LOCAL Entries have opened for the 2023 Comrades Marathon. Next year’s race, another down run from Pietermaritzburg to Durban, will take place on June 11. Entries will be capped at 20 000 athletes. The Comrades Marathon Association launched the 96th ultra-marathon race in Pietermaritzburg on Tuesday. Chairperson Mqondisi Ngcobo says, “We already have 48 up runs, it is going to be equal now. The 96th edition is going to be the 48th down […]
Tuesday, 12 July 2022 is the final date for submission of qualifying details for this year’s Comrades Marathon. The Comrades Marathon Association’s (CMA) IT & Entries Team is currently processing the information submitted by athletes, in terms of qualifying time and race, running club details, provincial club licence number and filling in the medical questionnaire. CMA Race Director, Rowyn James says, “It is vital that every aspirant #Comrades2022 runner submits […]
One of South Africa's most revered and respected sons has died - Nelson Mandela's fellow-Rivonia treason trialist Denis Goldberg. The anti-apartheid campaigner from Cape Town was imprisoned for 22 years and served a long history with the South African Communist Party, Umkhonto we Sizwe and a long list of organisations before and after South Africa's transition to democracy. A family spokesperson said today: "His family and the Denis Goldberg Legacy […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
