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HERE is a dire need for major events in the city. Thiswillnotonlydrivetourism, butwillalsoincreasePietermaritzburg’s local economy. Making a presentation at an Execu tive Committee (Exco) meeting, Tsogo Sun’s head of entertainment and events, Sizwe Jantjie, proposed a partnership with the Msunduzi Munici palityinhostingtheGoldenHorseSprint event for the next three years. “We don’t want the Golden Horse Sprint to compete with the Vodacom July, the J&B Met or the Sansui Summer Cup. “We believe that is has a unique brand with a unique positioning. It gives anopportunityasaneventforeconomic development. “This event will drive people to the city and influence tourism. If this event went national and was seen beyond the region of Pietermaritzburg and Durban, it would allow us to use those platforms to sell tourism so that people could come to this region and align with an event that does not leave the city,” he said. Jantjie added that it was interesting
that the Dusi canoeists paddle down to Durban, the Comrades marathon starts in Pietermaritzburg and makes it way to Durban and the Amashovashova starts in PMB and also ends in Durban. “We seem to be giving prominence to events which leave the city. “This does not help to drive econom icvalueinthisregion.Wherepeoplestay and enjoy the event ultimately is where they spend most of their money,” explained Jantjie. He said that booming local tourism will also help boost local accommoda tion. “We have four guest houses within this region and we will be selecting another six in June. When we have filled up hotels and there is no place for peo ple to stay, we refer people to these guest houses because we know that we have been intricately involved in getting their standards up. “This race has the potential to enhance the way people live from an economic point,” said Jantjie. He said that this year, they are look ing at bringing acts such as Micasa, Zakes Bantwini, Good Luck, Dj SHEctac ula, Prime Circle and Mafikizolo, to mention but a few, to the city. Jantjie said that one of the things this event does not have is an impact
study. Nkanyezi Cele and Njabulo Mathe bula of Starlight promotions also presented their plans before Exco for Pietermaritzburg to establish its own jazz festival. Both are seasoned musicians who have worked as musicians and music promoters in over 20 countries. DA councillor Mergan Chetty said that the municipality should focus on service delivery and not on festivals. In response, Msunduzi mayor Chris Ndlela said: “Let us not pretend as if poverty is the only thing we can think of. We are trying to raise a profile to indirectly address the poverty levels of our city. “The fact that we do not have enough accommodation is precisely the reason that we want to develop the city. When tourism is booming, there will be a need to develop accommodation in the city and there will be job creation.” Msunduzi CFO Nelisiwe Ngcobo said that an impact study needs to be conducted on the sprint race to deter mine the economic benefits it brings into the city. Municipal manager Mxolisi Nkosi said that three years should be a suffi cient period to develop a brand for the jazz festival.
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On April 12 and April 13, the Sunflower Fund will be hosting a fun morning at Liberty Midlands Mall in front of Pick n Pay, and are encouraging all members of the public to come along and take part. Come and find out how you can join the South African Bone Marrow Registry, and give hope to patients in need of a bone marrow stem cell trans plant and help raise funds by placing coins onto the ‘Flower of Hope’. Each year, thousands of South Africans are diagnosed with blood disorders such as leukaemia, marrow failure and aplasia. For many, their only chance of survival is a bone marrow stem cell transplant. Sometimes it’s possible for a relative to be a donor, but most patients are not so lucky and so a search for a matching donor must begin. The chance of finding a matching donor is just one in 100 000 within your own ethnic group. For more information, contact Kenwyn at 083 632 3224 or kenwyn@sunflower fund.org.za or call toll free 080 012 1082 or visit www.sunflowerfund.org.za
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Hutchinson was sentenced to 20 years in prison after she was caught dealing drugs. She served a little over eight years of her sentence and was released on 22 August last year on good behaviour. When she was released from jail, she decided she wanted to give back to her community so she began her feeding scheme and garden project. Every Thursday, she feeds over 250 people in the area - most of whom are unemployed. Hutchinson does not have any proper catering equipment and cooks on a fire in rain or shine because she has made a commitment to the community. Hutchinson began volunteering at Gift of the Givers last month after she approached them to assist with her feeding scheme. Currently, shereceivessuppliesfromGiftoftheGiversand