Where's the glamour? Awards fail to deliver

It wouldn't be harsh to say the 2025 PSL Awards ceremony was a disappointment because it's simply an honest reflection.

- Katlego Modiba

It wouldn't be harsh to say the 2025 PSL Awards ceremony was a disappointment because it's simply an honest reflection. This has little to do with the winners; the issue lies in the lackluster and uninspired presentation, and absence of the very people these awards are meant to celebrate, the players.

What should have been a night to celebrate the players, the very heartbeat of the PSL product, turned into a soulless spectacle.

The whole ceremony looked pre-recorded, which diluted the occasion and, frankly, stripped it of its significance. The event felt more like an administrative box-ticking exercise.

What we were given instead were pre-recorded speeches, most of them echoing the same tired script. It was robotic and repetitive, devoid of genuine emotion or individual personality. They were painfully rehearsed; most recipients delivered near-identical lines, and there was no spontaneity.