Kaizer Chiefs promote yet another youngster to the first team! 

Kaizer Chiefs may have not been consistent with regards the quality they sign for the club, but they have been in terms of their promotion policy.

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Over the last couple of seasons, Chiefs have evidently been working closely with their youth structures to ensure a pathway into the first team for their players. 

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In their current squad, Chiefs have players who have been promoted from as far back as the 2018/19 season. No matter who the coach has been, there have been academy products being given an opportunity in the first team. The likes of Happy Mashiane, Siyabonga Ngezana, Nkosingiphile Ngcobo, Sabelo Radebe as well as the departed Njabulo Blom, were primarily promoted under Ernst Middendorp before getting an extended run through Gavin Hunt, during the season of the FIFA ban.

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A younger brigade which features the likes of Mduduzi Shabalala, Samkelo Zwane and Wandile Duba have all been given a chance at Chiefs through current head coach Arthur Zwane. Now even though the results have not been forthcoming for Amakhosi, they do not seem to be in the mood to not throw some more young players into the first team deep end, giving them an opportunity to prove that they can, indeed swim. 

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Now according to Soccer-Laduma, Chiefs have already decided on their latest development product who will be promoted to the first team, that being Puso Dithejane.

Dithejane next for Chiefs

“He is a talented young man (Dithejane). And at 19, the team feels he is well ready for the senior team. But what they will do so that he continues to enjoy game time is that he will be eligible to play for both the Diski team and the senior team. They say if he doesn’t feature for the senior team then the Diski team can give him a chance. But training and all the other team activities will be with the senior team. He will be promoted, though he will also play with the junior side. He will join the team for pre-season as well,” said a source to the same publication.

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19-year-old Dithejane will hope follow in the long list of Chiefs academy graduates and make a name for himself in the first team of Amakhosi.