{"id":257,"date":"2013-07-26T11:20:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T11:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.co.za\/capetown\/?p=257"},"modified":"2013-07-26T11:22:33","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T11:22:33","slug":"gift-gwe-for-stellenbosch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.co.za\/capetown\/news\/gift-gwe-for-stellenbosch","title":{"rendered":"Gift Gwe for Stellenbosch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_258\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.co.za\/capetown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Gift-Gwe.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-258\" class=\" wp-image-258 \" alt=\"Gift Gwe for Stellenbosch\" src=\"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.co.za\/capetown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Gift-Gwe.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.co.za\/capetown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Gift-Gwe.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.time-to-run.co.za\/capetown\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Gift-Gwe-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gift Gwe for Stellenbosch<\/p><\/div>\n<p>South African neo-soul singer, songwriter, presenter and actor, Gift Gwe is ready to welcome runners home at the Totalsports Ladies Race in Stellenbosch on Friday, 09 August 2013.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>South Africans fell in love with Gift Gwe during the third season of South African Idols (2005), when he tried out in this famous talent search. Runner up to Karin Kortje, Gift earned the adoration of thousands of fans throughout the country.\u00a0 It was clear just how singularly talented this Queenstown-born, Mosselbay-raised singer was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always a pleasure to sing for women,\u201d laughs Gift.\u00a0 \u201cThis will be the third time that I work with this event, my first time having been at the Johannesburg race in 2008 and at the Durban race in July this year.\u00a0\u00a0 Performing at the Totalsports Ladies Race in Durban was such a fresh experience.\u00a0 With just over 6000 women excited about life, what a great sight to see.\u00a0 Being on stage was just the cherry on top.\u00a0 This year I also had the privilege of doing the countdown to the start in Durban.\u00a0 I was overwhelmed by the vibe.\u00a0 I am really excited to perform in Stellenbosch as it is closer to home which means I\u2019ll know my crowd and can plan my performance accordingly,\u201d says Gift.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EVENT INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Participants can choose between a 5km run\/fun walk and a 10km run\/fun walk.<\/p>\n<p>Stellenbosch<\/p>\n<p>DATE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Friday, 09 August 2013<br \/>\nVENUE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Start ~ Plein Street<br \/>\nFinish ~ Coetzenburg Stadium, Stellenbosch<br \/>\nSTART:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 08h00<br \/>\nDISTANCE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5km run\/fun walk &amp; 10km run\/fun walk<\/p>\n<p>ENTRIES CLOSE:\u00a0 Fax and in-store entries have already closed, but online entries will remain open until Sunday, 28 July 2013.<\/p>\n<p>ENTER EARLY:\u00a0 Early entries will receive an official race T-shirt, while medals will be awarded to all finishers.\u00a0 Moms with prams are welcome, while husbands, friends and family are encouraged to join in the fun and show support on route.<\/p>\n<p>REGISTRATION AND NUMBER COLLECTION:<\/p>\n<p>DATE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Saturday, 03 August 2013 (number collection will take place on this date only)<br \/>\nTIME:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10h00 \u2013 17h00<br \/>\nVENUE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1. Kenridge Primary School, Bellville<br \/>\n2. The River Club, Observatory<br \/>\n3. Coetzenburg Stadium, Stellenbosch<\/p>\n<p>Charity Support:\u00a0 The Totalsports Ladies Race Stellenbosch supports PinkDrive, a campaign that is committed to improving breast cancer awareness, education, and providing and offering services to women across South Africa.\u00a0 For more information on PinkDrive visit www.pinkdrive.co.za<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African neo-soul singer, songwriter, presenter and actor, Gift Gwe is ready to welcome runners home at the Totalsports Ladies Race in Stellenbosch on Friday, 09 August 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58,5,1,45],"tags":[140,79,17,102,103,143,101],"class_list":["post-257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-10km","category-featured","category-news","category-pre-event","tag-10km","tag-79","tag-cape-town","tag-ladies-race","tag-music","tag-pre-event","tag-totalsports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.co.za\/capetown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.co.za\/capetown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.co.za\/capetown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.co.za\/capetown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.co.za\/capetown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.co.za\/capetown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.co.za\/capetown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions\/260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.co.za\/capetown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.co.za\/capetown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.co.za\/capetown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.co.za\/capetown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}