{"id":91459,"date":"2025-10-13T10:18:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T10:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/road-closures-for-2025-cape-town-marathon-weekend"},"modified":"2025-10-13T10:34:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T10:34:45","slug":"road-closures-for-2025-cape-town-marathon-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/road-closures-for-2025-cape-town-marathon-weekend","title":{"rendered":"Road Closures for 2025 Cape Town Marathon Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Thousands of runners will hit the streets of Cape Town this weekend for the Cape Town Marathon.<\/p>\n<p>The event features a number of races over the weekend, with the main event being the 42.2km marathon on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Runners will on Saturday participate in the 10km Peace Run and trail run.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the parking restrictions and road closures for the various races over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><b>PARKING RESTRICTIONS &#8211; BAYS TO BE MARKED WITH NO STOPPING SIGNS &amp; FENCED or CONED. ILLEGALLY PARKED CARS TO BE TOWED<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A1 Fritz Sonnenberg Rd between Beach Rd &amp; Bay Rd &#8211; No Parking &#8211; From 17 Oct, 08h00 to 19 Oct, 09h00<\/p>\n<p>A2 Beach Rd between Green Point Light House &amp; Portswood Dr &#8211; No Parking &#8211; Both directions &#8211; From 17 Oct, 08h00 to 19 Oct, 09h00<\/p>\n<p>A3 Portswood Dr between Beach Rd &amp; Helen Suzman Blvd &#8211; No Parking &#8211; Both directions &#8211; From 17 Oct, 08h00 19 Oct, 09h00<\/p>\n<p>A4 Searle St between Pontac St &amp; Sir Lowry Rd &#8211; No Parking &#8211; Both directions &#8211; From 17 Oct, 08h00 to 19 Oct, 09h00<\/p>\n<p>A5 Victoria Rd between Searle St &amp; Salt River Rd &#8211; No Parking &#8211; Both directions &#8211; From 17 Oct, 17h00 to 19 Oct, 10h00<\/p>\n<p>A6 Victoria Rd between Settlers Way onramp (N2) &amp; Salt River Rd &#8211; No Parking &#8211; Inbound carriageway &#8211; From 17 Oct, 17h00 to 19 Oct, 10h00<\/p>\n<p>A7 Main Rd (Mowbray &#8211; Newlands) between Dean St &amp; Settlers Way offramp (N2) &#8211; No Parking &#8211; Inbound carriageway &#8211; From 17 Oct, 17h00 to 19 Oct, 10h00<\/p>\n<p>A8 Liesbeek Parkway Settlers Way offramp (N2) between Klipfontein Rd\/Durban Rd &#8211; No Parking &#8211; Southbound carriageway &#8211; From 17 Oct, 17h00 to 19 Oct, 11h00<\/p>\n<p>A9 Albert Rd between Lower Main Rd &amp; Grey St &#8211; No Parking &#8211; Both directions &#8211; From 17 Oct, 17h00 to 19 Oct, 12h00<\/p>\n<p>A10 Newmarket St between Grey St &amp; Russell St &#8211; No Parking &#8211; Both directions &#8211; From 17 Oct, 17h00 to 19 Oct, 12h00<\/p>\n<p>A11 Russell St between Newmarket St &amp; Sir Lowry Rd &#8211; No Parking &#8211; Both directions &#8211; From 17 Oct, 17h00 to 19 Oct, 12h00<\/p>\n<p>A12 Sir Lowry Rd between Tennant St &amp; Russell St &#8211; No Parking &#8211; Outbound direction &#8211; From 17 Oct, 17h00 to 19 Oct, 12h00<\/p>\n<p>A13 Sir Lowry Rd between Tennant St &amp; Darling St &#8211; No Parking &#8211; Inbound carriageway &#8211; From 17 Oct, 17h00 to 19 Oct, 12h00<\/p>\n<p>A14 Darling St between Sir Lowry Rd &amp; Adderley St &#8211; No Parking &#8211; Both