With Mamelodi Sundowns already leading the way, Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates having women's teams could be a catalyst for ladies football to be fully professionalised in the country.
Following Banyana Banyana's impressive showing at the 2023 FIFA World Cup, where they made history by reaching the knockout stages for the first time, there has been widespread belief that they can actually be competitive consistently if there was a professional league in the country.
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Currently, some players in the Banyana team have 9 to 5 jobs and only do their training at their clubs in the evening but at the world stage, compete against fully professional players, whose only focus is on football.
Before the dreams of a professional league can be realised, PSL clubs have to start getting into the space of women's football, to make it more attractive.
Currently, only Sundowns, Royal AM and TS Galaxy have women's teams in the PSL. The other two big clubs, Chiefs and Pirates would influence the women's game immensely, if they were to also have their own teams.
On the back of Banyana's showing at the World Cup, renowned agent, Mike Makaab believes a "fully-fledged" women's professional league in the country would make Banyana a force that would compete with the "top dogs".
"Banyana were remarkable. I think we should applaud and embrace them. What should happen now is that we should become extremely serious about having a fully-fledged professional league in this country," Makaab said on Gagasi FM.
"Very similar to what the PSL do, with the men, I'd love to see it done with the women and I truly believe if that is done, we'll export a lot more players into Europe.
"And then we'll see a Banyana team not ranked 54 in the world but will be ranked in the top 10 in the world and will be giving the top dogs a run for their money," he said.
The CAF regulations that require clubs to have women's teams in order to participate in CAF inter-club competitions have already shaken the space in the PSL.
PSL teams that qualified for CAF tournaments (excluding Sundowns), Pirates, SuperSport United and Sekhukhune United are looking to affiliate with existing women's teams in the Hollywoodbets Super League or Sasol League to comply with CAF's new licensing regulations.
SuperSport have already announced a partnership with Tshwane University of Pretoria while Pirates and Sekhukhune are reportedly still negotiating with other teams.
The Buccaneers are negotiating with Wits University of Johannesburg.
Chiefs' plans to have a women's team seem to be close as well. The Glamour Boys were reportedly close to buying an already existing women's team franchise early this year but the deal fell through.
And the new CAF licensing regulations would make Amakhosi no exception, in terms of having a women's team in order to participate in CAF inter-club tournaments and so PSL teams having a women's team has become a serious matter, especially those with ambitions of playing in continental competitions.
