Soweto derby Soweto derby The Soweto derby is a soccer rivalry between Premier Soccer League's Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates in South Africa and is considered one of the most fiercely contested matches in African football. It was first contested on 24 January 1970. Matches between the two rivals attract a large fanbase. Based in Soweto, Johannesburg, the rivalry stems from the fact that Kaizer Chiefs was formed by a former Orlando Pirates star Kaizer Motaung. Motaung had left Orlando Pirates to go play professional soccer in the now defunct North American Soccer League for a team called the Atlanta Chiefs. Upon
Steve Komphela joined Bloemfontein Celtic which was undergoing financial struggles at the time. Kaizer Chiefs almost ruined steve Komphela's career after almost 3 years. Several fans were uttering negative comments about him on most Social Media platforms, mainly blaming him for Kaizer Chiefs's inability to win trophies. Following his departure from the Kaizer Chiefs, the team however, did not seem to get any good results. Shortly after he started his new career with Bloemfontein Celtics, he started the 2018-19 Premier Soccer League league with a huge surprise. He won the first six consecutive league games. Perhaps a biggest upset, at least to