Sportswire has learned that Kaizer Chiefs will once again play some of their Betway Premiership matches at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban next season.

This past season, Chiefs played three matches at the Moses Mabhida Stadium, which serves as the club’s primary alternative home venue, with Peter Mokaba Stadium acting as their secondary alternative.

Playing in Durban seems to be a happy place for the Chiefs, as they won two of their three matches there last season. Despite their recent domestic struggles, the club consistently drew large crowds at the 2010 World Cup semi-final venue.

In those three matches last season, the Amakhosi defeated Chippa United 1-0 in December. This game will forever be remembered for Mduduzi Shabalala’s remarkable goal. He picked up the ball out wide, sliced through the Chippa defense like a hot knife through butter, and fired a shot past goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali at the near post.

That goal earned Shabalala the PSL Goal of the Month award and is therefore a strong contender for PSL Goal of the Season.

The club’s next game was against Golden Arrows on 12 January, who unfortunately beat them 1-0. This marked the first time Abafana Bes’Thende had ever beaten Chiefs at the 2010 World Cup venue.

Their final game at the Durban venue was on 19 January against Sekhukhune United, who held their own. However, substitute Mfundo Vilakazi had other ideas, dazzling with a goal four minutes before the game ended.

In the 86th minute, when Chiefs appeared to be out of ideas and likely heading for a draw, Vilakazi picked up the ball in an advanced area and toe-poked it past Ali Sangare to score the winner, much to the delirium of the Chiefs supporters who packed the venue.

Kaizer Chiefs also ended their trophy drought at the Moses Mabhida Stadium this past season, as early as last month, when they won the Nedbank Cup by beating their Soweto rivals in the final. This victory ended an 11-year wait for a domestic knockout cup.

Coincidentally, the last time the club won a domestic cup was also at the Moses Mabhida Stadium, when they defeated Pirates in the MTN8 in September 2014.

The Ke Yona Cup was delivered by Tunisian coach Nasreddine Nabi, who, according to Sportswire sources, is staying with Chiefs despite rumors of his departure.