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KENNEDY Mweene’s Monthly SALARY Hits OVER K93 Million
A 2007 lucrative deal between pay channel Supersport and the South African Absa Premiership League has begun trickling down to PSL players with Zambia’s goal minder, Kennedy Mweene who plays for Free State Stars walking away with not less than K93.4 million per month.
Meanwhile, the PSL has overtaken the Egyptian league to become the richest league in Africa and the world’s third most lucrative league.
According to the Sunday Times of South Africa, the 2007 securing of a K996.8 billion (R1.6 billion) broadcast rights bonanza from pay channel Supersport has led to the skyrocketing of PSL players’ earnings to the extent that playing in South Africa is now as lucrative as accepting a European offer.
“Top players like Mweene (Kennedy) will now be getting as much as R150, 000 (K93.4 million) per month plus hefty win bonuses and shares of prize money,” the paper says. “A good league and cup season could net him and especially Mamelodi Sundowns stars R5 million or more.”
Salaries for other Zambians playing their club football in that country were however not disclosed.
The paper quotes Cappy Matutoane, the national organiser for South African Football Players Union (Safpu) as saying that the wage rises have trumped union expectations.
Agents in that country estimate that the average new contract value for a PSL Player is R500,000 per year.
The Sunday Times goes on to mention that while the PSL is becoming more and more lucrative, the opposite is obtaining at most European clubs due to the debt crisis in that continent. This has led to local stars like Bidvest Wits midfielder, Mark Haskins turning down offers from top European clubs in preference for the home league.
Playing i South Africa, it is believed, offers a great scope for endorsements plus kinder tax and low living costs. And the paper also disclosed that the PSL is now the richest
league in Africa having overtaken the Egyptian Premier League in recent seasons. “In salary terms, the PSL is now
level pegging with Austria’s A League, and gaining on the US top league, the MLS,” the paper adds.
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on December 26, 2011. Filed under SPORTS.
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wizard
December 26, 2011 at 10:06 am
Now this is what more money in ur pockets means in exactly a single day! Not fi PF and ka Sata cheating with his sickness. Polo yake Chilufya Bemba big moutha….
Felix mutati
December 26, 2011 at 10:07 am
So ba tumfweko why telling us somebodys salary
Rabychansa
December 26, 2011 at 10:38 am
Its alot of money.Big up to kenedy mweene.
infor
December 26, 2011 at 10:40 am
we need more than that for zambian footballerz bt they invest back home we need more sports academiez
Peter Tosh
December 26, 2011 at 10:43 am
Looks like Kennedy Mweene is now fast catching up with me…
felix
December 26, 2011 at 10:44 am
good for him other of us work more hours in office bt do not get that much,him gets it in 90mnt
onej
December 26, 2011 at 10:52 am
sam pipo! iwe chi wizard this nt politics. leave sata out of this. u sim to be an opotunisit u *****.
walasa nafuti
December 26, 2011 at 11:10 am
I was dreaming that I had more money in my pocket. But when I woke up I discovered that it will not be possible as long as we continue recycling politicians.
Tupac
December 26, 2011 at 11:18 am
@Wizard ulekwatko amano. This is not bout Sata sitanyoko. Waba itole mukanwa chikala chawiso. Big up to Mweeme thats some good money atleast he can retire safely.
mr sex
December 26, 2011 at 11:50 am
ok twaumfwa kennedy is geting gud cash but chileke nokwipaisha ku national team. zambia vs cameroon in the last africa cup chi mweene alowed foolish goals just bkoz one ****** eto’o was in the team. i think imputa sha fyumbu shilya atemwa ukuluka muchimutwe shilalenga akwata amachicky. mweene we love u but uposeko amano mu national team or else natioal team first choice will b jacob banda from zesco.
PZE - LUNDAZI
December 26, 2011 at 11:51 am
@ wizard u must b de worst ignorant ***** 2 think dat Sata wil pour money in pipos pockets. Its a pit upto now pipo cant understand de mo money in de pipos pockets concept. HE MCS ad all of us who were campaigning made it clear how mo money wil com in our pockets ad alred a number of civil service men/women are hap with de PAYE K2m, even general wokers across de country hav received 100% increment is dis nt mo money? Wat abot health primary care user fees which hav bin scrapt? Leav our president alon after o ur nt even a Zambian. Lets learn 2 appreciat ad mak resonable developmental critics. PF 4 life and HE MCS 2021.
