In an effort to provide local children with a productive outlet during the school holidays, athletics coach Xolani Mabhida established a training camp in the Howick township of Siphumelele, KwaZulu-Natal Province. The camp, designed for children between the ages of 6 and 13 years old, drew significant interest with approximately 30 youngsters taking part during the winter vacation. Mabhida, whose coaching credentials include guiding three-time Comrades Marathon champion Bongm

Limpopo Athletics (LIMA) Athletes’ Commission Chairperson Phateng Kgomo has hit back at suggestions that race entry fees in the province are becoming too expensive for ordinary runners. In recent months, many of the province's social runners have raised their concerns about the sharp increase in race entry fees since 2022. Speaking to #TheTopRunner, Kgomo defended race organisers saying people must understand that everything costs money. "We've got the Mapungubwe 4-in-1 marat

After announcing herself as one of South Africa's brightest young sprint prospects with a dominant display at the ASA U16, U18, U20 & U23 Track and Field Championships in Germiston in March, Sarah Reed is preparing for the biggest race of her career. The multiple national champion will head to the World Athletics U20 Championships in the United States next month, where she hopes to test herself against the world's best junior sprinters while continuing a journey that has been

Following what has been described as the most shocking and disgraceful conduct by a sitting KwaZulu-Natal Athletics board member, the KZNA board has suspended president Steve Mkasi pending the outcome of a disciplinary process. This comes after Mkasi was caught on a video engaged in a street fight with an athlete who is attached to the AmaRavens Athletics Club, the organizing club of the Best of the Best Marathon. "KwaZulu-Natal Athletics (KZNA) wishes to inform all affiliat