Al-Ameen’s butchery. Hutchinson has six children and seven grandchildren. Her daughter, Raquel Mackay, assists her with her feeding scheme. “Beinginjailwasveryhard.Iwouldnotwish it on my worst enemy. Even coming out and starting over is hard but I am trying and I’m doing my best.” Hutchison said that the community embraced her when she was released from jail, because they noticed that she was a changed woman. She currently attends counselling at correctional services. Hutchinsonsaidthatsheoccasionallymeets people who she used to sell drugs too, and said that she pleads with them to stop. “Most of them have died, unfortunately, but I still see some of them and they have not changed. “They are still taking drugs. I fight with them and tell them that drugs and alcohol does not pay and that they need to stop and make a change before it kills them. I love my job and I love what I am doing. I am very excited to be given a second opportunity at life,” she said. Salim Sayed, Gift of the Givers warehouse manager, said that they accepted Hutchison’s appeal to assist her with her feeding scheme and took her on board as a volunteer because they support her willingness to change her lifestyle. Hutchison is looking for donations in kind, and not cash, towards her feeding scheme. To donate or for more information contact her at 073 247 5826.
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THE Msunduzi Municipality runs an annual verification process to see if there are any ghost employees within the organisation. Recently, Msunduzi employees had to queue inside the city hall with their ID books and their latest pay slips. This year, the verification process took only four days. Msunduzi Municipality spokesper son Madeleine JacksonPlaatjies said that the outcomes of this verification
process will be included in a report once the exercise has been concluded. “There is nothing that ‘prompted’ the search. This is a verification process that is held on an annual basis,” she said. Explaining how the municipality ends up having ghost employees, she said that this generally happens when people resign and that information is not escalated to the human resources department for termination, but pay ments continue to be made to different bank accounts. “It also happens when line function
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THE Gcinamasiko Art and Heritage Trust, together with the KwaZuluNatal Museum, will be hosting a storytelling and book celebration festival on 16 April at the museum. DrGcinaMhlophewillbeperforming at the festival. She is the Executive Director of the Gcinamasiko Art and Heritage Trust and is an activist, actor, storyteller, poet,playwright,directorandauthor. ThekeynotespeakerisDuziCanoe Marathon champion, Sibonelo
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Elections and corruption ONE of the most frequent words used to the run up of any election process in South Africa, be it local or provincial, is the dreaded word corruption. Citizens are aware and ready to vocalise the multi ple effects of corruption, pointing out its devastating impact on the poor and destitute. Ministersimplicatedandfoundguiltybyourjudici ary serve a few days behind bars. They suddenly fall ill with a debilitating sickness and receive a presiden tial pardon, while some are redeployed to other departments within government. What a corrupt country we live in. Some have stated that SA is rapidly sinking into the quicksand of pervasive corruption. Our police force, who are supposed to serve and protect, are now trigger happy. With the police accountable for 700 deaths, with people either killed in protests or in custody, is totally unacceptable. Police brutality is on the increase, with many cases being investigated by the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD). In the last 10 years, police personnel has increased by 50%, which translates to 67 035 new posts. The taxpayer had to fund the increase to the SAPS budget during the same period by a staggering 222%, which translates to an astronomical R66.7 billion. With the crime statistics released by government showing negligible decreases in the murder rate, and in some cases increases in car hijackings and house
burglaries, citizens are bound to ask if the investment in police personnel is paying dividends or is it just a caseofthegovernmenttryingtocreatejobs.Intensive training and effective support by senior management is lacking. The institute of Security Studies points out that 1448 police officials, who have convictions for crimes such as murder, rape and assault, are still working within the force. South Africa became a democratic country in 1994,20yearsago.Since1994,accordingtoTranspar ency International, R700 billion has been lost to corrupt officials, service providers and in parliament itself. The tragedy is the frequency and impunity in the way that corruption is carried out. As SA celebrates 20 years of democracy, we need to totally reject an average loss of R35 billion a year. This money could have been used to build more schools, employ more educators, build more houses, create employ ment and alleviate poverty. As the election date draws closer a master plan needs to be formulated on how to minimise or eradi cate crime and corruption. South Africans deserve better. The gains of our democracy can be easily reversed if corruption continues to fester out of control. VIJAY SURUJPAL Via email
