A total of 769 bicycles have been given to schools in the Thembisile Hani municipality for use by pupils, the Mpumalanga transport department said on Thursday. “It is very sad that a learner travels more than three kilometres to school and on arrival you find that the learners are tired and cannot focus in class,” [...]

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A forty one year old cyclist is in a serious but stable condition after crashing into a fellow bike rider on Shongweni Road, just outside Hillcrest this morning. ER24 paramedics were notified by VEMA ( Voluntary Emergency Medical Assistance ) about the cyclist. Paramedics arrived on the scene and found the cyclist lying in the [...]

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“DONE! Circumnavigating South Africa, Solo” Completed: 100 Days. 5 951km’s. One Girl, A Bicycle and a Big Dream. Jolandie Rust’s (25) dream is to be the first woman to circumnavigate the African continent on a bicycle, thereby setting a world record as the first woman to do so. In March 2008 Jolandie launched the first [...]

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            Cyclists are vulnerable road users and are most at risk when sharing the roads with other drivers. There are few roads in South Africa that can be described as “cycling friendly”, and our cyclists have to rely mostly on their own alertness and that of other drivers sharing the [...]

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