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UCINE etholakele umgijimi olahleke ngemva komjaho weComrades Marathon ngeSonto edluleyo.
UMoira Harding uqede umjaho ngesikhathi esiyi-16:52, okuthe ngemva kwalokho umdeni wakhe umdinga, wangamtholi. Ubengatholakali ecingweni kwaze kwaphela umjaho.
Kuthiwa utholakale ngoMvulo ekuseni ePhoyinti, eThekwini, engekho esimweni esihle. Kuthiwa uthathwe ngendiza, waphuthunyiselwa esibhedlela.
Abaqoqi beComrades Marathon Association (CMA) bakuqinisekisile ukuthi umgijimi lo utholakele. Bathe utholakale engalimalanga, wasegijinyiselwa esibhedlela.
Kusenjalo, kulekhehla uLouis Massyn ozakhele udumo esiba wokuqala ukugijima iComrades Marathon amahlandla angu-50.
Weqe intambo ngesikhathi esiyi-11:53:14, kulumjaho obungeSonto, osukele eMgungundlovu waphelela eThekwini.
UMassyn kuthiwa uqale ukuba yingxenye yalumjaho ngo-1973 ikanti iminyaka angakwaza ukuyigijima ngayo ngeyesikhathi kuleCovid-19.
Umgijimi lo, oleminyaka ewu-74, uthe umjaho walonyaka ubunzima kakhulu.
“Ngijabule kakhulu ngokukwazi ukuqeda umjaho wami wesi-50. Ngeke ngiqambe amanga, bekunzima. Ngibonga kakhulu ukusekelwa ebengikuthola emgwaqweni. Abantu bangigqugquzela, banginika omkhulu umdlandla,” kutsho uMassyn obechichima 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 wezeMidlalo eKwaZulu-Natal, okhokhelwa nguMntomuhle Khawula. — ubulembu
