NEWS

CMA AGM AND BOARD APPOINTMENTS
At its recent Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 21 November 2019, the Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) Board paid tribute to its outgoing Vice Chairperson Sifiso Nzuza, for having served...

COMRADES AWARDED IAU GOLD LABEL STATUS
The Comrades Marathon has been awarded Gold Label status by the International Association of Ultrarunners (IAU). The accolade is a feather in the cap for The Ultimate Human Race which...

COMRADES MARATHON SUSPENDS CHEATS
Runners found to have been cheating in the Comrades Marathon are tarnishing the reputation of the sport and the Comrades Marathon Association (CMA), as well as disrespecting fellow athletes. It...

WHY RACE FOR CHARITY?
Race 4 Charity offers runners an opportunity to deepen the experience of running the Comrades Marathon by combining their hard work in training into something generous for charity. It’s a...

#COMRADES2020 ENTRY CAP REACHED
With the #Comrades2020 entry cap for South African athletes having been reached, the Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) has announced that it regrettably cannot accept any more local entries. The South...

CLOSURE OF SOUTH AFRICAN ENTRIES
The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) has announced that South African entries into next year’s 95th Comrades Marathon are officially closed. This, after the South African-specific entry cap of 25,000 was...

ENTER NOW - 13TH GREATER EDENDALE RACE
All roads lead to Edendale this November as the CMA celebrates an exciting day of community road-running on Sunday, 17 November 2019 when it hosts the annual 10km Greater Edendale...

TOP JOURNALIST & FUNDRAISER AWARDS
The CMA’s Top Charity Fundraiser, Dean Wight, who raised over R300-thousand for the Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust, was also honoured for his huge heart and magnificent contribution to charitable giving....

AMABEADIBEADI & RACE4CHARITY
More than R40-million has been raised off the CMA’s charity platforms over the past decade. Six charities will once again benefit from the Amabeadibeadi Official Charity drive for 2020. They...

#COMRADES2020 – LICENSE TO DREAM
With the just unveiled #Comrades2020 campaign slogan, ‘Iphupho Lami – Dare to Dream’, the Comrades Marathon Association has dared all aspirant participants in next year’s Ultimate Human Race to dream....

LAUNCH OF 2020 COMRADES MARATHON
Comrades Marathon runners have been given a license to dream. With the just unveiled #Comrades2020 campaign slogan, ‘Iphupho Lami – Dare to Dream’, the Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) has dared...

2020 COMRADES MARATHON ENTRY PROCESS
There has been an unprecedented number of enquiries regarding the opening of entries for next year’s Comrades Marathon. The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) has therefore advised all aspirant #Comrades2020 entrants...

2019 COMRADES MARATHON WINNERS
It was a fabulous day for road running as 19,103 athletes took to the start line of the 94th Comrades Marathon. Nedbank Running Club’s Edward Mothibi won the Comrades Marathon...

2019 COMRADES MARATHON PROVISIONAL RESULTS
The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) hosted an exclusive #Comrades2019 Champions Breakfast at the Tsogo Sun Elangeni Hotel in Durban this morning (10.6.2019) with the winners, Edward Mothibi and Gerda Steyn,...

COMRADES RUNNERS AND SUPPORTERS RAISE MILLIONS
“Love is not patronizing and charity isn’t about pity, it is about love. Charity and love are the same — with charity you give love, so don’t just give money...