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Image: Mangaung Municipality The Matjhabeng Local Municipality’s blatant contempt for the Free State Legislature and its constitutional oversight mandate confirms that this institution is no longer willing or able to fulfil its constitutional duties. The Municipality’s Speaker, Bheke Stofile, and acting Municipal Manager, Adv Lauretta van Wyk, were absent today (Friday, 24 October) from a joint portfolio committee meeting during a week where local government specifically focu

Image: courtesy of Comrades Marathon Association The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) proudly hosted its annual Spirit of Comrades Awards Gala, in partnership with the Government Employee Medical Scheme (GEMS), in Durban on Friday 24 October 2025. This prestigious event celebrates the exceptional qualities of selflessness, service, dedication, courage, perseverance and Ubuntu that define the spirit of the world’s biggest, oldest and most famous ultramarathon, the Comrades

Image: Tobias Ginsberg The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) takes pleasure in announcing that entries for the 2026 edition of the Comrades Marathon will open on Monday 27 October 2025 at 12h00, with the first week of the entry process reserved for Green Number Club runners and CMA Members. Entries for all other aspirant Comrades Marathon runners will open one week later, on Monday 3 November at 10h00, and the overall entry period will close on 28 November, or earlier if th

Image: Nariman El-Mofty/AP Women’s marathon world record-holder, Ruth Chepng'etich, has been banned for three years by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), after admitting to Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) regarding the presence and use of Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ). The 31-year-old Kenyan, a former World marathon champion and a three-time winner of the Chicago Marathon, accepted the charges and sanction following a positive test for the banned diuretic from a sample on 1

Image: Getty Images Men’s pole vault 6.30m Mondo Duplantis (SWE) Tokyo, 15 September 2025 Women’s U20 hammer 77.24m Zhang Jiale (CHN) Quzhou, 2 August 2025 Women’s U20 javelin 65.89m Yan Ziyi (CHN) Quzhou, 3 August 2025 Men’s U20 decathlon 8514 points Hubert Troscianka (POL) Tampere, 8 August 2025 The latest world pole vault record set by Mondo Duplantis and three world U20 records have been ratified by World Athletics. Duplantis improved his own world record to 6.30m at the

Image: Supplied The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) welcomes the Gauteng government’s decision to disband the so-called crime prevention wardens (AmaPanyaza), viewing it as an acknowledgement of the programme’s failure. Since the project was announced in 2023, the Freedom Front Plus maintained that it is illegal, impractical and dangerous to appoint individuals lacking the proper training or mandate as law enforcers, even though the intention may be good. Section 205(1) of South

Image: Tobias Ginsberg With the promise that the event is one step away from gaining Abbott World Marathon Majors status in 2026, the 2025 edition of the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon takes place this Sunday, 19 October, with a new dual-start using two venues in Green Point. The elite field is once again stacked with world-class talent, including athletes who have won or finished on the podium in some of the world’s most iconic marathons, and now they are in the Mother City for w

Image: Caleb Bjergfel The elite field for the 2025 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon on Sunday 19 October will include some of the world’s fastest marathoners, including two men who have dipped under 2:05, four that have gone sub-2:06, and another four that have broken 2:07. The women’s field includes one athlete each with a 2:16, 2:17 or 2:18 to her name, and two more who have run a 2:19. This all points to fast times and the current course records being bettered in this 32 nd  edit

Image: Michael Pinyana, The Times Akademia’s launch of its Paarl campus on Wednesday serves as concrete commentary on the recent destruction of academic facilities at two established South African universities. At the University of the Free State’s (UFS) Qwa-Qwa campus and Fort Hare’s Dikeni (Alice) campus, students expressed their dissatisfaction by destroying infrastructure. One of the constant causes of unrest is outstanding study debt in addition to failures by NSFAS, the

Image: Johann Minnaar The four-day programme for the 2025 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon kicks off on Thursday 16 October with the opening of the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon Expo at the DHL Stadium in Green Point. The Expo will include race pack collection for all athletes participating in the Marathon as well as the 10km and 5km Peace Runs, and the three Trails Runs (43km, 22km and 11km) that form part of this annual festival of running. Some 41,000 runners will be making their way

Chicago Marathon Following a successful Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday, October 12, event organizers today announced an extension of a media partnership with NBCUniversal Local Chicago (NBC 5 Chicago / WMAQ and Telemundo Chicago / WSNS). The multi-year agreement will continue the stations’ role as the official English and Spanish television broadcast partners for the Bank of America Chicago Distance Series events through 2028. NBC 5 Chicago has been a media partne

Image: Birgit Dieryck for World Athletics Media Academy An award for the best athletics photograph of the year will once again be presented as part of the World Athletics Awards 2025 . Any professional photographer who has attended an athletics event in 2025 can take part in the World Athletics Photograph of the Year. Photographers are requested to submit one photograph via the online form and include a caption, the date the photograph was taken, the image's technical inform

Image: World Athletics As part of the World Athletics Awards 2025 , World Athletics is pleased to confirm the nominees for Women’s Track Athlete of the Year and Men’s Track Athlete of the Year. There are five nominees for these two categories, and a vote will take place to identify the two finalists for each. World Athlete of the Year – how it works The nominations reflect some of the standout performances achieved during another memorable year for the sport, which peaked wit

Image: David Sullivan Following a recent AGM, the Two Oceans Marathon NPC (TOM NPC), organisers of the world’s most beautiful marathon, is pleased to announce the appointment of its newly constituted Board of Directors, with Chris Goldschmidt serving as Chairperson and Glenn Muller as Vice Chairperson. “This is a reset moment for TOM NPC. Our mandate is clear: to restore confidence through uncompromising governance, transparency, and accountability,” said Chris Goldschmidt, C

Image:Chicago Marathon Kiplimo, Feysa, Hug and Scaroni Crowned Champions at the 47th Bank of America Chicago Marathon The Bank of America Chicago Marathon kicked off its 47th running under ideal race conditions as more than 54,000 participants made their way through 29 neighborhoods. Half marathon world record holder Jacob Kiplimo (UGA) led the charge, dominating the men’s race and reinforcing the Chicago Marathon’s reputation as a stage for fast performances. Kiplimo, runnin