Members of the Tshepanang Social Club in Kokosi held a special cancer walk this week.

The 30 club members marched from the Old Kokosi taxi rank to Master Drilling in Fochville on October 3.

From here they proceeded to Pool and Garden, where several cancer survivors gave speeches of hope.

These survivors were invited as special guests. According to the club, headed by chairlady Nomonde Lizzy Kone, they will continue to raise awareness.

The preparations for next year’s event already started on October 7.

The Tshepanang Social Club executive members said they are happy to have taken this initiative.

They said their community members are now getting messages of hope from survivors who have been invited from all over.

They have also promised that they will continue hosting this cancer walk event yearly.

The Tshepanang Social Club was started in 2001 by Kone. Members call themselves Women with a Difference as they are working closely with the community to make a positive change.

They have some projects that take place in Kokosi annually, such as donations of school uniforms to needy learners and celebrating Mandela Day at old age homes in the area.

They also help churches in the area with their fundraising actions.

The churches that they visited so far are the African Catholic Church (Kokosi), 5.

Divine Grace church (Fochville), LECSA (Carletonville), Gereformeerde Kerk (Kokosi), Roman Catholic church (Khutsong), AME church (Kokosi), ELCSA (Wedela), Maranatha (Kokosi), Herformde church (Kokosi), St John Apostolic church (Potchefstroom), St Georges Anglican church (Kokosi), Ethiopian Church (Kokosi), Full Gospel church (Fochville), Methodist church (Potchefstroom), Uniting Reformed church (Kokosi), Ethiopian Church (Khutsong). Tshepanang Social Club also supported other cancer awareness events, such as the Ithemba Walkathon, from 2012 until 2021. After Covid-19, they organised their own cancer walks every year.

So far, such events have been held at Calvary and Methodist churches as well as the Fountain of Living Ministry, which are all in Kokosi.

The club has donated money to the South African Cancer Association (CANSA), the Breast Cancer Foundation and the Childhood Cancer Foundation.