Black Leopards will have to wait for two more weeks before they play their first league match at the Makhuvha Stadium.

According to the manager of sports and recreation at the Thulamela Municipality, Mr Ronald Makhadi, a delegation from the municipality, together with the other stakeholders, including Black Leopards FC, visited the stadium last Thursday.

Makhadi revealed that the delegation was satisfied with the progress made at the stadium to date. He was specifically referring to the areas which the head of technical services in the Premier Soccer League, Prof Ronny Scholtz, had pointed out that he was not happy with during his first visit to the stadium early last month. During his first visit, Scholtz indicated that the pitch was not playable.

Satisfied with the progress made at the stadium, the delegation invited Prof Scholtz to come and inspect the pitch again. According to Makhadi, the response they got from the league was that Prof Scholtz will only be able to come and inspect the stadium towards the end of next week.

That implies that Lidoda Duvha will not be able to play their league match against Blackburn Rovers at the stadium tomorrow as anticipated. Instead, the match will be staged at the Seshego Stadium in Polokwane. The chairman of Black Leopards, Mr David Thidiela, is optimistic that playing in front of the packed Makhuvha Stadium will change the team’s fortunes.