directions &#8211; From 17 Oct, 17h00 to 19 Oct, 12h00<\/p>\n<p>A15 Adderley St between Darling St &amp; Wale St &#8211; No Parking &#8211; Southbound carriageway &#8211; From 17 Oct, 17h00 to 19 Oct, 13h00<\/p>\n<p>A16 Orange St between Long St &amp; Government Ave &#8211; No Parking &#8211; Outbound direction &#8211; From 17 Oct, 17h00 to 19 Oct, 13h00<\/p>\n<p>A17 Long St between Riebeek St &amp; Buitensingel St \/ Orange St &#8211; No Parking &#8211; From 17 Oct, 17h00 to 19 Oct, 13h00<\/p>\n<p>A18 Riebeek St between Long St &amp; Buitengracht St &#8211; No Parking &#8211; Both directions &#8211; From 17 Oct, 17h00 to 19 Oct, 13h00<\/p>\n<p>A19 Somerset Rd between Boundary Rd &amp; Ebenezer Rd &#8211; No Parking &#8211; Inbound carriageway &#8211; From 17 Oct, 08h00 to 19 Oct, 14h00<\/p>\n<p>A20 Main Rd (Greenpoint) between Three Anchor Bay Rd &amp; Boundary Rd &#8211; No Parking &#8211; Inbound carriageway &#8211; From 17 Oct, 08h00 to 19 Oct, 14h00<\/p>\n<p>A21 Three Anchor Bay Rd between Main Rd &amp; Beach Rd &#8211; No Parking &#8211; From 17 Oct, 08h00 to 19 Oct, 14h00<\/p>\n<p>A22 Beach Rd between Three Anchor Bay Rd &amp; Queens Rd &#8211; No Parking &#8211; Both directions &#8211; From 17 Oct, 08h00 to 19 Oct, 14h00<\/p>\n<p><b>Atlantic Seaboard<\/b><\/p>\n<p>B1 Fritz Sonnenberg Rd between Stephan Way and McDonald&#8217;s Access Rd &#8211; Full Closure &#8211; From 15 Oct, 14h00 to 20 Oct, 14h00<\/p>\n<p>B2 Vlei Rd between Fritz Sonnenberg Rd &amp; Helen Suzman Blvd &#8211; Full Closure &#8211; 13 Oct, 08h00 to 20 Oct, 14h00<\/p>\n<p>B3 P12 &#8211; Parking Partial Closure \/ No access on 19 Oct &#8211; From 18 Oct, 05h00 to 19 Oct, 14h00<\/p>\n<p>B4 P13 &#8211; Parking Partial Closure \/ No access on 19 Oct &#8211; From 18 Oct, 05h00 to 19 Oct, 14h00<\/p>\n<p>B5 P14 &#8211; Parking No access on 19 Oct from 03h00 &#8211; 14h00 &#8211; From 19 Oct, 03h00 to 19 Oct, 14h00<\/p>\n<p>B6 P15 &#8211; Parking No access on 19 Oct from 03h00 &#8211; 14h00 &#8211; From 19 Oct, 03h00 to 19 Oct, 14h00<\/p>\n<p><b>TRAIL RUN CLOSURES\/TEMPORARY DELAYS &#8211; SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER 2025<\/b><\/p>\n<p>C1 Somerset\/Main Rd &#8211; Temporary delays \/ stop &amp; hold &#8211; 06h00 16h00<\/p>\n<p>C2 High Level Rd &#8211; Temporary delays \/ stop &amp; hold &#8211; 06h00 16h00<\/p>\n<p>C3 Joubert Rd &#8211; Temporary delays \/ stop &amp; hold &#8211; 06h00 16h00<\/p>\n<p>C4 Ocean View Dr &#8211; Temporary delays \/ stop &amp; hold &#8211; 06h00 16h00<\/p>\n<p>C5 Springbok Rd &#8211; Temporary delays \/ stop &amp; hold &#8211; 06h00 16h00<\/p>\n<p>C6 Kloof Nek Rd &#8211; Temporary delays \/ stop &amp; hold &#8211; 06h30 14h30<\/p>\n<p>C7 Kloof Rd &#8211; Caution runners &#8211; 07h00 12h00<\/p>\n<p><b>FUN RUN ROAD CLOSURES &#8211; SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER 2025<\/b><\/p>\n<p>D1 Fritz Sonnenberg Rd between Stephan Way &amp; Beach Rd &#8211; Full Closure. Local access allowed to Metropolitan Golf Course. See Area Detour Plans for Details &#8211; 06h30 08h30<\/p>\n<p>D2 Beach Rd between Fritz Sonnenberg Rd &amp; Helen Suzman Blvd &#8211; Seaside Lane Closed. No Parking Allowed. Local Access Allowed. See Area Detour Plans for Details &#8211; 06h30 10h00<\/p>\n<p>D3 Beach Rd between Queens Rd &amp; Helen Suzman Blvd &#8211; Inbound Lanes