South Sudan Cup winners Jamus FC will host Stade Tunisien in leg 1^st round of the 2024/2025 TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup in Juba.

The match which will be the first leg encounter will take place at the newly renovated Juba National Stadium on August 16^th.

After the officially inauguration of the Stadium by the South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit and FIFA President Gianni Infantino in June this year, CAF has also cleared the Stadium to host International matches.

The Stadium got temporary clearance to host the South Sudan against Sudan in a FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifying match in June this year. “We are happy that CAF cleared the Stadium and many more matches are now coming to the Juba National Stadium. This is a good development because our teams can now play at home instead of traveling to play home matches in other venues,” says the South Sudan Football Association (SSFA) General Secretary, Victor Lual.

Jamus FC who played in the Mapinduzi Cup in Zanzibar few months ago and are now camped in Rwanda will hope to get a good home result in-front of their fans.

El Merriekh Bentiu, the South Sudan League reigning champions will later host Gor Mahia FC (Kenya) at the same Juba National Stadium two days later in the 1^st preliminary round match of the TotalEnegries CAF Champions League.

Sudan Premier League side El Merriekh who have opted to use Juba National Stadium as their home ground will later host Al Nasar Libya in a TotalEnergies CAF Champions League match on August 24^th.

In September two AFCON 2025 qualifier matches will also take place at the Juba National Stadium. Sudan will host Niger on September 4^th, while South Sudan will face South Sudan at the same Stadium six days later.

Tanzania’s Eng. Hersi Ally Said has been elected the first chairman of the African Clubs Association (ACA).

Said, also President of Tanzania Premier League giants Young Africans SC was elected on Thursday during the official launch of the new body held at the Marriot Mena House in Cairo, Egypt.

”  I appreciate the effort by the President of the Confederation of African Football Patrice Motsepe to have this body African Clubs Association. It is a platform which will help us try to find solutions to problems affecting us as Clubs, ” said Said.

Jessica Motaung who is also an official of Kaizer Chiefs FC in the South African Premier League was elected first Vice chairperson, while Akwa United FC’s (Nigeria) Paul Bassey is the second Vice chairman. The new body also had 15 Board members with it’s headquarters to be established in Nairobi, Kenya.

Among some of the objectives of the African Clubs Association include; to protect and promote the interest of African Football Clubs, to ensure that African Football Clubs are commercially viable, globally competitive and profitable, to ensure that referees, match  commissioners and VAR operators are respected, to build partnerships with sponsors, the private sector and Governments to build stadiums that comply with CAF and FIFA standards and other football infrastructure and facilities in each of the 54 CAF Member Associations among others.

Besides the different Club chairmen from around Africa, the launch of the new body was also attended by CAF President Dr. Patrice Motsepe, CAF third and fourth Vice Presidents Souleiman Hassan Waberi and Seidou Mbombo Njoya respectively. The CAF general secretary Veron Mosengo-Omba also attended.

The President of the Confederation of African Football, Dr. Patrice Motsepe has said they will review all competitions to verify which ones are still viable or not.

Dr. Motsepe said this during a Press conference head at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Saturday before the kick-off of the inuagural African Football League (AFL).

« We will review all CAF competitions because we can’t have many. The problem is that African clubs lose a lot of money by participating in some of these competitions, ” said Dr. Motsepe.

He re-emphasized that African competitions needs to be made attractive with lots of money. “The African Football League is going to showcase the very best in Africa and we ant players to be paid good money, ” explained the CAF President.

Dr. Motsepe went ahead to explain that since football is a short career, it is always good that the African players can earn good money and be able to invest some of it for the future.  ” Part of my role is to lay the foundation and the people who will take over from me takeover from there, ” he added.

He also made it clear that he was happy the African Football League was kicking off in Tanzania, East Africa with two matches. Dr. Motsepe stated that with the coming of the AFL the future of African football will not be the same again because it is going to positively impact on many other competitions.

Dr. Motsepe also pointed out the aspect of making African football very attractive so that sponsors can easily come in. ” I can only request for more money if the quality of African Football justifies it, ” reasoned Dr. Motsepe who also added that we should not expect sponsors to partner with you if you don’t have a great preposition.

The CAF President also said he is looking forward to the 2027 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) coming to East Africa in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.

_{The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Dr. Patrice Motsepe has urged CECAFA members to work together to bring about football development in the region and Africa as a whole.}

_{Dr. Motsepe said this on Thursday during his meeting with the executive committee members of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) and stakeholders at the headquarters in Mengo.}

_{“Keep together in the CECAFA region. The success of African football depends in the success of each of the members in the continent,” added Dr. Motsepe who arrived in Uganda on Thursday for a two day official visit.}

_{On behalf of CECAFA, the President who is also the President of the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF), Wallace Karia thanked Dr. Motsepe for sparing time to visit some CECAFA members including Uganda.}

_{“We thank the CAF President for visiting members in the region. We shall work hard as CECAFA to make sure that we bring about football development,” said Karia.}

_{Dr. Motsepe also thanked the government of Uganda for the support they continue to give football in the country. He made it clear that the good results of Ugandan football speaks a lot about the good leadership of the Federation under Moses Hassim Magogo, also an executive Committee member of CAF.}

_{Magogo, the FUFA President thanked the CAF President for visiting Uganda. Dr. Motsepe and some members of the FUFA executive were  expected to meet the Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Anita Annet Among and the Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni later on Friday.}

_{Dr. Motsepe who started his visit to Ethiopia, South Sudan and Uganda will today travel to Seychelles and later Algeria.}