Andile Jali discusses money management and farming

Jali enjoyed a decorated career, starting out at University of Pretoria in 2008 before rising to prominence with Orlando Pirates and then going on to KV Oostende in Belgium until returning home to Mamelodi Sundowns, Moroka Swallows and Chippa United. 

Speaking at the Nedbank Cup Stakeholder Management event in Polokwane, where he is also a tournament ambassador, Jali shared how he was introduced to livestock farming by one of his friends, and he is now doing well in that space. 

"I decided in 2019, when my friend came to me and said, 'Let's do something like this, you will see what's going to happen.' And I was like, 'But I'm busy with football.' He said, 'Don't worry, just put money in and the rest will be history,'" Jali detailed.

"That's why now I'm doing well, even with Nedbank, I'm still dreaming as well."

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Jali also shared some insights on how he used to allocate money coming from sign-on fees and utilising his salary. 

"You know at Sundowns, they don't only come with a salary – with a salary, you plan and say, 'I'm going to get this amount at the end of the month,' but the sign-on fee comes once a year, and when it comes you break it down," he explained.

"If you sign five years, you know you're guaranteed five years of sign-on fee, and then you know you have a salary every month, so you can't mix your salary and sign-on fee.

"With your sign-on fee, you must know what to do with it, and with your salary, you know it's your income that's there to use everyday."