South African ultra-distance top runner Jenet Mbhele, has reiterated her determination to secure another Comrades Marathon gold medal in the 2026 season adding that she will skip the Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon. This declaration was made during the launch of the Harry Gwala Marathon, which was held yesterday (Wednesday, 18 February) in the town of Ixopo south west of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.  At the launch, Mbhele was joined by three-time Comrades champion Bongmusa Mthembu

Following in the long line of promising middle distance prospects produced by Die Afrikaanse Höer Seunskool including sub 4 minute miler George Kusche, Olympic 800m athlete Edmund du Plessis and the recently matriculated Werner Gouws, Emil Els is the next in line to sit atop the Affies middle distance throne. A 3:48.48 1500m performer at his best, the 17-year-old was one of the standout performers at the Curro Podium Grand Finale on Valentine's Day as he lit up the track in

Maxed Elite top runner Jobo Khotoane is delighted with himself after setting a new course record at the Pirates 21K powered by Medshield, which was held in Johannesburg on Sunday, 15 February. The man from Lesotho ran the impressive time of 1:06:57 to secure victory and break the long-standing record of 1:07:13, set by his countryman Mabutile Lebopo 23 years ago. Khotoane couldn’t hide his excitement for breaking the course record at race infamous for being the 'toughest 21K'

Following the announcement that sub 30 minute 10km runner Brenda Jepchirchir will make her South African debut at the Absa RUN YOUR CITY GQEBERHA 10K, organisers of the Absa RUN YOUR CITY SERIES Stillwater Sports have added another top runner to what will be the fastest field ever assembled for women's 10km race on the African continent. Jepchirchir's training partner who is a formidable competitor in her own right, will also line up at the first race of the Absa 10km series

Gerda Steyn and Khoarahlane Seutloali were crowned the Hollywoodbets AC Gauteng's national athletes of the year after an outstanding 2025 that played a key role in the Purple Team dominating three of the country's big four road races. Lesotho national Seutloali dethroned Onalenna Khonkhobe to win both the Totalsports Two Oceans Ultra and Africanbank Soweto Marathon crowns, after finishing behind the Nedbank Running Club athlete in both races in 2024. He also received the mo

Just like he did when he dominated the Biogen 21k in Bedfordview a month ago, George Kusche once again laid waste to all opposition on the way to winning the Balwin Run Series Peninsula Marathon in Cape Town this morning (15 February). Taking advantage of the comparatively windless conditions in the early morning, Kusche led a Nedbank Running Club sweep of the men’s podium when he clocked 2:15:02 which amounted to a 5 minute and 10 second improvement on his previous his prev

Sanlam have renewed their title sponsorship of the Cape Town Marathon for a further five years, securing the partnership through to 2031. Since 2014, the Sanlam Group has supported the marathon from its early promise as the Mother City’s race, with international appeal, to it's current status as Africa's premier 42km event and the continent’s only candidate race for the Abbott World Marathon Majors. Shadi Chauke, Group Executive: Corporate Affairs and Sustainability at Sanlam

After ending 2023 in positive fashion with a seventh place 2:21:24 finish at the Africanbank Soweto Marathon, Joel Mmone expected to kick on in 2024 and 2025. However, the Nedbank Running Club top runner who also ran inside 62 minutes for the half marathon that year, failed to replicate that form, spending almost two seasons without delivering a top ten finish in one of South Africa's recognised major 21km or 42km races.  Mmone in action at the 2026 Biogen 21K presented by Mo

Nedbank Running Club elite athlete Sthembiso Mqhele will commence his season with the Balwin Run Series Peninsula Marathon scheduled to take place on Sunday, 15 February in Cape Town. Mqhele who used to call The Mother City home when he lived in Phillipi, has fond memories of the race where took third place last year and won in 2022. Now living in KwaZulu-Natal, the three-time Two Oceans gold medalist says he has been training in the Underberg Mountains to get ready for the

After a breakthrough 2025 season that saw him win his first medal at the Athletics South Africa (ASA) Senior Track & Field Championships and represent South Africa at the Region 5 Half Marathon, Cwenga Nose is eyeing more success at the Absa RUN YOUR CITY GQEBERHA 10K on 1 March. The 2025 SA 10 000m silver medalist who runs in the colours of Phantane AC has every right to target a new personal best after opening his season with a 28:45 clocking to win the Colchester 10km in ‘

