Soweto Marathon doesn't deserve to die

I really feel for the custodians and the organisers of the Soweto Marathon.

- Wesley Botton

The confusion around this year’s race hasn't been caused by them. It has been caused by rogue members of the Soweto Marathon Trust who think they own the race.

Despite the clubs in Soweto (the real custodians) doing everything they can to ensure the race goes ahead, the people still hanging onto their positions in the Trust have exposed themselves.

While the clubs have created a nonprofit company to drive the event forward, the people claiming the Trust owns the race (which is incorrect) have insisted it should be cancelled. They have even threatened to sabotage the race to ensure it doesn’t go ahead.

It’s like the story of King Solomon offering to cut a baby in half to determine who the real mother was because the mother would never agree to such a horrific act.