Kaizer Chiefs Marketing Director Jessica Motaung Targets Creation of Amakhosi Women's Team

Kaizer Chiefs Marketing Director Jessica Motaung Targets Creation of Amakhosi Women's Team

Keba Mothoagae
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:07 PM
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  • The idea of a Kaizer Chiefs women's team could come to fruition in the near future
  • The Amakhosi's venerable marketing director Jessica Motaung hinted strongly at the possibility recently on television
  • This came not long after Royal AM acquired a women's team, with Mamelodi Sundowns already boasting one

The concept of a Kaizer Chiefs women's team could become reality before long.

This is going by what the club's marketing director Jessica Motaung said during SuperSport's recent coverage of Banyana Banyana's arrival at the OR Tambo International Airport following their momentous 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations victory in Morocco.

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Kaizer Chiefs could have a women's team in next to no time if Jessica Motaung gets her way. Image source: @KaizerChiefs
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Speaking to anchor Thomas Mlambo, Motaung said:

"This is something we have been talking about for some time. Being around the Banyana team has inspired me to say that we as a brand would be doing the country and the continent a disservice if we do not provide a platform to nurture young women's talent, allowing them to showcase themselves with the Chiefs brand.

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"That is something I am going to commit myself to."

Motaung was recently appointed to CAF's Organising Committee for Women Football Standing Committee from 2022-2024. In 2021, the continent's football governing body issued a sweeping ultimatum that teams could be barred from African club competitions if they did not have a women's team by the end of this year.

Last week, Royal AM launched a women's team as momentum for wider professionalisation of the game increased. Mamelodi Sundowns were crowned the inaugural winners of the CAF Women's Champions League at the end of last year.

Kaizer Chiefs unveils new home and away kit for 2022/23 Premier Soccer League campaign

The Phefeni Glamour Boys will look it in the 2022/23 Premier Soccer League season.

As reported by Sports Brief, Kaizer Chiefs has unveiled a home-and-away kit the club hopes will inspire the team to scratch a seven-year-long itch for silverware.

The price of the replica kit will be unveiled at a later date.

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