One of the team’s success factors is the mutual beneficial relationship with the Kaizer Chiefs Football Club. Six of the NWU’s registered players hail from the ranks of the Kaizer Chiefs development structures and also represented the Kaizer Chiefs MDC (MultiChoice Diski Challenge) team.
With eight matches remaining, the team from Vanderbijlpark only has to win five to qualify for the provincial play-offs where they will compete against teams from Ekurhuleni, Tshwane, Sedibeng, West Rand and Johannesburg. At the end of the play-offs, two teams will be promoted to the SAFA Gauteng ABC Motsepe League.
Other soccer news
The campus’s Junior Football Programme has been well received with 28 learners currently receiving coaching on Saturdays. The aim of the programme is to reach the 50-player mark by the end of the first semester.
On 14 and 15 April 2018 the campus will be taking part in the inaugural Herold Ndlovu Top 16 Soccer Tournament to take place in Polokwane at the University of Limpopo. The tournament will serve as both a selection and preparation opportunity for the upcoming USSA Football Club Championships. The USSA tournament will take place from 2 to 7 July at the Nelson Mandela University and during the tournament the team from Vanderbijlpark will have the opportunity to qualify for the Varsity Football league for the first time ever.
