Until a prevent of the 2001-2002 season the league got Xviii clubs. It was reduced to Xvi clubs starting in the 2002 year.

A annual champion qualifies for the CAF Champions League.

a bottom team is automatically relegated, & a team finishing 2d-go competes within a play-off sustaining the teams finishing 2nd, Third & Fourth in the Number one Section. Until 2004, a Number one Section was divided into a Coastal Stream & a Inl& Stream (geographically representing coastal and inland teams severally), sustaining the winner of both existence promoted to the premiership. Since 2004, even so, a 1st Section has turn into national.

A Sixteen teams competing in the premiership in the 2005/2006 season are: Ajax Cape Town, Black Leopards, Bloemfontein Celtic, Bush Bucks, Dynamos, Free State Stars, Golden Arrows, Jomo Cosmos, Kaizer Chiefs, Manning Rangers, Moroka Swallows, Orlando Pirates, Santos, Silver Stars, Supersport United, Sundowns and Tembisa Classic. Them teams relegated when a 2004/2005 season were Wits University and Manning Rangers.

A PSL, under a auspices of SAFA, is sponsoring the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa, which will be played at a page stadia of the PSL league teams.