Comment: Psl Has Made A Royal Mess Of Elite Status

The PSL must be kicking themselves for having allowed it.

When Shauwn MamKhize Mkhize purchased the status of Bloemfontein Celtic, there was some resistance from the fans of Siwelele about the club being moved from Mangaung. But, as PSL Chairman Irvin Khoza always says, the league cannot afford to have the livelihoods of employees being affected, and when Max Tshabalala told them that he could no longer afford to run Celtic, they had no choice but to let it be taken over by someone who could.

Mkhize was the one with the money, and Celtic ceased to exist as Royal Andile Mpisane RAM came into being.

Having failed to win promotion to the elite league in 2021 after Sekhukhune United won a boardroom battle, Mkhize did what is generally considered unfootball-like by taking the matter to court. The case went all the way to the Sports Arbitration Court CAS, a huge embarrassment to the league given how world football governing body Fifa frowns upon such actions.

She went on to buy the elite status thereafter through Celtic and while to many she brought some glamour to the league, her flamboyant ways driving to matches in flashy cars, flashing cash to be paid to players right on the pitch, among many of her outlandish behaviours must have irked the leagues powers that be.