Boss
December 26, 2011 at 12:00 pm
Thats good tulefulilako those of us getting/making ZMK100million plus per month. Welcome Mweene tell them now how it feels to be a millionare they dont get it when i tell them. #thebosshasspoken.
bana m
December 26, 2011 at 12:13 pm
Ukose Mweene abakongole nababululu..
Mighty muf
December 26, 2011 at 1:41 pm
Dont tke politics 2 football u ***** leav ba prsdnt or bter die couse u sm nt 2 knw wt u ar up2.
Profesolly
December 26, 2011 at 2:07 pm
From your own Information. Samuel Etoo the cameroonian, gets £300,000 equvlt to K2.4 billion per Week, and thats per week, not per month, then we’ve got the ROONEY’S, The Ronaldo’s, The Messi’s of this world who gets around £250,000 per week, plus the endorsements deals which amounts to £20-£50million pounds from adidas, Nike, Pepse, etc respectively…. So, the south african league has got a long way to go. and, its ‘an insult’ to compare it with Europian leagues.
Florence Wachimonahu Dehi
December 26, 2011 at 2:22 pm
Yhoo!
Luapula Gish
December 26, 2011 at 2:52 pm
South African league is still way below major footballing leagues .South Africans are only better in putting so much money in organisation unlike rewarding the parcipants . Wat makes lucruativity of a league is business sense .. I don’t think ther is so much money for clubs in the Psl ,sales of replicas , shirt advertisement ,collective club sponsorship by firms and individual endosements 4 players . Europeans ,middle east and South Americans are way better Psl in terms of monetary rewards . than Chamanga and Chris Katongo still earns more money than Psl stars . The chinese clubs can afford to pay Anelka £200000 @@ @per week ,when psl giants are failing to meet transfer feess of about $70000 for a young and promising star ( Evans Kanya). They opt to go for cheaper and undervalued zimbabean players . It is for the same reason that ther has been little movement for zambian players to South Africa . Zambian players are better rewarded in DRC,Europe and North Africa
Programmer
December 26, 2011 at 2:54 pm
Thats impressive for a zambian futballer. I hope he will maintain disciplin coz we knw w@ happens wen diz zambian sports men get alot of money
Amafi
December 26, 2011 at 2:55 pm
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MAN.
CLASIM
December 26, 2011 at 3:17 pm
MORE MONEY IN YR POCKET DOES NOT MEAN THAT MONEY WILL FLOW FROM HEAVEN INTO YR POCKET LIKE MANNER U IGNORANT CHAP WHO CANT EVEN UNDERSTAND A SIMPLE PARABLE. WORK HARD FOR YOURSELF AND YR CHILDREN IF AT ALL U HAVE ONE….
wizard
December 26, 2011 at 3:56 pm
Yes it is about futball,congratulations Mwene all the best and use the money wisely.
wizard
December 26, 2011 at 6:03 pm
This foolish satana promised the Zambians to deliver the following in 90 days-
1. New constitution
2.Free education
3. More money in the pockets
4. 3.5million Jobs
5.Windfall tax
6.Barotse land agreement
7.Housing for all civil servants
8.Free fertilizer
9. Upgrading shanties
10. Liberating the media
Now which of these has been fulfilled? zero….Sata man of action huh!?This sweet talking,no action man. Give him the whole term he wont deliver any. Congrats Mwene for working hard to have mo muler
wizard
December 26, 2011 at 6:10 pm
This foolish satana promised the Zambians to deliver the following in 90 days-
1. New constitution
2.Free education
3. More money in the pockets
4. 3.5million Jobs
5.Windfall tax
6.Barotse land agreement
7.Housing for all civil servants
8.Free fertilizer
9. Upgrading shanties
10. Liberating the media
Now which of these has been fulfilled? zero….Sata man of action huh!?This sweet talking,no action man. Give him the whole term he wont deliver any. Congrats Mwene for working hard to have mo mule
iyee
December 26, 2011 at 6:23 pm
Wizard are you a normal person?how can you insult your president like that.wati walifuma kubantu iwe,uwamano bamumona kufyo alelanda,dont bring your frastrations apa.
Spade a spade
December 26, 2011 at 6:24 pm
Football has become a profession. Congrats Mwene.
