POLOKWANE – More than 8 000 bikers from across the Southern African Development Community (SADEC) region flocked to the city over the weekend to participate in the ninth annual Sapa Yopa Motorcycle Club Rally.
Residents were treated to an impressive sight on Saturday when the bikers gathered at the Polokwane showground for a mass ride to the Mankweng Disability Centre where they donated food parcels and money.
Sapa Yopa MC was founded in 2008 by a group of friends and during the past nine years has grown to one of the top motorcycle clubs in the southern hemisphere and the biggest in the SADEC region.
The club embraces members across all races, cultures and genders across the country and is annually the host to one of South Africa’s biggest bike rallies.
The first motorcycle club to have more than 12 female riders, Sapa Yopa is one of the founding members of Rambo (Rainbow Mzansi Biker’s Organisation), a federation association of biker’s clubs of all race and demarcation. The federation today has an affiliation of more than 63 biker clubs with a membership of more than 5 000 bikers nationally.
The annual Sapa Yopa Rally attracts bikers from all neighbouring countries such as Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland and Mozambique to join in the initiative of promoting social cohesion and embarking on charity initiatives to better the lives of the less fortunate.
