Confirmed: Chiefs Promoted 3 Starlets To Senior Squad

Kaizer Chiefs Head of Technical and Youth Development Academy, Molefi Ntseki has confirmed that Artur Zwane has added three Amakhosi youngsters to his first-team squad.

The Glamour Boys have revived their focus on youth development, with Arthur Zwane becoming the first head coach who has come through the club’s ranks.

With Zwane having worked with many youth players before, he has called three of them, namely: Mduduzi Shabalala, Samkelo Zwane and Wandile Duba to be part of the senior team from 1 December, Ntseki confirmed.

“Because of the quality that was assembled for the Engen competition and the DDC, we saw three of our Reserve Team players getting promoted to the first team, Mduduzi Shabalala, Samkelo Zwane and Wandile Duba,” he told the club’s media department.

“From 1 December they started training full time with the first team squad, because before that Mdu and Duba were still at school and writing exams. Samkelo will train with the first team but still play for the DDC team.

“We are very happy to see our development players progressing to the first team because players these days are very expensive so it’s good to develop players that understand the culture and tradition of the Club.

“We give credit to all the development coaches who contributed to the progress of these players, but also commend the first team coach for his understanding of the development of players at our academy. After proper profiling and assessment Coach Zwane identified these three players for promotion to his squad.”

Samkelo Zwane started Chiefs’ latest 2-0 win over Golden Arrows while Shabalala came off the bench in the second half.