Date: 18 July 2019

Time: 15:30 (Registration); 17:30 (Start from Rhino Entrance)

Walk the talk for charity this Nelson Mandela Day in Welkom! Join the ‘Madiba 67 Minute Walk for Charity’ with Goldfields Mall, Rotary Goldfields Sunset and OFM on 18 July at 17:30.

Participate in:

• 10km Registered Race - R50 entry fee (Register at Goldfields from 1 July)
• 5km   Fun Walk – R20 entry fee
• 2km   Special route for senior citizens and wheelchairs – R20 entry fee

Join in the fun with the OFM Street Squad and At Lunch’s Cyril Viljoen as the host.

This is the third year that Goldfields Mall hosts the Madiba Walk in conjunction with Rotary International.

Dulcy Harris from Rotary explains more about the event:

Last year, the event saw over 1 300 participants. It was borne from the need of working people, who cannot actively participate in Madiba Day during working hours, to also do their bit for charity. Hence they can now participate after work.

This event has grown in leaps and bounds since its inception, and now also boasts of a 10km registered race.

Together with the entrance fee, participants are requested to donate dry foods, non-perishables or pet food, and this then gets distributed to the families in need, the SPCA and Claws animal charity. The entry fee gets used to buy additional food and 400 X 5kg bags of mielie meal.

On 9 August, National Woman’s Day, Rotary Goldfields Sunset and Thabong SAPS, Crime Prevention Unit and Community Police Forums will run a Campaign Against Woman and Child Abuse in the informal settlements. They move door to door campaigning, while at the same time identifying homes in desperate need and hand out 400 food parcels on this day.