The SAFA Women's Regional League is the third-tier South African women's association football league. An amateur league, it operates as a regional league with Local Football Associations (LFAs) overseeing their respective leagues. They are currently 52 regions across South Africa's nine provinces. Each LFA champion then competes in a single-location provincial SAFA Regional Championship. The top two teams of each regional championship are promoted to their provinces stream of the second-tier Sasol Women's League.[1]
The SAFA Regional Women's League was originally launched in 2009 as the Absa Women's Regional League, in partnership with Absa Bank, in order to improve the South Africa women's national team's international performances.[1]
The league is funded by the 2010 FIFA World Cup Legacy Trust.[2]