THE FUSE

The 2026 season marks the most significant structural overhaul in the history of South African women’s club football as the South African Football Association, Hollywoodbets and the SABC announced the new format at the SABC Studio in Johannesburg on Tuesday, 12 May 2026, moving the league from its familiar 16-team national round-robin competition into two separate streams of eight teams each, designed to reduce the financial burden on clubs, strengthen the broadcast product and concentrate high-stakes football at each festival venue across all nine provinces.