{"id":16366,"date":"2025-11-28T15:24:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T13:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/tanzanian-premier-league-could-attract-more-psl-players\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:31:32","slug":"tanzanian-premier-league-could-attract-more-psl-players","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/tanzanian-premier-league-could-attract-more-psl-players\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Tanzanian Premier League could attract more PSL players&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Tanzanian Premier Soccer League (PSL)\u00a0 could soon become a strong destination for PSL players, according to former Yanga and Simba Chief Executive Officer Senzo Mbatha.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>His comments come as Mamelodi Sundowns players continue to make moves into East Africa, with Rushine de Reuck joining Simba on loan and Neo Maema reportedly making a permanent switch.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Speaking to the South African (SA) Football Journalists&#8217; Association, Mbatha said Tanzania\u2019s two biggest clubs are financially competitive and well positioned to lure more SA talent.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He added that the growing investment in the league, combined with the pull of clubs like Yanga and Simba, could see more PSL players exploring opportunities in Tanzania.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16367,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-16366","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"His comments come as Mamelodi Sundowns players continue to make moves into East Africa.","published_date":null,"news_description":"His comments come as Mamelodi Sundowns players continue to make moves into East Africa.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20205,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16366\/revisions\/20205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=16366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}