PSL acquires 1,4ha stand

Fungai Muderere

Zimpapers Sports Hub

THE Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) recently purchased 1,4 hectares (ha) of land in Harare for offices and other amenities.

The property will be officially unveiled on December 19.

“I want to put across this important message to our sponsors, Delta Beverages, that, as PSL, we have managed to purchase our first piece of land,” said PSL chairperson Farai Jere.

“It is for the first time that PSL has done that. We have managed to purchase 1,4 hectares of land that will house our offices, among other things. I’m hopeful that our chief executive officer (Kennedy Ndebele) is in the process of writing invitation letters for the unveiling.”

Jere took the opportunity at the 2024 Soccer Stars banquet on Friday to announce that he was now eyeing a position in the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) presidium.

The modern local elite football league, which was formed in 1992, has been renting a building in the Eastlea suburb of Harare, which is their national headquarters.  They also rent another building in the country’s second-largest city, Bulawayo.

Jere, who owns Premiership side CAPS United, said the new facility will have the PSL national headquarters, Women’s Football League offices and a pitch.

He said they secured the land with the help of Delta Beverages, who have been their “all-weather friends” in the past years.

Jere thanked teams in the PSL for producing quality players who positively impacted on the senior national soccer team. The Warriors recently qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco next year. This will be Zimbabwe’s sixth appearance at the finals after first doing so under the tutelage of legendary Sunday “Mhofu” Chidzambwa and the captaincy of celebrated Peter Ndlovu in Tunisia in 2004.