SOUTH African officials voted Monday to restart the Absa Premiership — the richest football league in the continent — on August 11 after it was halted in March by the coronavirus. An official involved in the online decision-making meeting told AFP that the 2019/2020 campaign would conclude on September 5.
The remaining 54 league matches will be played behind closed doors in the central Gauteng province, whose main cities are Johannesburg and Pretoria. Gauteng is the epicentre of the pandemic in South Africa but the national association says health protocols will ensure there is only a “one percent chance” of anyone being infected. By last Sunday, South Africa had confirmed 445,433 COVID-19 cases and 6,769 deaths, making it the country most affected by the disease in the continent.
The Moroccan Botola Pro 1 championship will be the first major African league to resume amid the pandemic when two matches are
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