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HIS goes out to all the kind motorists who were driving on Hoosen Haffejee Street on 6 February between 9 and 10am. Firstly, I would like to apologise to all of you for inconveniencing you and putting your lives in danger. I am very sorry for causing so much trouble for you. I am that old, Black woman who found herself in a quandary facing oncoming traffic, driving a small red car. I was supposed to be going to Boom Street from Boshoff Street, but I took a wrong turn. I was not even aware that I had made a mistake. WhenIsawabigcarcomingtowardsmeand suddenly swerving to the pavement, it didn’t occur to me at the time that the driver was avoiding a head on collision. And then there were more cars in my lane. Others changed lanes and I was sitting in my car wondering what they were all doing in my lane. I couldn’t move. I told myself there must be construction ahead or something, causing congestion. While I was waiting for these cars to move from my lane, I saw this White gentleman
standing next to my window shouting at me “you stupid vark, this is a one way street.” I was stunned. A ‘stupid vark’ indeed. How could I make such a mistake? I was beside myself with worry. You all being calm and patient, kind and considerate prevented me from causing a fatal accident. Not to mention that you saved my life, you saved my car, you saved me from going to jail, and you also saved the lives of the other motorists. May God Bless you. If you had dragged me out of my car and beaten me to a pulp, I would have deserved it. My biggest thank you goes out to the White gentleman who made me realise my stupid and dangerous mistake. Meneer, you are in heart, regardless of the ‘V’ word. I also want to thank you for your presence of mind. If I knew where everyone lived, I would personally come to your doorstep and thank you on my bended knee. S MSOMI Pietermaritzburg
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Premier’s Office partners on FEVER popular spelling bee event April 9, 2014
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The winner of the Zululand Spelling Bee 2013, Monitor Nyawo, as he is announced the champion. Monitor took away thousands of rands in book, cash and bursary prizes with his successful spelling of the word ‘omniscient’.
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Pupils ‘get loose’ to shake out the tension before spelling starts at the Zululand Spelling Bee 2013.
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HE Office of the KZN Premier has partnered with Media24 – owners of KZN local news – to bring the highly successful spelling bee project to the whole of KZN. The spelling bee began in the Zululand community in 2010, through Media24’s local newspaper in that area, the Zululand Fever. Because of the success of the event, and its rapid growth, Media24 mandated that it be taken throughout the KZN province. The Office of the Premier, in its
ongoing commitment to youth education and upliftment, has decided to partner with KZN local news (encompassing Fever, Weekly and Echo titles) to inculcate a love of the English language amongst second language English speakers from disadvantaged schools in the province. Media24’s head of local papers in South Africa, Ishmet Davidson, said the company is ‘thrilled’ at the prospect of the partnership. He said this will see hundreds of spellers throughout the province
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take part in the competition, which has hundreds of thousands of rands in cash, book and bursary prizes up for grabs. “Media24 sees the spelling bee initiative as having the potential to significantly increase the focus and discipline of pupils when it comes to learning the English language. “Partnering with The Office of the Premier, schools and teachers, we believe we can make a positive impact on education in the province,” said Davidson.
10 and 11 learners (one from each grade – ie two per school) from previously disadvantaged schools who speakEnglishasasecondlanguage. There are hundreds of thousands of rands in prizes up for grabs, including a full medical bursary, a business bursary and a bursary to study journalism. Teachers and schools also receive prizes. The words for the KZN Premier Spelling Bee 2014 will be printed in the first week of May, with the competitions taking place in July. Entry forms can be found in this week’s issue of your Fever. Entry forms will run until mid-June. For more information on the event, contact Sharmaine Smith on 082 496 0617 or Vusi Mthalane on 079 389 5205.