Closed. No Parking Allowed &#8211; 06h00 10h00<\/p>\n<p>D4 Beach Rd between Queens Rd &amp; Saunders Rd &#8211; Closed. Local access. No Parking Allowed &#8211; 06h30 09h00<\/p>\n<p>D5 Beach Rd between St. Johns Rd &amp; Queens Rd &#8211; Outbound Lanes Closed. No Parking Allowed &#8211; 06h30 09h30<\/p>\n<p><b>MARATHON EVENT DAY ROAD CLOSURES &#8211; 19 OCTOBER 2025<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Atlantic Seaboard<\/b><\/p>\n<p>E1 Fritz Sonnenberg Rd between Stephan Way &amp; Beach Rd &#8211; Full Closure.<\/p>\n<p>Local access allowed to Metropolitan Golf Course via<\/p>\n<p>Bay Rd until 06h00 &#8211; See Area Detour Plan for Details &#8211; 04h00 08h00<\/p>\n<p>E2 Beach Rd between Green Point Light House &amp; Surrey Pl Build of Beach Rd Start &#8211; 02h00 08h00<\/p>\n<p>E3 Beach Rd between Surrey Pl &amp; Portswood Dr &#8211; 04h00 08h00<\/p>\n<p>E4 Haul Rd between Oceana PB Club &amp; Beach Rd &#8211; Access to Powerboat Club for launching from Granger Bay Blvd (through Waterfront) &#8211; 04h00 08h00<\/p>\n<p>E5 Granger Bay between Blvd Helen Suzman Blvd &amp; Granger Rd &#8211; Allow crossing of Beach Rd until just before first runners arrive &#8211; 06h00 07h45<\/p>\n<p>E6 Granger Bay between Blvd Granger Rd &amp; Helen Suzman Blvd &#8211; No egress from the Waterfront from 05h00 to prevent blockage of MyCiti Shuttle &#8211; 05h00 07h45<\/p>\n<p>E7 Portswood Rd between Granger Rd &amp; Helen Suzman Blvd &#8211; 05h00 08h00<\/p>\n<p>E8 Helen Suzman Blvd (Inbound) between Granger BayCircle &amp; Buitengracht St &#8211; Inbound Lanes Closed. Ambulance access accommodated.<\/p>\n<p>No Access on Sunday 06h00 &#8211; 07h15 &#8211; 05h45 08h00<\/p>\n<p>E9 Buitengracht Str between Helen Suzman Blvd &amp; Dock Rd &#8211; 3 left Outbound Lanes Closed. Dock Rd Intersection to close at 06h10 and open at 07h45 &#8211; 05h30 08h15<\/p>\n<p>E10 Helen Suzman Blvd (Inbound) between Portswood Rd &amp; Buitengracht Str &#8211; Fast Lane Closed for Park and Ride &#8211; 03h00 06h00<\/p>\n<p>E11 Dock Rd between South Arm Rd &amp; Buitengracht St &#8211; 05h45 07h50<\/p>\n<p>E12 Walter Sisulu Ave between Buitengracht St (inbound) &amp; Buitengracht St (outbound) &#8211; 05h45 07h50<\/p>\n<p>E13 Nelson Mandela Blvd between Dock Rd &amp; Searle St &#8211; Outbound Lanes Closed &#8211; 05h00 09h00<\/p>\n<p>E14 Somerset Rd between Boundary Rd &amp; Buitengracht St &#8211; Inbound Lanes Closed. Outbound lane is a contra-flow and Granger Bay Blvd Circle is open. No Parking allowed on Inbound Lane &#8211; 05h15 13h30<\/p>\n<p>E15 Main Rd between Three Anchor Bay Rd &amp; Boundary Rd &#8211; Inbound Lanes Closed. Outbound lane is a contra-flow and Granger Bay Blvd Circle is open.<\/p>\n<p>No Parking allowed on Inbound Lane &#8211; 05h15 13h30<\/p>\n<p>E16 Three Anchor Bay Rd between Main Rd amp; Beach Rd &#8211; Full Closure. No Parking Allowed &#8211; 06h00 14h00<\/p>\n<p>E17 Beach Rd between Three Anchor Bay Rd &amp; Queens Rd &#8211; Full Closure. No Parking Allowed &#8211; 03h00 14h30<\/p>\n<p>E18 Buitengracht St between Riebeek St Inbound &amp; Somerset Rd Inbound Intersection closed. Accommodations across closed road allowed up until 07h15. Accommodations across closed road allowed after 11h15. Detour to Somerset Rd &#8211; Granger Bay Blvd &#8211; Helen Suzman Blvd. &#8211; 06h45 