Motsepe Foundation Championship champions Durban City to finally to lift trophy
Durban City's championship-winning season was supposed to end in celebration, but instead, it was overshadowed by uncertainty, frustration, and a protracted wait.
The club are currently six points clear of Casric Stars, Orbit College and Kruger United with five games of the season to play.
They have struggled in a number of away games this season and recently dropped points in a 1-1 draw away to the University of Pretoria before losing 1-0 to Highbury at the weekend.
They have three home ties still to play, against Milford, Pretoria Callies and Black Leopards and Dladla is confident they will pick up "those crucial points".
The coach said in the Sowetan: "We can't panic now. If we start to panic now, then we're going to have bigger problems than we have.
"We've had two games on the road and we struggled, but then we have two home games coming up, let's see what we can do at home on our surface that we are used to, hopefully the fortunes will change.
"At home, we will grab those crucial points. All in all, we still have three home games left and we should use all those home games really well.
"I am feeling confident. We have a target as far as the number of points we want is concerned, and nobody will reach our target. I am not going to tell you the number of points we are targeting, but I know that nobody is going to get there.
"We just have to believe, remember, we started with nothing and now we have something to fight for, let's continue fighting for it."