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African Bank presents
For the people, by the people.
Four distances through the streets of Soweto, Johannesburg. Run your first, run for a personal best, or run the full marathon.
Choose your distance
From a first community run to the full marathon. Pick the one that fits where you are in your running.
Thousands of stories. One race.
From the streets of struggle came a nation.
Soweto has always run. Long before organised road races existed, its streets carried people to work, to school, to church — on foot, at pace, in all weather. That everyday rhythm became a running culture.
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Our people. Our culture. Our community.
That culture shows up in training groups on local streets, in runners pacing each other through the neighbourhood, and in a community that treats running as something shared rather than solitary.
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Stronger together. Inspiring generations to come.
The ambition is simple: grow the running community this event comes from — more training groups, more first finishes, more reasons for Soweto to lace up. Every distance is a door into that future.
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Gijima Soweto
Thousands of stories. One race. Pick your distance and secure your place on the start line through the heart of Soweto, Johannesburg.
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