imbali

Starting at Manaye Hall in Imbali – where he gave his last speech as a free man – and ending at the Capture Site, where the Black Pimpernel was finally caught, the Mandela Day Marathon is symbolic of the triumph of the human spirit. There are also shorter distances, a trail run and mountain bike rides.

The 2014 Mandela Day Marathon, to be run from Pietermaritzburg's Imbali Township, where Nelson Mandela made his final speech before his imprisonment, to Howick, where he was arrested in 1962, takes place on 31 August, with over 10 000 athletes expected to be running.