stadium is located in Magasyn Street, Polokwane (formerly Pietersburg) in the Limpopo province of South Africa, roughly three hours' drive from Johannesburg/Pretoria and 5 km from the Polokwane city centre. (Coordinates: 23°55'29"S 29°28'08"E). It's located a few hundred metres east of the old stadium of the same name.

The crisp, modern design was actually inspired by the baobab (Adansonia digitata), an ancient tree revered by the local population. At each corner of the steel and concrete structure is a squat, cylindrical structure that resembles the tree's muscular trunk which can grow up to 28m in girth. The aerodynamic roof on the west side is designed to flex up to 40cm in high winds that frequently accompany the summer rainfall.

In the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the Stadium proudly hosted four games: Algeria vs Slovenia on 13 June, France vs Mexico on 17 June, Greece vs Argentina on 22 June and Paraguay vs New Zealand on 24 June.

Seating capacity is 45 000.