Black Leopards will be playing their home matches at the Seshego Stadium, as the Venda-based one, Makhuvha Stadium, doesn’t meet the Premier Soccer League (PSL) standards.

PSL officials inspected the Makhuvha Stadium last week and reported back that it needed to be upgraded. Now, Lidoda Duvha will continue training and playing matches at the Seshego Stadium.

Leopards’ new manager, Mr Elvis “Disco” Booi, said they will be hosting African Warriors at Seshego this afternoon (Friday). He said they had no injury concerns and the players were ready for the match. “We have been training for the whole week, rectifying all the mistakes that happened when we played the first NFD match against Roses United in Bloemfontein, where we played to a 0-0 draw. Our boys missed brilliant chances. They should have done better,” he added.

On Sunday, they played a friendly game against Univen FC and beat the students in the practise match 7-0.

The head of sports, arts and culture of the Thulamela municipality, Mr Ronald Makhadi, confirmed that the Makhuvha Stadium is not up to standard and contractors are busy completing it in order to fit the Safa standards. “After its completion, Safa officials will come and assess it,” said Makhadi.

Saturday’s NFD fixtures are: Thanda Royal Zulu vs Santos, Roses United vs United FC, Maluti FET College vs Baroka FC, Milano United FC vs Jomo Cosmos and Chipas United vs FC Cape Town. Sunday’s matches are Sivutsa Stars vs Witbank Spurs and Vasco da Gama vs Blackburn Rovers.