12h30<\/p>\n<p>E19 Helen Suzman Blvd between Beach Rd &amp; Granger Bay Blvd &#8211; Full Closure &#8211; 06h00 14h30<\/p>\n<p><b>CBD, Zonnebloem, District Six<\/b><\/p>\n<p>F1 Nelson Mandela Blvd between Dock Rd &amp; Searle St &#8211; Outbound Lanes Closed &#8211; 05h00 09h00<\/p>\n<p>F2 Nelson Mandela Blvd Onramp between Hertzog Blvd &amp; Nelson Mandela Blvd &#8211; 04h00 09h00<\/p>\n<p>F3 Nelson Mandela Blvd Onramp between Newmarket St &amp; Nelson Mandela Blvd &#8211; Build of Refreshment Station in onramp lanes &#8211; 02h00 09h00<\/p>\n<p>F4 Newmarket St between Strand St &amp; Russell St &#8211; 05h30 12h15<\/p>\n<p>F5 Russell St between New Market Str &amp; Sir Lowry Rd &#8211; Full Closure &#8211; 06h15 12h15<\/p>\n<p>F6 Sir Lowry St between Christiaan Barnard St \/ Tennant St Russell St &#8211; Full Closure. Contra-flow btw Russell St. &amp; Tennant St. No Parking Allowed &#8211; 06h30 12h15<\/p>\n<p>F7 Sir Lowry St between Christiaan Barnard St \/ Tennant St Darling St &#8211; Full Closure. Contra-flow btw Darling St. &amp; Tennant St. No Parking Allowed &#8211; 06h30 12h15<\/p>\n<p>F8 Darling St between Northbound Primrose St Buitenkant \/ Castle St Inbound &#8211; Lanes closed. Contra-flow btw Buitenkant \/ Castle St. &amp; St.<\/p>\n<p>No Parking Allowed &#8211; 06h00 12h15<\/p>\n<p>F9 DarlingSt between Castle St &amp; Lower Plein St &#8211; Full Closure. Accommodations across closed road allowed up until 06h00. No Parking Allowed &#8211; 06h00 12h30<\/p>\n<p>F10 Darling St between Lower Plein St &amp; Adderley St &#8211; Westbound Closure. Accommodations on southbound carriageway from Adderley St to Lower Plein St for deliveries. No Parking Allowed &#8211; 06h00 12h30<\/p>\n<p>F11 Buitenkant between Caledon St &amp; Darling St &#8211; 06h00 12h15<\/p>\n<p>F12 Adderley St between Strand St &amp; Wale St &#8211; Soutbound Lanes closed. Accommodations from Strand St to Darling St for deliveries. No Parking Allowed &#8211; 06h30 12h30<\/p>\n<p>F13 Orange St between Hof St &amp; Long St &#8211; Outbound Lanes Closed. Contra-flow between Long Str and Hof Str. No Parking Allowed &#8211; 06h30 12h45<\/p>\n<p>F14 Long St between Wale St &amp; Orange St &#8211; Full Closure. No Parking Allowed &#8211; 04h30 13h00<\/p>\n<p>F15 Long St between Riebeek St &amp; Wale St &#8211; Full Closure. Build of refreshment station at 05h00.<\/p>\n<p>No Parking Allowed &#8211; 04h00 13h00<\/p>\n<p>F16 Riebeek St between Long St &amp; Bree St -Full Closure. No Parking Allowed. Motorists coming up Long St to turn left at Riebeek St ONLY &#8211; 06h30 12h45<\/p>\n<p>F17 Riebeek St between Buitengracht St &amp; Bree St &#8211; Southbound Closure. No Parking Allowed. Motorists coming down Bree St to turn left at Riebeek St ONLY &#8211; 06h30 12h45<\/p>\n<p>F18 Loop St between Strand St &amp; Riebeek St &#8211; 06h30 12h45<\/p>\n<p>F19 Buitengracht St between Riebeek St Inbound &amp; Somerset Rd Inbound &#8211; Intersection closed. Accommodations across closed road allowed up until 07h15. Accommodations across closed road allowed after 11h15. Detour to Somerset Rd &#8211; Granger Bay Blvd &#8211; Helen Suzman Blvd &#8211; 06h45 12h30<\/p>\n<p><b>Observatory, Salt River, Woodstock<\/b><\/p>\n<p>G1 Searle Street between Nelson Mandela Blvd \/ N2 Sir Lowry Rd &#8211; Full Closure. No Parking Allowed &#8211; 