As 20 000 runners gear up for the 2018 Comrades Marathon on June 10, Port Elizabeth pastor Matthew Cullis aims to make the most of his third Comrades attempt by raising money for a cause close to his home and heart. Before Matthew’s son, Joel, was born with a cleft palate, he […]
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Gritty teacher pressing on with 1 000km run to raise money for cancer, despite setbacks
Plucky Port Elizabeth primary school teacher Richard Geyer, 27, is halfway into an epic run of 1 000km in 10 days to raise funds for cancer despite a blister on his little toe that flared up on the first day and which has since gone septic. Grit obviously runs in […]
Love grows stronger as LIV Village looted, vandalised by protesters
PLEASE SUPPORT OUR COMRADES MARATHON “RUN FOR LIV VILLAGE” CAMPAIGN Click here to make a donation to this inspiring Christian orphan village and community upliftment project Your support will really make a difference at this time! Some of you would know that Andre Viljoen and I are preparing to run […]
Two weeks to the Comrades — please help us run for the kids of LIV Village
Gateway News chairman Afrika Mhlophe and editor Andre Viljoen will be running in the Comrades Marathon from Durban to Pietermaritzburg on Sunday June 4. That’s just over two weeks away. We are excited about this running challenge and our dream is to use the occasion to raise funds for LIV […]
Be inspired by what God is doing at this miracle orphan village…be part of it by helping us RUN FOR LIV
It began as a vision of a village on hill with a cross at the centre…it became LIV Village, an inspiring example of how the church, government and business can work fruitfully together when Jesus is at the centre. LIV Village near Durban is raising children who came out of […]
Support LIV Village with the Gateway News Comrades Marathon duo
Gateway News chairman Afrika Mhlophe and editor Andre Viljoen are running the Comrades marathon on June 4 and are using the opportunity to raise funds for the amazing LIV Village, an orphan village near Durban that has a vision to bless millions of orphans in South Africa. Please support this […]
Gateway News pair running Comrades and raising funds for orphan village
Gateway News board chairman Afrika Mhlophe and editor Andre Viljoen will be among the 20 000 athletes lining up outside the Durban City Hall well before the sun rises on Sunday June 4 at the start of the 2017 Comrades Marathon. Both Afrika, 38 and Andre, 62 are relatively new […]
Message of the cross powerfully displayed at Comrades marathon
Thousands of people were powerfully impacted by the message of the cross on Sunday (May 31, 2015) as they witnessed Comrades Marathon runners carrying a 2,5m wooden cross along the gruelling 88km route. Three members of Spirit Wind Running Club, Gauteng, took turns bearing the 30kg cross with a front […]