UZAKHELE udumo uLouis Massyn esiba ngowokuqala ukugijima kuComrades Marathon amahlandla angu-50.
Weqe intambo ngesikhathi esiyi-11:53:14, kulumjaho obungeSonto, osukele eMgungundlovu waphelela eThekwini.
UMassyn kuthiwa waqala ukuba yingxenye yalumjaho ngo-1973 ikanti iminyaka angakwaza ukuyigijima ngayo ngeyesikhathi kuleCovid-19.
Umgijimi lo, oleminyaka engu-74, uthe umjaho walonyaka ubunzima kakhulu.
“Ngijabule kakhulu ngokwenelisa ukuqeda umjaho wami wesi-50. Ngeke ngiqambe amanga, bekunzima. Ngibonga kakhulu ukusekelwa ebengikuthola emgwaqweni. Abantu bangigqugquzele, banginike omkhulu umdlandla,” kutsho uMassyn obegcwele injabulo.
Umjaho walonyaka unqontshwe nguGerda Steyn loTete Dijana (kwabesifazane), bakhala bemuka le-R874 000 ngokwehlukana kobulili, kwathi uJenet Mbhele loBongumusa Mthembu abathole amagolide kulumjaho, bahlomula nge-R60 000 ngaphezulu ophuma kugatsha lwezemidlalo eKwaZulu-Natal, okhokhelwa nguMntomuhle Khawula.




