The telecommunications company has worked with the PSL since the 2006/7 season, when they replaced Coca-Cola as sponsor for the knockout competition – then known as the Coca-Cola Cup.
The chairman said they will be halting that competition for this season, which means teams will only compete for the league, the MTN8 and the Nedbank Cup. Khoza said the development of one less competition was a blessing in disguise due to the congested fixture list as the league continues to play catch-up due to“Telkom has been a very good sponsor of ours, but they are out. I can gladly announce that next season, somebody is going to take the space of that competition.
Khoza admitted the loss of Telkom will have an obvious financial impact on the league but added that they are prepared to weather the storm.Initially, 9 October had been pencilled in. However, Fifa declared that an international week. Now the PSL has said they are hoping to kick off the season on 17 October with the MTN8, before starting theKhoza said all this, as well as the finalisation of fixtures, was subject to government approval.
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