4. Deon Hotto Salary- R500,000 a month
Namibian international Deon Hotto is set to become one of the highest paid players in the Premiership after it emerged that he will earn over R500,000 a month at Orlando Pirates.Deon Hotto Kavendji is a Namibian international footballer who plays for Orlando Pirates and for the Namibia football team (The Brave Warriors) . He played at the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification.
In May 2015, he scored two goals in the 2015 COSAFA Cup final to help Namibia win their first international trophy.
It is revealed that Pirates tripled Hotto’s annual salary from the R2‚4m per annum he pocketed at Wits to just over R7m.
3. Khama Billiat Salary : R830,000 per month
Khama is the highest-paid player in PSL. The new player for Kaizer Chiefs did not come cheap. The twenty-nine-year-old player makes an annual income of R10 million.
This means that his monthly salary translates to R833,333, a figure that is about eight times over the average salary of most other footballers.
Despite a trial with Lokomotiv Moscow in July 2013, Billiat joined Mamelodi Sundowns on 19 August 2013 on a five-year contract. He made his Sundowns debut on 28 August in a 1–1 draw versus Platinum Stars, while his first goal for the club came almost a month later in a 2–1 home victory against Bidvest Wits. In 2016, he helped Mamelodi Sundowns claim their first ever continental title and becoming only the second South African team to be crowned champions of Africa. On 21 November 2017, Billiat scored a brace against Bidvest Wits.
In June 2018, it was announced that Billiat was moving from Mamelodi Sundowns to Kaizer, few days later it was announced that Billiat had signed for Kaizer Chiefs on a three year deal. He made his competitive debut for the club on 4 August 2018 in a 1-1 league draw with his former club, Mamelodi Sundowns.
Khama Billiat currently stands as one of the Highest Paid Footballers in South Africa PSL.
2. Bongani Zungu Salary – R700,000 Rands
The football career of Bongani Zungu has been quite fruitful, and he is now one of the most well-known soccer players to come out of South Africa.
The athlete started his career at a relatively young age and has since progressed to become one of the top midfielders from South Africa as well as a successful player overall.
Zungu’s agent, Steve Kapeluschnik, revealed on the 20th of January, 2016, that his client will be joining the Portuguese team Vitória de Guimares just after end of the current season, when his current contract would have otherwise expired.
Zungu went to French club Amiens after spending a season playing in Portugal.
In October of 2020, Zungu made a loan move to the Scottish team Rangers from the French club Amiens.
Rangers had the option to sign him permanently for a transfer fee of £2.7 million.
During the COVID-19 epidemic that occurred in the United Kingdom in February 2021, he was one of five Rangers players who were punished by Scottish police “for attending an unlawful gathering of 10 individuals in a flat.” This was a violation of the lockdown restrictions that were in place.
According to estimates, Bongani Zungu receives a salary of R700 000 per month from Mamelodi Sundowns, making him the Highest Paid Soccer Player at Mamelodi Sundowns 2024.
1. Keagan Dolly Salary : R1,450,000 per month
Keagan Larenzo Dolly (born 22 January 1993) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as an attacking midfielder for Kaizer Chiefs in the Premier Soccer League and the South Africa national team.
He won the Premier Soccer League Young Player of the Season award for the 2013–14 season after showing great performances and becoming a key player for Mamelodi Sundowns.
Born in Johannesburg, Gauteng, Dolly started playing football at Westbury Arsenal, then later he moved to School of Excellence where he was spotted by Mamelodi Sundowns. After impressing at their youth structures he went on to sign with Ajax Cape Town.
Keagan Dolly returned to the South African Premier Soccer League in July 2021 to play for Kaizer Chiefs, where he previously played.
At the time of writing, Keagan Dolly’s monthly salary is estimated to be R1,450,000 in Rands, which is roughly 90,000 Euros in Euros per month.His remuneration exceeds that of any other player in the Premier Soccer League (the PSL).
Conclusion:
They have to be very talented, capable, and good with the supporters. Another factor that facilitates the payment of high salaries is when players win trophies and being among the highest-paid PSL players. This increases their value because they can only be approached by teams who have the ambition to.
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