The 2025/26 football calendar is one of the most congested in recent memory, forcing the league to juggle domestic fixtures with continental and international commitments.
With only four league rounds completed, South African football faces a whirlwind schedule that includes the MTN8 final, the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco this December, CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup campaigns involving local clubs, and the conclusion of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
"We are going to have a shortened season because of those tournaments. The season usually ends in June, but now we have to be completed come end of May," Khoza told iDiski Times.
"Then you have the continental club competitions in which we will have four teams—Mamelodi Sundowns, Orlando Pirates, Stellenbosch FC and Kaizer Chiefs—and you must complete the domestic competitions, which all have their own window."
Khoza also warned that sponsors would feel the effects of the compressed calendar.
"Now the sponsors cannot activate the normal way because of the compressed program we are going to have this time around," he added.
"We are going to have complaints from everyone, even though they can see what the problem is. But that's how it is."
