A new mountain bike race over six-and-a-half days and 530km has just been completed for the first time, showcasing ‘the splendour South Africa has to offer’: Bandile Mngoma from Old Mutual.
On the edge of Soweto the Enoch Sontonga koppie is a spot Soweto Rocks founder Busi Msimango has long had big ideas for. Named after the famous composer of ‘Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika’, these days it’s a site for bird watchers and nyaope addicts. But in Msimango’s dream it’s a bike park where young.
Craig Wapnick and farmer Gary Green are two men with an unusual mission: to combine mountain biking with economic empowerment; to connect local beauty with international tourism; to facilitate community upliftment with pedal power. All while having a good time cycling through some of South Afri.
The organisers behind one of South Africa’s most iconic – and longest – stage races, have changed the format. Creating a new six day event, called go2berg.