Bidvest Wits have opted to host Kaizer Chiefs at the Johannesburg Stadium on Saturday 28th October, when the two teams will open up the renamed PSL Cup, which for the past five years was called the Coca Cola Cup.

The new tournament which was launched amid much fan fare in Johannesburg earlier this week, will now be known as the Telkom Knockout Cup. It is not just in name that there has been a major shift, as the new sponsors have also upped the ante by offering the winners of the new tournament an overall prize purse of R4,250, 000.

All eyes will be at the Johannesburg Stadium on the 28th October when the clever boys host The Amakhosi, as the rest of the PSL team will only kick off their quest to take home the large prize purse on offer after Chiefs have played Wits.

For Chiefs coach Ernst Middendorp, playing the game at the Johannesburg Stadium is a prospect he is looking forward to. The Chiefs coach said “We played a league game against Swallows there last season and the stadium was full and even though there is a running track around the pitch, the atmosphere inside the stadium is still electric”.

Chiefs will be looking to overturn their recent hoodoo in cup matches against The Clever boys when they meet towards the end of the month as The Amakhosi have lost in their last two outings in Cup games against Wits. Those being at the quarterfinal stage of the 2003 – 2004 SAA Supa8 competition as Wits ran out 2-1 winners, thereafter the round of 32 in the 2005 ABSA Cup as Wits defeated Chiefs 4-3 in a penalty shootout after the teams were goalless after extra time.

The Amakhosi’s last victory over Wits in a cup game came nine years ago, as they defeated the clever boys by an aggregate score of 2-1 in a Rothmans Cup Quarter Final game.

TELKOM Cup Last 16 Fixtures

Saturday 28th October 2006


Bidvest Wits Vs Kaizer Chiefs


Johannesburg Stadium, Johannesburg


Kick Off 15h15

Sunday 29th October 2006


Mamelodi Sundowns Vs Amazulu


Super Stadium, Attridgeville


Kick Off 15h15

Jomo Cosmos Vs Santos


Huntersfield Stadium, Germiston


Kick Off 15h15

Silver Stars Vs Bloemfontein Celtic


Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace, Rustenburg


Kick Off 15h15

Wednesday 1st November


Ajax Cape Town Vs Lamontville Golden Arrows


Green Point Stadium, Cape Town


Kick Off 19h30

Saturday 4th November


Black Leopards Vs SuperSport United


Thohoyandou Stadium, Venda


Kick Off 15h15

Sunday 5th November


Maritsburg United Vs Orlando Pirates


Chatsworth Stadium, Durban


Kick Off 15h15

Benoni Premier United Vs Moroka Swallows


Germiston Stadium, Germiston

15h15

Chiefs Vs Wits Cup games since 1996

1997 Rothmans Cup ¼ Finals


1st Leg 27th September


Kaizer Chiefs 1 (Williams 41’ pen) Wits University 0

2nd Leg 18th October


Wits University 1 Kaizer Chiefs 1 (Lebese 15’)

1998 BOB Save Super Bowl 1st Round


Kaizer Chiefs 3 (Lebese 1’ & 65’, Sekhoto 89’) Wits University 1

2003 SAA Supa8 Cup ¼ Finals


10th August 2003


Wits University 2 Kaizer Chiefs 1 (Radebe 89’)

2005 ABSA Cup 2nd Round


15th March 2005


Kaizer Chiefs 0 Wits University 0


Wits win 4-3 on penalties AET