The Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace is a

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and

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stadium in

Phokeng Phokeng is a town in Rustenburg of the North West province of South Africa. It is the capital of the Royal Bafokeng Nation. Historically, it was known as ''Magatostad'' among white South Africans. Etymology Phokeng gained its name from the Sesoth ...

near

Rustenburg Rustenburg (; , Afrikaans and Dutch: ''City of Rest'') is a city at the foot of the Magaliesberg mountain range. Rustenburg is the most populous city in North West province, South Africa (549,575 in 2011 and 626,522 in the 2016 census). In 2017 ...

, South Africa. It was built and is managed by the

Royal Bafokeng Nation The Royal Bafokeng Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present), is the ethnic homeland of the Bafokeng people, a Setswana-speaking traditional community. The monarchy covers in the North West (South African province), North West Province ...

. It was used as the home stadium for

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club Platinum Stars. The

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rugby team host large attendance matches during the

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at the stadium, instead of their usual home ground,

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. The capacity of the stadium was increased from 38,000 to 42,000 to be able to host five first round matches and one second round match at the

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. For the 2010 tournament, the main west stand was upgraded and enlarged and given a new

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roof. Other improvements include the installation of new electronic scoreboards, new seats, and the upgrading of the floodlights and public address system. The stadium upgrade was completed in March 2009 for hosting 4 matches of the

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Sporting and Miscellaneous events

2009 FIFA Confederations Cup

Royal Bafokeng Stadium was one of the host venues for the

2010 FIFA World Cup

In the World Cup, the stadium hosted five first round matches and one second round match and was the second smallest stadium for the tournament.

Matches

2013 Africa Cup of Nations

Royal Bafokeng Stadium served as one of the host venues for the

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2019 Fill Up Royal Bafokeng

In 2019, South African star

Cassper Nyovest Refiloe Maele Phoolo (born 16 December 1990), professionally known as Cassper Nyovest, is a South African rapper, songwriter, entrepreneur, record producer and amateur boxer. Born and raised in Mahikeng, North West, he is regarded as one of the ...

announced that his annual one man show "Fill Up" will be heading to North West and Royal Bafokeng Stadium will be hosting his concert named Fill Up Royal Bafokeng On the 15th of December 2019,

held his 5th concert at Royal Bafokeng with a capacity of over 40,000

References

https://www.iol.co.za/entertainment/music/local/watch-cassper-nyovest-does-it-again-with-fill-up-royal-bafokeng-39309716

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