On Sunday, 20 July 2014 Jenna Challenor will attempt to secure her second Totalsports Ladies Race Durban victory.  This Durban North resident claimed gold in the 10km race in 2013 in a lightning fast time of 34 minutes 59 seconds.  Returning to the Berea Rovers Sports Club, the Totalsports Ladies Race supports … [Read more...]

Eric Ngubane is making the uMhlanga Liberty 12km/18km Trail Run and Walk his own, dominating the 18km race this morning finishing in a time of 1 hour and fifteen minutes. Ngubane has adorned the podium on a number of occasions over the years, “I love the run here!” the phenomenal athlete said, looking fresh after [...] … [Read more...]

The bidding process closed on Friday, September 26, and the decision will now be made who will stage the various national championships events for 2014. For these purposes a Competition Committee was appointed who will work through the bidding documents and decide on the successful candidates. It was decided that … [Read more...]

The streets of Durban were teaming with activity on Sunday, 20 July 2014 when over 4000 runners and walkers gathered at the Berea Rovers Sports Club to participate in the annual Totalsports Ladies Race.  Irvette Van Zyl (Nedbank Running Club) was the lady to beat, completing the 10km race in an impressive time of 33 … [Read more...]

This fun-filled festival provided interesting day and evening activities for visitors to the North Coast resort catering for both young and old – was hosted by uMhlanga Tourism under the chairmanship of Peter Rose, in association with eThekwini Municipality, and produced by Firstline Promotions, over the Easter … [Read more...]

Celebrating women in August, the 25th running of South Africa’s most beautiful race returns to Durban with thousands of women gearing up to participate in the SPAR Women’s 10/5km race on Sunday 24 August. The race takes place around the Kingsmead precinct with two distances on offer, the shorter 5km course or the … [Read more...]

Durban – In a latest effort by government to promote industrialisation, the Dube TradePort in Durban will formally become a special economic zone under the new Special Economic Zones Act 16 of 2014. Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies granted the precinct an Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) operating licence a few … [Read more...]

Speed was at the order of the day in race 1 of the 2014 Spur KZN Trail Series™ on Sunday as the KZN runners blitzed the Inanda Dam course in record times. In what is arguably the fastest course in the Series the front runners dipped below the 03:30 min per km mark and left [...] KZN Trail Series kicks off is a post … [Read more...]

A controlled Lebogang Phalula running in Transnet colours took the line honours in the SPAR Women’s 10km race in Durban in a time of 33.36 in a record field of 17,607 competitors on Sunday (June 7). Defending champion, Phalula was pushed hard by Nolene Conrad, the petite teacher from Vorentoe High School in … [Read more...]

Government has allocated R18 billion to improve the socio-economic conditions of distressed mining communities across the country. Headed by the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) in charge of revitalising mining communities, the projects include housing and wellness projects. “Overall R18 billion has been dedicated to … [Read more...]