Comrades Marathon Blog

For the non South African visitors, South Africa is currently experiencing a nationwide strike by the civil servants. I won’t go into details here, but it has being going on for a week now, and has caused serious disruptions throughout the country, mainly in schools and hospitals.

What does this have to do with the Comrades Marathon? Well I’ve just read that the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union is considering calling an illegal countrywide strike, which would  cause serious disruptions for the race, which happens this Sunday, the 17th.

While I sympathise for people wanting to earn a decent wage, I doubt that the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union are completely oblivious to the fact the Comrades is due to happen this weekend. I guess I just find it sad that for the second time, the Comrades finds itself stuck in political issues.

One can only hope that the “World’s Greatest Race” lives up to this name.