Run/Walk For Life Midrand

*Delayed post - my apologies*

Congratulations to all our members who participated in races over the last few weeks 👏🏼💪🏻🥳

💛Waterfall Race
- Eunice completed her first half marathon
- Rhandi completed her first 10km race
- Zelda completed the half marathon

🖤KitKat Race
- TK
- Kerryne
- Martin

💛Spirit of Flight Race
- Kerryne
- Toby
- Martin

🖤Balwin Race
- Helen

💛Significance Race
- Kerryne
- Toby

🖤 Exxaro Race
- TK
- Zelda

💛 You Matter Walk in support of mental health and su***de
awareness
- Lynne

Congratulations to Kris and Cynthia who achieved their 250km distance peaks 🥳👏🏼

Kris and Cynthia are quite new to the club but their consistency has paid off! Well done, we are very proud of you both 🩷💙

On Friday 18 September we walked in solidarity in honour of a beautiful runner 🎀

I was truly humbled by the number of people that came out in support of this event! There were 150-200 men, women and children who came and paid their respects to Tsontso and all the other woman that have lost their lives through GBV 💜

Thank you to Otto who helped to control the traffic making sure we were all safe 🩵

Thank you to the Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Woman, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Ms Mmapaseka “Steve” Lestsike for joining us on our walk and for addressing us when we returned to the school grounds. Your words of encouragement and support were greatly appreciated 🩷

Thank you to the staff, pupils and families from Christ Church Preparatory School and College for supporting this event. It was very encouraging to see how many young men took part in the walk.

Please remember to be safe on the roads; walk in pairs or in groups, stay away from overgrown grass areas, stay on main roads, don’t wear headphones or ear pods, let someone know that you are going out to run/walk and which route you are using, and be vigilant at all times.

Run/Walk For Life Midrand meets on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 17:00 until 18:30 at Christ Church Preparatory School and College.
If you would like more information about the club please feel free to send an email to [email protected] or send a WhatsApp to 0827372426

It has been a very emotional and difficult week for many as we have mourned not only for Elizabeth ‘Tsontso’ Moselakgomo but for all the woman who have been found deceased in the last 2 months 💔

This Friday, 18 September, Midrand will be Walking in Solidarity in honour of a beautiful runner and mom who went for a run and never came home 😔

We will walk from Christ Church Prep School and College at 5pm, to the robot on New Road and back to the school again.

You don’t need to be a member of RWFL to join us for this walk. If the events of the last week have touched you in any way you are welcome to join us.

We ask that you wear black with a touch of pink in honour of Tsontso 🖤🩷

If you would like to carry a poster or banner with a message about GBV you are welcome to do so 💜

To Tsonto’s family. May you find strength in knowing that her name is being remembered far beyond the people who knew her personally.

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Important message from Run/Walk For Life CEO, Matthew Grossett.

Recent events in Kempton Park (and at the MyRun in Sandton) should force South Africa’s running and walking community to have a serious conversation about what “safety” actually means.

Our thoughts are first and foremost with the families and communities affected.

But these events also raise an uncomfortable question that those of us involved in organised exercise cannot afford to ignore:

When we tell runners and walkers that they are “safer in a group”, what are we actually doing to make that group safer?

Read the full press release here: https://bit.ly/4Ae5OLs

‼️Missing runner‼️

If you live in or around the Kempton Park area please share this post so we can bring Tsontso home to her family.

Unfortunately it’s not safe to exercise alone. Please ensure you exercise in groups of 3 or 4!

https://www.news24.com/southafrica/crime-and-courts/missing-kempton-park-runners-family-waiting-to-id-battered-body-found-as-saps-warns-women-20260912-1259?fbclid=IwY2xjawUTCN9wZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHg-mxad4gMqHBXOvHuJvkVYuUQIgNak7DoW008iNvWBHfqfacdwYF14WlNcP_aem_DhlbOdGie2LnSTkP2-2Q8A&sfnsn=scwspwa

🚨 URGENT: MISSING RUNNER 🚨

Fellow Runners, one of our own is missing.

TSONTSO went out for a run on Wednesday, 09 September 2026 at approximately 18:00 in Kempton Park area and never came back.

Last seen: Kempton Park area
Date: 09 September 2026
Time: Approx 18:00

If you ran in Kempton Park / Van Riebeeck Park / Birch Acres area on Wednesday evening, please check your Strava, photos, videos or dashcam.

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Lethabo - 078 977 3276
Johannes - 078 257 3295
Or SAPS Kempton Park

Let's bring our sister home. Please SHARE to all running clubs.

Shared by: Coach Benzi | Trust The Process | TTP Movement

‼️Please note that tomorrow’s Mushroom Farm event has been postponed due to predicted bad weather tomorrow morning ⛈️ ‼️

For those participating in races tomorrow morning, be safe!

Congratulations to our monthly mileage winners for August 👏🏼🍫

💛 Top field walkers:
Patricia 86km
Vishal 52km
Salomy 34km

💛 Top road walkers:
Debby 164km
Virginia 54km
Hannah 46km

💛 Top road runners:
Matthew 269km
Kerryne 208km
Lungi 177km

Congratulations to Hannah who achieved her 500km milestone peak 👏🏼

All the best for your 10km race on Sunday, Hannah 🏃🏼‍♀️💪🏻

We had a wonderful morning on Sunday at the Midrand Striders race at Kyalami Corner 🏃🏼🏃🏼‍♀️🥇

A huge thank you to Patricia, Ashika and Zelda who helped to host the gazebo and to everyone from the Midrand club for your amazing generosity of eats and drinks 🥪🍪🍊🍌☕️🧃

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the very tough but enjoyable:

21.1km
💛 TK
🖤Matthew
💛 Kerryne
🖤 Helen
💛 Debby

10km
💛Makhai
🖤 Lungi
💛 Susan
🖤 Sarina
💛 Kelly