EXCLUSIVE: Praise for SA league after record AFCON qualificationsby SAVIOUS KWINIKAJOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – SOUTH Africa’s Absa Premiership is not only the most lucrative league in the continent but will bethe most represented in the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals in Egypt in June/July. Clever Chisamba from Zimbabwe, who lives in Sunninghill, northof Johannesburg, said Zimbabwe’s Warriors owed its qualification to the Absa Premiership. DRC’s Franco Ipupa,who lives in Rosebank, hailed the presence of many SADC teams at AFCON. While most of DRC’s players are locally and France based, we have some in the Absa Premiership,” Ipupa said. Tanzania’s Samuel Nyambui said, “We made it to the Afcon because South Africa’s competitive league absorbs players from SADC member states.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 29, 2019 04:41 UTC