The newly promoted Black Leopards will play 11 of their PSL home games at the Peter Mokaba Stadium.

During a media conference last Wednesday, the executive mayor of Polokwane Municipality, Cllr Freddy Greaver announced that the stadium had secured at least 18 major soccer matches for the new season.

The stadium management and the City of Polokwane are in a celebratory mood after successfully hosting 18 top-level soccer matches, including two CAF championship matches and six Nedbank Cup fixtures last season.

In a bid to ensure that the stadium does not become a white elephant, the Polokwane Municipality entered into a partnership with Kaizer Chiefs and Supersport United. Chiefs and United will play some of their home matches at the stadium. United and Chiefs entered into a two- and three-year agreement respectively with the municipality. Chiefs will play three games at the stadium, while United will play four this season. Greaver says the municipality is committed to bringing more games to the province.

"When we started last year, the intention was really to attract people. The teams are out there and they want the best possible deals. We are not intending to run it at a profit, but we also have to be responsible in that we must try as far as possible to save the course," said Greaver.

Leopards´ spokesperson, Tshifhiwa Thidiela, expressed his satisfaction with the deal. "I think it is very important for us to be able to sustain our status in the premiership. We need such partnerships, but we also want to appeal to members of the public and the media to go out there and assist us to make sure that, day in and day out, we fill the stadium, whether it is Supersport playing their home match or whether it is Kaizer Chiefs or Black Leopards," said Thidiela.

Supersport United will host Cosmos, Orlando Pirates, Kaizer Chiefs and Ajax Cape Town at the stadium. United spokesperson David Skhosana said that, despite the fact that the stadium is useful, it brings back memories of the late ANC Youth League president, Peter Mokaba. "I think we are doing justice to him by making sure that his stadium is not a white elephant, but I must say that we are really grateful to the communities of Limpopo in particular," said Skhosana.

The stadium will also host the African Cup of Nations qualifying game between Bafana Bafana and Sierra Leone in October.