Runners and supporters of The Ultimate Human Race are invited to follow the official Comrades Marathon Media Launch online as it unfolds in Johannesburg at midday.
The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) has confirmed that the launch announcing the 2020 campaign will be livestreamed via the official Comrades Marathon website – wwwcomrades
2019 Comrades Marathon men’s winner Edward Mothibi and women’s winner Gerda Steyn will be awarded their prestigious jackets. Other awards include top journalist and charity fundraiser.
The 95th Comrades Marathon will be a Down Run on Sunday, 14 June 2020. The race starts at the Pietermaritzburg City Hall at 05h30 and ends 12 hours later at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, covering a 90,2km distance. This will be the 47th Down Run in Comrades history. Better start training!
In other news – Nigerian police free 19 women and girls from Lagos baby factory
Police in Nigeria‘s biggest city, Lagos, have freed 19 women and girls who had mostly been abducted and impregnated by captors planning to sell their babies.
The girls and women, aged from 15 to 28, had been brought from all over Nigeria with promises of work, Lagos police said on Monday. Four babies were also found.
Baby factories”, as such premises are widely known, are most common in parts of eastern Nigeria. Read more
Source: eNCA
