Motsepe Makes Huge PSL Announcement

CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe, in the conjunction with the Motsepe Foundation and the Premier Soccer League, has made a huge announcement on Friday morning in Sandton, launching the Motsepe Foundation Championship.

Motsepe has been home in South Africa for the past week or so, and took the opportunity to make this announcement, alongside PSL Chairman Dr Irvin Khoza, before flying out to the WAFCON in Morocco.

Motsepe announced that the Motsepe Foundation will be coming in as the new title sponsor of the National First Division, replacing GladAfrica who had been the sponsor for the past three seasons.

The second tier will now be known as the Motsepe Foundation Championship.

BREAKING NEWS:

The PSL and Motsepe Foundation have announced a partnership that will see the National First Division renamed to the Motsepe Foundation Championship

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— Official PSL (@OfficialPSL) July 1, 2022

“I think with the excellent support and the innovation of Dr Khoza in the PSL, we are going to make the second division – because the name of the second division is going to be changed – and it’s going to be called The Motsepe Foundation Championship,” Motsepe said at the launch.

“Football is is a sport, it’s something we love. It’s more than just what happens on the field of play. It’s who we are, it is our culture, it’s our tradition. It’s our expression of our history. And the expression of our pride.”

Motsepe also confirmed that they will be looking to increase the prize money for the competition.

Dr Khoza confirmed that previous sponsors GladAfrica had notified him this week that they were unable to continue their sponsorship, and he was grateful to Motsepe for stepping in at the last minute to fill the void.

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