The side have strengthened their team with 13 new signings, including defender Bevan Fransman, and also scored a three-year sponsorship deal with Jonsson Workwear, which was announced at Makhulong Stadium on Wednesday.
“We have retained all the players who played a role in getting us promoted and we are not in the Premiership to make up numbers,” said club chairman Brad Kraftel.
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Fransman captained Maritzburg United to their best season yet last term and said a yen for a new challenge and to be closer to home had made him join the Lions of the Park.
“What I achieved at Maritzburg was fantastic but football is an ever-changing game.
“I am not a spring chicken anymore. I had to consider a lot of things, including my family. I got a solid two-year deal here and at 34, if you turn that down, you’d be foolish,” said Fransman.
Highlands begin their campaign in the top flight away against Pirates on August 4 at Orlando Stadium.