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Isicelo kubasubath­i ngemandela Marathon

Banxuswa ukulwela ukugcina imiklomelo

- MZWAMANDLA ZONDI

KUZOKWAKHI­WA isikhungo sokugcina amagugu emanaye Hall, embali lapho unelson Mandela akhuluma nezinkumbi zabantu ngaphambi kokubanjwa waboshwa ngowe-1962 emandela Capture Site, ehowick.

Umjaho wanonyaka uzokuba mhla zingama-27 kuncwaba kanti ugubha unyaka wesi-6 wasungulwa kanti ngokusho kwabadidiy­eli bawo kulindelek­e abasubathi abangaphez­ulu kwezi-15 000. Lo mjaho uzokube uhlukanisw­e izigaba ezingaphez­ulu kweziyisih­lanu, i-42km, i-21km, i-10km, i-4.6664km okuyinombo­lo kamandela yasejele. Lo mjaho wenombolo kamandela uzokube ugiji- nywa yizitatany­iswa okuhlangan­isa izimeya, ongqongqos­he nosomabhiz­inisi.

Ngomgqibel­o kuzokuba netrial Running, umjaho wezingane, itriathlon, owabahamba ngezihlalo nabamabhay­isikile.

“Umandela wenza inkulumo yakhe yokugcina embali, wabe eseboshwa ehowick lapho kunesikhun­go sokugcina amagugu. Nasemanaye Hall kufanele sibe khona isikhungo esifuze lesi. Lo mjaho usemusha kodwa ukhula ngesikhulu isivinini. Ungenelwa ngabasubat­hi base-afrika nabaphuma phesheya.

“Ngicela abasubathi bakwazulu-natal bawuthathe lo mjaho ube ngowabo. Kungangija­bulisa kakhulu uma kunganqoba abesifunda­zwe. Ukuze bawunqobe kufanele babe baningi kakhulu abesifunda­zwe ukuze imali isale la,” kusho ubongi Sithole-moloi ongungqong­qoshe wezemidlal­o Kwazulu-natal.

Izingqwele zizohlomul­a ngoR100 000 kwi-marathon kubo bobubili ubulili bese kuba ngu-r50 000 kwabazophu­la amarekhodi aphethwe ngokwahluk­ana nguthobani Chagwe okungu-2:27 no-irvette van Zyl ono-2:47.

Kunemali ebekelwe abasubathi abazofika kuqala ezindaweni ezithile (hotspot).

Umasipala wasemgungu­ndlovu utshele abezindaba ukuthi sewakhe izinkulisa eziyisi-7 ngokusizwa yimandela Marathon.

Lo mjaho kuvele ukuthi ungase usebenzisa­ne netoure de France okusaxoxis­wana nayo.

 ??  ?? NGU-IRVETTE van Zyl oyingqwele yecomrades Marathon kwabesifaz­ane okubhekwe ukuthi avikele isicoco sakhe kulo mjaho ozokuba kwezokweth­wasa phakathi kwetheku nomgungund­lovu.
NGU-IRVETTE van Zyl oyingqwele yecomrades Marathon kwabesifaz­ane okubhekwe ukuthi avikele isicoco sakhe kulo mjaho ozokuba kwezokweth­wasa phakathi kwetheku nomgungund­lovu.

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