Kaizer Chiefs fell out of top eight in the Betway Premiership standings after a home 2-1 defeat at the hands of the lowly Marumo Gallants at FNB Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
With this result, they extended their winless streak to six matches.
Amakhosi scored first with Glody Lilepo rattling the back of the net in the first half to put his side ahead before Matome Mathiane equalised ahead of the break.
At the start of the second half, Nasreddine Nabi made changes, bringing on Sibongiseni Mthethwa and Nkosingiphile Ngcobo for Thabo Cele and Dillan Solomons, with Yusuf Maart moving to right-back.
Chiefs should have gone ahead again in the 62nd minute; Shabalala set up Wandile Duba, who hit the post when one-on-one with Arubi. This miss proved costly. Eight minutes later, Gallants took the lead when Msendami's free-kick curled into the far corner, untouched in the box.
Chiefs pressed for a late equalizer, and four minutes from time, Duba's cross found substitute Edson Castilo, whose header was saved by Arubi as Gallants secured the win.
CHIEFS SIT NINTH ON THE TABLE
The Phefeni Glamour Boys are now ninth in the league standings having accumulated 30 points from 25 matches so far and Gallants are tenth with the same number of points after 26 games.
Meanwhile, in the other match, AmaZulu FC secured the bragging rights in the KZN derby, beating Golden Arrows 1-0 at the Mpumalanga Stadium in Hammarsdale.
AmaZulu now sit sixth on the table having collected 33 points after 26 matches with Arrows occupying 12th place with 26 points after 22 matches.
And finally, SuperSport United and Polokwane City played out to a 1-1 draw in a match that was played at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium.