CALLING all word wizards and book nerds. Media24 Local News KZN (publishers of the Fever, Echo and Weekly titles) has partnered with the Office of the Premier to bring previously disadvantaged learners throughout the province their popular spelling bee competition. A spelling bee works according to knock-out, where spellers are given a list of pre-chosen words (which will be printed in the abovementioned titles) two months before the competition. These words have to be learned by entrants, who will then gather at competitions in their areas, namely Zululand, North Coast, Durban central, Pietermaritzburg or the South Coast, to spell their way to glory. The competition is open to grade
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Olivia Kinvig of The Wykeham Colle giate junior school shows her delight while watching a most entertaining puppet show entitled ‘Help and Safety’.
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Pat Kanzler, the education centre manager at Siyabonga Helping Hands for Africa, is presented with a generous easter egg collection by Laddsworth Primary School. Siyabonga is a society which supports South African children, most of whom have lost one or both parents to AIDS (back, from left) Pat Kanzler, Scott Butler, Lilla Gopp, Paige Phelps, Hannah Finch, Brandon Merrington, Gavin Lambooy (head master) (fron, from left) James Lycett, Shannon Henderson, Kelly Wust, Katilin Grobler and Bryce Baldrey.
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Settlers PrePrimary recently spent the day with visitors from New York (back, from left) Amy Liebov, Stephen Apollos, Karlyn Adler, Mary Gray, Bridget Walton, Massiel Santos (front, from left) Gemma Hickley, Kallum van Rooyen, Seth Raja and Tahna van Zyl.
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Springhaven Primary Grade one pupils held a market day recently. Sayal Dhari (R) had some colourful butterflies for sale. She is pictured here with her classmates (from left) Annnastacia B Pillay and Nizamud Deen Pillay.
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ETTLERS Pre-Primary School was recently visited by three teachers from The School at Columbia University in New York, who are studying international teaching methods and cultures. Amy Liebov, Karlyn Adler and
Massiel Santos are kindergarten teachers,asitisreferredtoinAmerica, which means that they teach the same age groups of children at Settlers. Liebov said that the trio have been studying various teaching methods fromdifferentcountriesforthelastfew years, and this year was South Africa, so they decided the best way to learn about it was to visit a school here.
The teachers also attended the Early Childhood Development conference which took place at Cowan House recently. The children at the school and teachers warmly welcomed them, showing them around and explaining to them how teaching is conducted in South Africa.
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IT seems like just the other day that Intel announced its fourth generation proces sor chip codenamed Haswell. They have however been talking about the fifth generation chip for a few months. Codenamed Broadwell, the fifth generation processor boasts a stagger ing 14nm trigate transistor. For those of you who can’t recall the size correlation: One nanometer is 0.000000001 meter. As with prereleased items, there is always a lot of speculation floating around regarding specifications, improvements and support, however there are a few things that have been confirmed by Intel regarding these points. Haswell (fourth generation CPU) was built to support DDR4 on the server based CPU’s, but Broadwell will support DDR4 on all of their chips. TheBroadwellchipwillalsobeIntel’sfirsttrue8coredesktopprocessormodel – the highest count currently being six. Intel have also been addressing overheating issues from the overclocking enthusiasts and have vastly improved the thermal interface between the heatsink and the actual chip. Intel have also announced an Intel Pentium 20th Anniversary Edition proces sor which will be an unlocked chip. Thiswillmeanthatenthusiastswillbeabletooverclockanentrylevelproces sor. This has not been possible for quite some time, and hopefully we will see some interesting statistics over the next few months.
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There has been much excitement at the Maritzburg Christian School junior campus, as the school hosted their first gala in its new swimming pool recently. Pictured here are sports coordinator Ryan Calder (L) and principal Brett Mouton (R) with Grade 3 pupils (from left) Deegan du Bois, Nqubeko Mkhize, Emily Dovey and Reese Peters.
