Lowveld Walkers had its first-ever competitive walk on Saturday. The group started walking from the Sasol filling station outside White River out on the road to Sabie. The walk was titled the “Noluntu Challenge”.
Tumelo Sedibe won this event and received a trophy and R500. Simangaliso Mnisi took second place and Noluntu Madonsela was in third place.
This makes her the first woman to complete the race the challenge was named after.
According to Joseph Mashaba, founder of Lowveld Walkers: “Noluntu is one of our fastest walkers and she is a woman. For this reason we decided to challenge everyone to take her on while breaking away from the whole thing of gender stereotypes.
With the gender-based violence issues in the country, we wanted to show the world that at Lowveld Walkers we value women. We want everyone to know that women are capable of doing anything and everything.” The upcoming walk on March 27 will be a normal walk and not a competitive event.
“We will rest on Easter weekend. This allows people to go to church or visit their loved ones. We will resume on April 10 and the group’s competition will be on April 17,” Mashaba said.
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The group still adheres to lockdown regulations to curb the spread of Covid-19. “Due to Covid-19 regulations, we have had to scrap our traditions of holding hands in a circle and sharing water bottles.”
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Visit Lowveld Walkers on Facebook or contact Mashaba on 076-444-2343.
