Bidvest Stadium, is a multipurpose

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in the Braampark, suburb of

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. The stadium has a dedicated field to host

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matches with a capacity of 5,000 seats, and other fields to host other sports disciplines. The exact location of the stadium, is at the Wits University campus, and it was used as a home ground of Bidvest Wits in the

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. During the

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, it was also used as a training venue by the

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