SAFA confirms date for Hollywoodbets Super League start

This will be a significantly late start to the season for the top women’s football league in the country, with the last campaign having ended six months ago already. 

The usual start time for the competition is around March, and a full eight rounds of matches had been played by the weekend of the 24-25 May last year. 

Speaking exclusively to the public broadcaster, Moremi assured that the league will definitely kick off on the said date. 

“On the 23rd and 24th of May, the league will get underway that weekend. That will be the first round of matches. We will even have a meeting with the teams on Monday to finalise everything,” Moremi confirmed. 

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Pressed for answers as to why there has been a delay to begin with, Moremi said: “It was just the processes that were delaying us. Finalising internal processes.” 

Asked what those processes are, he pointed to the new two-stream format that they have introduced as one of the issues they had to sort out. 

He went on to declare that the draw for the two streams will be conducted this coming week to determine which eight teams will be in each group. 

“The draw will take place this coming week - Thursday or Friday, and we’re just engaging with the SABC on that then we’ll be able to communicate the actual day through Mninawa [Ntloko],” concluded Moremi. 

The delayed start to the season, along with the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations being moved to July and August, are likely to cause fixture congestion in the league, with the official fixture list to reveal just how SAFA intends to deal with this challenge.