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The Msunduzi Municipality has received an application in terms of section 67 bis (2) of the Town Planning Ordnance (Act No. 27 of 1949)) to establish a Shopping Centre and application for the deletion of the restrictive conditions as created in the (Deed of Transfer No. 15834/1965) in terms of Chapter 6 of The Planning and Development Act, 2008 (Act No. 6 of 2008) in respect of Erf 3066 Pietermaritzburg, being 14 Manchester Road: Rosedale. A copy of the application is available for inspection during office hours (08h00 and 16h00) at the Corporate Asset Management Public Enquiry Counter, 5th Floor, Professor Nyembezi Building, 341 Church Street, Pietermaritzburg. Comments on the application may be submitted to the Town Planning Administrator; Msunduzi Municipality (Tel 033 392 2180), by e-mail (Ziphelele. Shinga@msunduzi. gov.za), hand delivered to (Municipal offices, 5th floor 341 Church Street, Professor Nyembezi Building) or post (Private Bag X 1393, Pietermaritzburg, 3200) by 18 May 2014 The Msunduzi Municipality may refuse to accept comments submitted after the closing date 18 May 2014 People who failed to lodge comments by the closing date will not have the right to appeal against the decision of the Municipality. Mr M.A. Nkosi, MUNICIPAL MANAGER City Hall, Pietermaritzburg
UHLELO LOKUHLELWA KWEDOLOBHA KWAMASIPAL WASE MSUNDUZI ISICELO SEMVUME ESIYISIPESHELI NESOMTHETHO WOKU HLELWA KWENTUTHUKO ISIMEMO SOKUNIKEZELA NGEMIBONO
UMasipala waseMsunduzi uthole isicelo ngokweSimiso sesiGaba 67 bis(2) soMthetho weTown Planning Ordinance (Act No.27 of 1949) ukusungula iShopping Centre nesicelo sokususa imigomo ebekiwe kwi (tayitela eliwunamba 15834/1965) ngokweSimiso esiku Chapter 6 we Planning and Development Act, 2008 (Act No. 6 of 2008) kwiSiza eiwu Erf 3066 Pietermaritzburg, ku 14 Manchester Road: Rosedale. Incwadi yesicelo iyatholakala ukuze uyihlaziye, phakathi kwezikhathi zokusebenza (08h00 - 16h00) ehhovisi le Corporate Asset Management efasiteleni lemibuzo, 5th Floor, Professor Nyembezi Centre, 341 Church Street, Pietermaritzburg. Imibono mayelana nesicelo ingethulwa kwiTown Planning Administrator yakwaMasipala waseMsunduzi ngocingo (033 392 2180), nge e-mail (Ziphelele. Shinga@msunduzi.gov.za), ngesikhahlamezi (033 392 2576), yethulwe ngesandla emahhovisi noma iposelwe ku (Private Bag X 1393, Pietermaritzburg, 3200) ungakashayi umhlaka 18 May 2014. UMasipalawaseMsunduziangekeuyamukelaimibonoefika emuva kwesikhathi sokuvalwa esinqunyiwe 18 May 2014 Abantu abahlulekile ukuveza imibono yabo ngesikhathi ngeke bakwazi ukuphikisana nesinqumo sikaMasipala. Mr M.A. Nkosi, MUNICIPAL MANAGER City Hall, Pietermaritzburg
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UMASIPALA WASEMSUNDUZI UHLELO LOKUKLANYWA/LOKUHLELWA KWAMADOLOBHA ISICELO ESIKHETHEKILE SEMVUME Lapha kwaziswa ukuthi ngokulandela iSigaba 67 bis (2) soMtheShwana wokuKlama/Hlela amaDolobha (uMthethwana nombolo 27 ka-1949, njengoba uchitshiyelwe) ukuthi kuyinhloso kaMasipala waseMsunduzi ukuba ucubungule isicelo semvume: Yokwakha “ amafulethi” futhi uxhegise umgomo wezakhiwo wamamitha ayi-7 uwuse kwayi-6 emgaqweni uThomas Watkins isiZa 179 eShortts Retreat, okuwunombolo 26 Thomas Watkins Road , eShortts Retreat. Imidwebo (Amapulani) kanye nemininingwane yakhona ingahlolwa ngesikhathi sokusebenza esijwayelekile eCorporate Asset Management Public Enquiry Counter, 5th Floor, Professor Nyembezi Centre, 341 Church