Gillian Grobbelaar

Entrepreneur. marathoner. ultra wanna be.

[Gillian Grobbelaar @Gx3Gillian]

I just donated to I am raising funds for ILoveBoobies ZA NPC - they need your help too, so please click the link and donate generously! https://t.co/wPzYEQGdCs

[Yusuf Abramjee @Abramjee]

JUST IN:

A tanker with 40000L ethanol declared for export to Zimbabwe has been found at a plot near Klipspruit - outside Bronkhorspruit.

They were decanting the ethanol into 1000L flow-bins and being loaded onto awaiting trucks.

On the same smallholding, several other trucks with flow-bins and 250L drums containing both ethanol and diesel were seized.

@sarstax officials are on the scene at this hour and what appears to be a used oil processing facility has also been found.

The diverted ethanol duty prejudice is about R11-million.

Billions of rands is lost in revenue on diesel and paraffin adulteration.

[OUTA @OUTASA]

Winter has barely begun and @Eskom_SA's unplanned outages are already over 13GW - the very threshold they said we’d need to stay under to avoid #loadshedding.

If this is the start, how many more times will we cross the line this winter?

[Evita Bezuidenhout @TannieEvita]

I sent my Washington DC chat group my recipe for malva pudding and they sent me back the confidential invasion plans for Panama!

[Bruce Fordyce @BruceFordycerun]

Congratulations Prudence Sekgodiso World indoor 800 metre champion. Trustees at ACE Trust delighted to have supported your journey so far. #PrudenceSekgodiso @WorldAthletics #WorldIndoorChamps

[Athletics South Africa @AthleticsSA_]

HISTORY 😳

@prudence800m wins Gold in China. South Africa’s first ever 800m women’s indoor title

No DNA just RSA 🫡 🇿🇦

#WorldIndoorChamps

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

Here’s a follow up article on Steven Swarts who is a convicted rapist, Athletics Free State President and Wayde van Niekerk’s stepfather and coach:
https://t.co/k9aCGFcHj7

#AFSRapist #stevenswarts

[Geordin Hill-Lewis @geordinhl]

Cape Town had the wettest July since records began in 1960.

While I’m thankful for the full dams, I’d be grateful if they filled up a little more slowly in future. 🙏

[Peter Pentz @PeterPentz]

After a weekend of heavy rain and a dam wall break @GrootePost, what used to be a road and a cattle camp is now a fast-flowing river 🌧️

[IOL News @IOL]

Dr. Sian Proctor, 51, a renowned American astronaut and geology professor, is visiting South African schools to highlight the value of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.
https://t.co/XuYO2Bbjko

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

Sometimes you do a little digging and uncover a shallow grave of rotting corpses. This article evaluates the #Comrades2024 cutoffs and then root causes the resistance to sensible decision-making from a seemingly incompetent Board member.
https://t.co/AYBe55mUEx

[Derick @Derick_Cape]

Whale in the Cape Town harbour...😍🇿🇦

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Ural is a nuclear-powered icebreaker with a total propulsion power of 60 megawatts (80,000 hp).

[Gillian Grobbelaar @Gx3Gillian]

@Vitality_SA @sterkinekor Even when I don’t feel like exercising the dogs insist on their walk so they see that I get my fitness points each week wether I want to or not #VitalityRewardsWednesday and #DiscoveryBestBank

[Gillian Grobbelaar @Gx3Gillian]

What’s up @Nedbank N1 city.
Waited over two hours to get accounts fica obtain balances and do a transfer.
This excludes time waiting in queue outside.

[parkrun South Africa @parkrunSA]

Do you love creating video content and have a strong passion for parkrun?

We have a fantastic opportunity for South African parkrunners to join us as a video Content Creation Ambassador.

Find out more and apply 👉 https://t.co/54dJON3yi8

🌳 #loveparkrun

[The New Statesman @NewStatesman]

Paul Sinton-Hewitt on why running with other people is an under-rated form of medicine.

🖊️ @sarahdawood1 for @NS_Spotlight.

https://t.co/D9rLBorilu

[The Running Mann @runningmann100]

Here’s cheapest 10 🇿🇦marathons/ultras. A couple even include a shirt in the deal!

I’ve run 8/10 and they are all fantastic runs. I’ll post Top 10 most expensive tomorrow.

Links to detailed race reports for those I’ve run since starting the blog are in thread.
#RunSouthAfrica🇿🇦

[Gillian Grobbelaar @Gx3Gillian]

@TheKiffness Are you aware that it’s Cheslins birthday today?

[Gillian Grobbelaar @Gx3Gillian]

@percy_kokong You poor thing. Depending where headache is and what is causing it. Works best when you feel it coming on. Drink a lot of very ice cold water very quickly.
Basically give yourself a head freeze. Theory is that headache is as a result of blood vessels heated at the surface

[Gillian Grobbelaar @Gx3Gillian]

@runningmann100 What an awesome idea. I support the suggestion that the last two cut offs be less stringent, to allow “joggers” to finish in the stadium. And giving those joggers after the 12 hours a completion certificate.
Practically this takes a good few bail busses off the route.