German, Slovak coaches plot South African Premiership victories

German coach Ernst Middendorp and Slovak counterpart Jozef Vukusic guided Kaizer Chiefs and AmaZulu to victories Tuesday at opposite ends of the South African Premiership.

League pacesetters Chiefs stretched their lead to four points by defeating Golden Arrows 2-0 on an unseasonally chilly spring night in Soweto through a penalty and an own goal.

AmaZulu ended a seven-match winless run since the season began by snatching a 2-1 stoppage-time victory over Cape Town City in Durban.

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The dramatic triumphed lifted AmaZulu off the bottom to 14th place after Vukusic had lost his first two matches since replacing the sacked Cavin Johnson.

Bidvest Wits rose above Polokwane City to second when Buhle Mkhwanazi scored one minute from time for a 1-0 win at Chippa United, who slipped to last place.

Daniel Cardoso converted a penalty awarded for handball to give Chiefs a 27th-minute lead and an Nkosinathi Sibisi own goal on the hour condemned Arrows to a second defeat in eight matches.

Bongi Ntuli gave AmaZulu the lead on 10 minutes and snatched the 95h-minute match-winner after Cape Town levelled in the second half through an own goal by goalkeeper Siyabonga Mbatha.

Chippa fired coach Clinton Larsen after five matches, but caretaker Duran Francis has fared even worse, collecting just one point from a possible nine.