While thousands pushed through the final stretch of the Comrades Marathon, it was a barefoot cheerleader named Maddyson Shepard who caught the eye (and heart) of one runner from Wimpy, leading to a feel-good moment that’s now being celebrated across South Africa.
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (14 June 2025) – While thousands of athletes were pushing through pain and chasing the finish line during this year’s Comrades Marathon, one young South African was quietly stealing the show, not by running the race but by lifting the spirits of those who were.
Maddyson Shepard, a Grade 7 learner from Northlands Primary School, was standing barefoot near the 9km-to-go mark on Sunday, 8 June,…
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An retired elderly couple visit London..
They get picked up from the airport in a london black cab and head off into the city for some adventure.
The cab driver say \”where you from guvnor?
Husband. \”we\’re from South Africa\”..
The wife is a little hard of hearing asks her husband.
\”What did he say?\”
The husband turns to his wife and says louder \”the cab driver asked us where we were from, I told him South Africa!\”
The cabbie continues \”I was in the merchant navy years back… I got to drop anchor down your way, a few times in Johannesburg\”
The husband replies \”oh wow that\’s where we\’re from originally, now we\’re in Cape Town.\”
The wife asks the husband again \”what did he say?\”.
The husband again relays the unheard conversation \”the cab driver says he spent some time in the navy and went down to joberg\”.
The wife smiles and nods.