Cape Town City’s return to the Betway Premiership is not merely a promotion — it is a necessary tactical correction for a league that has lost its way. For years, the top flight has been plagued by a recruitment-obsessed culture where clubs chase name-brand imports and cycle through coaches with the frequency of a bad loan default. Kaizer Chiefs has burned through eight managers since 2018 while splurging on misfiring foreign strikers like Christian Saile and Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana. Royal AM treats its squad like a rotating door at a nightclub, signing and discarding players without a coherent tactical blueprint. Meanwhile, Cape Town City’s ascent from the Motsepe Foundation Championship offers a stark counterexample: a club built not on chequebook gambling, but on a defined professional identity.
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