Mwaba Phiri's Cousin
December 26, 2011 at 6:57 pm
Mweene deserves it. He is one of the hardest working players in the PSL. However most other facts in the story aRe false:the English premier League la Liga Bundesliga and serie A take the top rungs in lucrativeness SA nikutali
Sweet D
December 26, 2011 at 7:53 pm
Congrats Mweene. You aactually deserve more than that my bro…keep working extra Hard and pliz, remember to invest heavily. All the best
samue b
December 26, 2011 at 8:38 pm
Best goal keeper,acurate penalty taker,he deservs that money in hs pocket and mwebantu who is the highest paid player in our FAZ/MTN league elo nishinga apoka?
what
December 26, 2011 at 9:24 pm
@wizard iwe we nkoko iwe,koswe iwe kapoli wamumpanga,chimbwi iwe,are you ok upstairs?Congrat mweene,way to go,the sky is the limit,keep it up
Chamba Lover
December 26, 2011 at 9:54 pm
Thats the problem with people like Wizard(and wha the **** kind of name is this) who **** their own mothers! Mwana wa galu kachikala ka wizard, polo ya uso!
Wanu Ngwee
December 26, 2011 at 10:40 pm
GOOD YOU KENNEDY, CONGRATS! But please match this with performance. In both of your last two games for Free State Stars you caused them to lose because of your excitement and loss of concentration – making me fear for our AFCON fortunes, please up your game boy and invest that money wisely!!
Wanu Ngwee
December 26, 2011 at 10:40 pm
correction: “good FOR you…”
Zambian
December 26, 2011 at 11:27 pm
I hope Mweene doesn’t start drinking like Mbesuma and mess his future! I wish him the best and hope he gets more for his work.
Sweat for your sweet, don’t wait for Sata for your Sweet!
cobwebs
December 27, 2011 at 9:49 am
zambia is a democratic nation let poeple express themselves freely. its gud for mweene not for the nation.hop he will nt become big headed and allow ****** goals. Wizard u r a man. we nid to clean all cobwebs in pf as well. they lied and lies r catching up with them. they have failed to fulfil the promises. lets say the truth guys than insulting each other.
NKANDU
December 27, 2011 at 9:57 am
KA WIZARD WALIPENA.PLEASE ALLOW THE PRESIDENT TO EXCUTE HIS GOVT BUDGET AND AFTER THAT U CAN TOK. AS FOR NOW U R A FOOL WITH NO MORALS.
Shimpundu
December 27, 2011 at 11:36 am
iwe chikala wizard ule ikalafye waumfya,take things seriouly. nkakuponafye bwino.
cobwebs
December 27, 2011 at 1:10 pm
WIZARD DONT BE THREATED BY BA CHIMBWI SPEAK YO MIND THIS IS A DEMOCRATIC STATE. ALL COBWEBS IN PF NID TO BE CLEANED SO THAT THEY DELIVERIN 90 DAYS NOT JST A TOK SHOW BY SAYING MORE MONEY IN YO POCKET WEN THING ARE BECOMING MO EXPENSIVE.
rich hard worker
December 27, 2011 at 3:46 pm
Iwe wizard ishina ububi.where do u think u can go with that evil name.
Simple english,jst work hard and you will have more money in your pocket.ken is a hard worker and he is having more money in his pocket.
Iwe lazyng around insulting our hard working kateka.
Don’t be foolish even for HE mike to be a president it hard to take him hard work.ten solid years in opposition with bitter stolen votes is no joke.all in all do not expect manna from heaven.WORK HARD.
we are very lucky we won’t have ministers burrying money in this admnistration
Wizard
December 27, 2011 at 4:48 pm
You little minded Zambians like that of a chicken,what cam you tell me about this country’s well being? Am surprised that you have forgotten the history of Sata,who at a time;
1.supported Chilubas 3rd term bid
2.He has served in three governments with fails all over his back and only performed in Chilubas regime for the Camera during his Health minister days.
3.Now you are saying am insulting the president,when I ve factually pointed his failures.
You pipo if you are benefitting from the current government and you want do use your hearts for decision making then you are wrong,use your heads Zambians. Satana lied when he was campaigning with his 90 days claim….Am more informed baiche not your foolishness. Step up to my level then you ll understand,you thinking you are insulting me affects me. You are too small for me.
norma
December 27, 2011 at 6:00 pm
big up ken.
Diaspora
December 27, 2011 at 10:56 pm
Gee I make K10 million a month. SAD!!
Chilanshi Chishimba
December 30, 2011 at 10:28 am
Congrats Mweene!
wizard supota
December 30, 2011 at 1:52 pm
ala wizard walasapofye nga pa keela! These fools need to be educated. All politicians are the same. Very foolish together with their supporters!!! Chi satana ichiloshi!
Rex
January 31, 2012 at 11:10 pm
Felix Mutati…..if it was Ronaldo’s salary wud u have said they are exposing it? nigga u dull stop hating……
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