Nkosikhina Mhlakwana (3rd), winner Givemore Mudzinganyama and 2nd placed Dan Matshailwe

Nkosikhina Mhlakwana (3rd), winner Givemore Mudzinganyama and 2nd placed Dan Matshailwe

Givemore Mudzinganyama won the 2023 Two Oceans Marathon on Saturday morning in Cape Town.

The Zimbabwean crossed the line in 3:09:56, almost 6 minutes and 12 seconds slower than the record set by Thompson Magawana 35 years ago.

Mudzinganyama was followed home by Dan Matshailwe (3:10:19) and Nkosikhona Mhlakwana (3:10:40) both of South Africa. 

Gerda Steyn won the women’s race for the fourth time in a row as she came home in a time of 3:29:06.

Amelework Bosho of Ethiopia was second, and South Africa’s Carla Molinaro third. 

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By Dr Mercy Alu

I am a mother, HR consultant, author, Goodwill Ambassador with Globcal (a partner with UN on SDG's in Africa), coordinator with International Association of African Authors/Scholars, a songwriter/recording artist, researcher, and social anthropologist of sorts! I believe we should all live our best lives, and enjoy helping organizations and individuals perform better. I and my guest authors love to share information about the world around us; African events & Entertainment, plus lots of good information about Health, Wellness, Family, Book Publishing, Business, Relationships, Culture, Folk Stories, and much more. I speak several languages including French and Igbo (a West African Language). I enjoy research, writing, reading, singing and finding out lots of things about, well, lots of things! Knowledge is power. So information and knowledge gained from experiences, observation, all flavor the things I write about in the exciting blog portion of this website. Feel free to drop me a line or two, I also want to hear from you!

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