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Runners shine at Maroela Marathon

Given Makgoba and Monique Smit were the half-marathon winners at the Maroela to Maroela 3-in-1 Marathon which took place recently.

Makgoba from Nedbank Athletics Club was the male category winner with a time of 01:08:29. Smit won the women’s category with a time of 01:47:20. Emmanuel Ramohlale and Rufus Photo, both from Murray & Roberts Running Club, attained second and third places respectively.

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Ramohlale finished the race with the time of 01:11:20 and Photo finished with 01:12:02 on the clock. Rhulani Rikhotso from SAPS Limpopo attained second place with a time of 01:50:47. Rikhotso was also the winner of the women over 40 category. Lutendo Mapoto won the men’s 10km race with a time of 00:31:00, followed by Isaac Moshia and Huboko Msapha, who took second and third places respectively.

 

The winners of the 21.1km race won R2 000 with a gold medal, second place won R1 000 and third R500. In the 10km race, the winner won R1 000 in prize money, second place won R500, and third R250. Organiser of the race, Molatelo Rankweteke, told the Herald that he was happy with how the event went despite less entries due to the long weekend.

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Emelda Tintswalo Shipalana

Tintswalo Shipalana, a journalist for the Letaba Herald, has been in the media industry for over a decade. She started her journey in radio, but ended up in print which is her first love. She joined the Herald newspaper as a cadet in 2016, where she graduated with a journalism qualification from the Caxton Training Academy. She also has a qualification in Feature Writing from the University of Cape Town and a Media Management qualification from Wits University. She is completing her BA Communication Science degree with UNISA. She sleeps well at night knowing she is a voice to the voiceless and her work contributes to promoting local talent, businesses and service delivery. Her love for her community keeps her working hard every day.

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