Less than a month into the 2026 high school track and field season, and a number of South Africa's top youth and junior athletes are already finding their best form. 15-year-old Chelsea van Dyk set a new girls SA U16 steeplechase record, 17-year-old Megan Nieman dipped under 59 seconds for the 400m hurdles at the Noordheuwel Top 15 meet on 4 February and two days later, 16-year-old Tiisetso Malungane became the country's fastest U16 800m male athlete of all time when he cl

After a six-year hiatus, the Zululand District Municipality has confirmed that the Zululand District 56km Ultra race will resume this year, with the event scheduled to take place on Sunday, April 19. This announcement was made at the Garden Court Hotel in Ulundi, North of KwaZulu-Natal, on Wednesday, February 4, in the presence of distinguished guests, including Zululand District Mayor Councillor Michael Khumalo, KwaZulu-Natal Athletics President Steve Mkasi, and members of t

South African top runner Bongelani Mkhwanazi is excited ahead of his international racing debut. Known for his excellent 10km performances, the 29-year-old is set to participate in the Alwar Half Marathon in India on Sunday, 8 February. Mkhwanazi, along with compatriot Cacisile Sosibo, has been invited to compete against quality field of international runners featuring some fast East Africans. The man who recently made the switch from Peak to Phantane Athletics Club, is looki

Fresh off a stunning victory at the prestigious Valencia 10K in January - a performance that propelled her to the top of the 2026 world rankings – Kenya's Brenda Jepchirchir has confirmed her highly anticipated South African debut. The world-leading star will toe the line at the Absa RUN YOUR CITY GQEBERHA 10K on Sunday, 1 March 2026, setting the stage for an exhilarating showdown on the streets of Nelson Mandela Bay. The 20-year-old Kenyan grabbed headlines when she clocked

Record breaker Chelsea van Dyk has set her sights on earning her national colours after rewriting the South African U16 girls' 1500m record. The Benoni Northerns Athletic Club top runner opened her season with a blistering performance, clocking 4:50.34 in the U16 girls' 1500m steeplechase at the at the first Central Gauteng Athletics (CGA) track and field league meeting of the season at the Germiston Stadium on January 31. She eclipsed the previous national record of 5:01.44,

In a bid to bolster their Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon team, Phantane Athletics Club has announced the acquisition of ultra-marathon rising star Samuel Cijimpi Moloi, who is set to make his debut in the prestigious event in April. Formerly of the Mr. Price-backed Maxed Elite Running Club, Moloi has already made an impact in his new club colours. Yesterday (Sunday, 1 February) Moloi clocked an impressive 56:16 time to win the Sydenham 16km race in Durban. Moloi who original

After a productive 2025 season that saw him win two international marathons, Melikhaya Frans has picked up where he left off. One of South Africas top marathoners delivered a dominant performance to win today's (31 January) NMB Gqeberha Ultra 50km by almost five minutes. Running in his hometown, the 35-year-old passed the marathon mark in 2:25:23 before breasting the finishing tape at Pollock Beach in Summerstrand in 2:54:48 as Gift Chigomararwa took second (2:59:23) and Pfa

South Africa's rising hurdles star Megan Nieman has her sights set firmly on the global stage, with the World Athletics Junior Championships and Youth Olympic Games topping her wish list as she looks to build on a breakthrough 2026 season. Fresh off a year that saw her shatter age-group records, dominate the national scene and surge into the upper reaches of the world U18 100m hurdles rankings, the teenage sensation is eager to convert momentum into international opportunity.

After clocking a season’s best 2:10:49 to grab fifth place at the ADNOC Abu Dhabi Marathon on 13 December, Thabang Mosiako is bullish about his prospects of producing a marathon personal best and winning a second Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon Half Marathon title. The 30-year-old feels that the two marathons he has raced thus far, the first of which was a 2:09:14 clocking in Abu Dhabi in 2024 for South Africa’s second fastest marathon debut of all time, have prepared him we

Outlining his plans for 2026, Onalenna Khonkhobe made it plain that winning the Totalsports Two Oceans Marathon title and running a fast time over the standard marathon will be the focus of his season. For this reason the man who enthralled viewers for over four hours when he led the Comrades Marathon until the 73km mark, has decided to skip the 99th edition of The Ultimate Human Race in favour of the 56km race around the Cape Peninsula that he won in 2024 but failed to fini