PSL teams need to start supporting women’s football in South Africa

Johannesburg - It was nice to see some of the Premier Soccer League top-flight clubs coming out to congratulate Banyana Banyana after they qualified for the 2022 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations. But when will they finally step up and do the noble thing?

Everyone can sit behind a keyboard and make themselves look good in the public eye. And that’s what I feel most of those clubs did after our national ladies’ team pulled off the inevitable, beating Algeria 3-1 over the two-legged qualifier.

I say it’s inevitable because when they set their minds on something they see it through. They are eager to qualify their second ever World Cup after they did so in 2018. But for them to do so, they'll need to finish, at least, fourth in Morocco.

Banyana has been so good, that writing them off is foolish. But not the same can be said for our beloved Bafana Bafana who appear to disappoint us at every glance – before the arrival of coach Hugo Broos who is rebuilding the team.

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But while Broos is benefitting from all the teams, given that his selection is based on form rather than experience and we are not so rich when it comes to exports, when will Banyana get to boast about having players from the top-tier clubs?

Currently, they are only benefitting from Mamelodi Sundowns and TS Galaxy in a 16-team league! So really, what’s happening with the rest of the player? Because I know it’s not about the money - although I don't know much about running a club.

I mean if it was, Bloemfontein Celtic would have scrambled the project after their financial woes which led to their downfall. But here they are: still backing women’s football as