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Stephen Makoka of Gauteng North Athletics Club defended his title in the Nelson Mandela Bay SA Half Marathon on Saturday in a time of 61m 40 seconds.
Makoka won the top prize of R80 000 with an extra R25 000 bonus because he is a South African runner.
He said after the race that he hoped more sponsors could come on board so that the prize money could be increased which Makoka said would be just rewarded for the hard work put into training for the race.
The women’s half-marathon was won by Mamorallo Tjoka who also bagged prize money of R105 000.
Tjoka won in a time of 71 minutes from Helalia Johannes from Namibia and Kenya's Susy Chemamiak.
She said that she was happy with her win as it had been a tough race.
