Run Alex

Read Alex is hosting another Mandela Day Read-a-Thon this year and we are calling for your support to volunteer your time through serving the children of Alexandra on what promises to be a fantastic day.

Please sign up to volunteer by clicking on this link - https://forms.gle/mfJffHp5Gv2g3E8i6.

We look forward to seeing you on 19 July. 🙂

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This Mandela Day, help us get books in the hands of Alex’s kids by donating to the Read Alex book drive. You can help by:

— Donating gently used books for children and teens

— Buying books from our Takealot wishlist: https://www.takealot.com/wishlist/shared/1:06dc94822cd94a3da2250e048b1f8f35/1

— Or our “Most Wanted Books” list: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yGKZ14ut3_XxkGi4VuVHlFJOS3zNkSOp/view

Giving a cash donation:
Bank: First National
Account No: 62923290689
Reference: Book Drive

SEE 2025 READ-A-THON: https://photos.app.goo.gl/tXbMxfvzU7EQF48o9

QUESTIONS? CONTACT RYAN ON 0730216396

🔔 Be part of the 2026 Read Alex Mandela Day Read-a-Thon‼️

Read Alex is in full gear, ready to host the *Mandela Day Read-a-thon* for the children of Alexandra. We are calling on all children from 6 to 18 from around the township to join us for an exciting morning of reading, educational games, art and an opportunity to select a book of choice to take home. 📚

Date: Sunday, 19 July
Time: 09:00 to 12:00
Venue: Kwabhekilanga Sports Ground

Help us spread 🗣️ the word to our young ones as we foster a culture of reading through story telling and provision of relatable books.

2025 READ-A-THON: https://photos.app.goo.gl/tXbMxfvzU7EQF48o9

Weekend outing is ready for you, re ON akere ? Re skontiri.
Lombardy is waiting for us.

⏱️6:15am for 6:30am
Bring your great attitude.

6:15 am = Warm Up
6:30 am = Re a tloga 💨

Get to know Sello Gabriel Makgotho I aka The National Marathon Runner.

Be on the look out for the story which is coming out soon on the article. Runners Story by Merrow !! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Coming up…
Stay tuned
Sello Gabriel Makgotho

Training resumes. Do not come with excuses.
Join us today as we do what we used to.

See you at 5:30pm

Growing up in a township outside Pietermaritzburg, Bongani Mazibuko fell in love with chess. As an adult, however, he realized that few children who looked like him had the same opportunity to be swept off their feet. The consequences were bigger than a board game.

“Out of all the kids who start school in South Africa, we lose 40% before they finish matric to crime, drugs, poverty, and pregnancy,” he explains. “I believe chess can make a dent in those numbers.”

That is why in 2024 Mazibuko founded Chess is My Lifestyle, an organization that teaches chess to young people in underserved neighbourhoods in South Africa and prepares them to compete in major tournaments.

Run Alex invited Chess is my lifestyle to assist in running a holiday program where children from Alexandra are introduced to chess.

From 01 July 2026, Chess is My Lifestyle kicked off the holiday program at Kwabhekilanga Sports Grounds, daily training children on how to play chess.

Founder of Chess is my lifestyle, Bongani Mazibuko, joins Alex FM.

Date: 07 July 2026
Time: 16H45
Show: The Fast Lane