LIMPOPO – The Safa National Women’s Soccer Promotional Play-offs are scheduled to take place in Gauteng from December 7-13.

Limpopo will be represented by Sinthumule/Kutama (SK) Ladies, who were crowned provincial champions.

Four teams from the nine provinces will earn promotion to the Safa Hollywoodbets Super League at the end of the promotional play-offs.

SK secured their place in the national competition after playing two matches at Oscar Mpetha Stadium at the University of Limpopo on October 3. In their opening match, they defeated stream B winners University of Limpopo 2-1 before thrashing stream C winners Kganatla Ladies 6-0.

Third time’s the charm

This will be the third consecutive time that SK participated in the provincial play-offs. On the previous two occasions, they failed to qualify for the national play-offs after losing to Ramaatlaohle Ladies, who secured promotion to the league in 2024 and 2025.

SK team manager Caswell Mohale said he was confident that his team would secure promotion to the Safa Hollywoodbets Super League. He said the players were approaching the national promotional play-offs with determination and would not disappoint the people of Vhembe and Limpopo.

Eyes on promotion

Mohale described his players as skillful, young and energetic, adding that they had the ability to compete against any opposition.

He explained that the technical team had given the players sufficient time to prepare for their final examinations, as most of them were still at school. “After the examinations, from November 20, we will train twice a day because we expect to play two or three matches per day during the national promotional play-offs,” he said.

Mohale added that SK had produced several players who had gone on to represent the national teams, while others were playing for Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies and in the national schools’ sports teams.