Street, eMgungundlovu. Abathintekayo abangavumelana nalokhu bangathumela okubhaliwe okungukuphikisa kwabaLawulayo [Ukuhlela nokuhlaliswa kwabantu) ku-5th Floor, Professor Nyembezi Centre, 341 Church Street, eMgungundlovu (Ibhokisi leposi- PO Box 1393, Pietermaritzburg) mhla noma phambi kwa-: 14 May 2014 Noma iyiphi ingxenye ethintekayo eyehluleka ukuthumela ukuphikisa kanye nezikhalo kanye nemibono yayo mayelana nalesi saziso ngaphambi kosuku olubalulwe ngenhla, ngeke isavunyelwe ukuba izibandakanye kunoma yini ephathelene nenqubo yesicelo. UMnu M.A. Nkosi, Umphathi kwaMasipala eCity Hall EMgungundlovu maritzburg
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ATES for the SPAR Women’s Races in KwaZuluNatal for 2014 have been announced, with two races taking place in the province in the middle of the year: in Pietermaritzburg on Sunday, 22 June, and in Durban on Sunday, 24 August, 2014. DuetotheTopGearFestival,therac es have been rescheduled, with the first race, the Pietermaritzburg race, now taking place a few months earlier than usual. Ladieswillhaveabitofreprievefrom the chilly Maritzburg mornings with a 9am start for both distances (10/5km). The race takes place around the scenic setting of The Oval in Alexandra Park. The Durban SPAR Women’s 10/5km is on track for Sunday 24 August with the start and finish at Sahara Stadium,
Kingsmead. So effectively the race dates for the two popular SPAR Women’s races have swopped around. “The two races are both muchantici pated events on the calendars of around 20 000 ladies in our province. Following an approved commitment earlier in the year, we were thrown a curveball with the date changeoftheTopGearFestivalwhichthen clashed with our Durban event. With some reshuffling,wemanagedtoaccommodate these two major attractions into available slots in the city’s events calendar and I think we have come to an amicable solu tion for all concerned,” race organiser Brad Glasspoole said. For more information, like the Facebook page SPAR Women’s 10/5km Race or visit the website www.sparwom ensrace.co.za. Supplied.
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Pietermaritzburg’s Carla Van Huyssteen (pictured) claimed victory in the IMPI Elite Race at Lievland Wine Estate and Wiesenhof Legacy Park (Stellenbosch) in an impressive time of 2 hours, 5 minutes, 25 seconds. TENSIONS were rife at Lievland Wine Estate and Wiesenhof Legacy Park (Stellenbosch) recently, when the best ofthebestgatheredtotakeonthemuch anticipated IMPI Elite race. IMPI Gauteng winners, Claude Eksteen (North Beach, KZN) and Carla Van Huyssteen (Pietermaritzburg) claimed victory in the men’s and women’s IMPI Elite Race in impressive timesof1hour,47minutes,50seconds
and 2 hours, 5 minutes, 25 seconds respectively. According to Van Huyssteen, the competition was tough in the women’s Elite Race. “Chantel Nienaber was pushing me the whole time. Just when I thought I could take it easy, I’d catch a glimpse of Chantel behind me. I kept reminding myself to push it as Chantel is a fighter. The IMPI Cape Town features a hard
run, with naturally hard obstacles, but the nice thing about this event is that the obstacles are doable and a lot of fun. I am really proud about today’s win and am looking forward to IMPI Gauteng, followed by another IMPI Cape Town later this year,” said Van Huyssteen. Chantel Nienaber came in second, while Dominique De Oliveira finished third.
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