The World Cup has opened our eyes and the good news is that South Africa is starting her own professional women’s league (The premier women’s league) by August – Amanda Dlamini
South Africa have made history. After many years of trying, they made sure of a place at their first Women’s World Cup by defeating Mali 2-0 in the semi-finals of the 2018 CAF Africa Cup of Nations.
The world cup experience has opened their eyes and now it’s the right moment for SA to start a professional women’s league to ensure a better outing at the world level. Former captain of the Banyana Banyana , Amanda Dlamini broke the news that South Africa is about to kick-start a professional league for women on Friday, in an interview with @molatsportgist Nigeria at the Ladies In Sports Conference held in Lagos, Nigeria. “South African Football Association [SAFA] has revealed that the Premier Women’s League [PWL] will kick start by this year August which is next month and the president of the @SAFA has budgeted some money for a successful run of the league.”- Amanda told molatsportgist
Amanda who was the captain of the national team between 2011 and 2013 then became the fifth female football player to win 100 caps for South Africa following a friendly match against the United States in July 2016, having 105 caps for the banyana banyana team, commends the effort of the SAFA in ensuring women’s football in South Africa gets the recognition it truly deserves.
“first, it was equal pay and now SAFA is launching a maiden season of professional women’s league. It’s a good news and this will help us as a nation in competing with other nations. “ – Amanda
Having retired two-year earlier before the banyana banyana gained their first FIFA World Cup ticket, Amanda applaud the team for making the nation proud. Though, she wished she played in a World Cup before her retirement.
Dlamini: “it has always been my dream to play in the World Cup for my country, I played with the team for like 10-years and had just 105caps before I finally retired from football just two years ago. When the girls qualified part of me was so excited that SA finally got a #FIFAWWC ticket after many tries but my other part felt bad because I feel like being in the team but I believe God knows best so I was happy we qualified.”
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