05h30 09h00<\/p>\n<p>G2 Sir Lowry \/ Victoria Rd between Salt River Rd Searle St &#8211; Inbound Lanes Closed. Accommodations across closed road allowed up until 06h00. Contra-flow between N2 to Searle St. No Parking Allowed &#8211; 04h30 09h20<\/p>\n<p>G3 Main Rd between N2 &amp; Salt River Rd &#8211; Inbound Lanes Closed. Accommodations across closed road allowed up until 06h00. No Parking Allowed. Contra-flow between N2 to Searle St. Emergency Access at Groote Schuur Dr\/Main Rd and via Anzio Rd &#8211; 05h30 09h30<\/p>\n<p>G4 Liesbeek Parkway between Station Rd &amp; N2 &#8211; Southbound Lanes closed. Motorists travelling on Northbound Lane to turn left at Station Rd &#8211; 06h00 11h30<\/p>\n<p>G5 Liesbeek Parkway\/Malta Rd between Station Rd &amp; Lower Main Rd &#8211; Full Closure. Accommodations across closed road allowed up until 06h45 &#8211; 05h00 11h45<\/p>\n<p>G6 Berkley Rd between M5 &amp; Liesbeek Pkwy &#8211; Full Closure at M5 intersection.<\/p>\n<p>Local Access For New Amazon precinct- 06h00 11h30<\/p>\n<p>G7 Albert Rd between Lower Main Rd &amp; Salt River Circle &#8211; Full Closure. Accommodations across closed road allowed up until 06h45. No Parking Allowed &#8211; 05h00 12h00<\/p>\n<p>G8 Voortrekker Rd between Transnet Entrance &amp; Salt River Circle &#8211; Full Closure &#8211; 05h00 12h00<\/p>\n<p>G9 Albert Rd between Salt River Circle &amp; Lower Church Str &#8211; Full Closure &#8211; Accommodations across closed road allowed up until 06h45. No Parking Allowed &#8211; 05h00 12h00<\/p>\n<p>G10 Lower Church Str between Beach Rd &amp; Albert Rd &#8211; Southbound Closure &#8211; 05h30 12h00<\/p>\n<p>G11 Albert Rd \/ New Market Str Lower between Church St &amp; Russell St &#8211; Full Closure. Accommodations across closed road allowed up until 06h45. Accommodation for residents to leave via Davison Rd. No Parking Allowed &#8211; 05h30 12h15<\/p>\n<p><b>Mowbray, Newlands, Claremont, Rondebosch<\/b><\/p>\n<p>1 Main Rd between Rhodes Ave &amp; N2 &#8211; Inbound Lanes Closed. Accommodations across closed road allowed up until 06h15. No Parking Allowed. Contra-flow between N2 to Rhodes Ave &#8211; 05h00 09h30<\/p>\n<p>H2 Main Rd between Belmont Rd &amp; Rhodes Ave &#8211; Inbound Lanes Closed &#8211; Accommodations across closed road allowed up until 06h15. No Parking Allowed &#8211; 05h00 09h45<\/p>\n<p>H3 Main Rd between Klipper Rd &amp; Belmont Rd &#8211; Inbound Lanes Closed &#8211; Accommodations across closed road allowed up until 06h15. No Parking Allowed &#8211; 05h00 10h15<\/p>\n<p>H4 Main Rd between Letterstedt \/ Claremont Blvd &amp; Klipper Rd &#8211; Inbound Lanes Closed. Accommodations across closed road allowed up until 06h30. No Access beyond Claremont Blvd from 06h30 &#8211; 09h30.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists will be diverted to St Andrews Rd &#8211; Belmont Rd &#8211; Liesbeek Parkway &#8211; 05h00 10h00<\/p>\n<p>H5 Letterstedt \/ Claremont Blvd between Main Rd &amp; Hawthorne Rd &#8211; Full Closure &#8211; 04h00 10h00<\/p>\n<p>H6 Claremont Blvd between Hawthorne Rd &amp; Stanhope St &#8211; Southbound Lanes Closed &#8211; Access Allowedto Claremont Taxi Rank &#8211; 04h00 10h00<\/p>\n<p>H7 Stanhope Rd between Eastbound Claremont Blvd &amp; Palmyra Rd &#8211; Contra-flow set up on Westbound section &#8211; 05h30 10h00<\/p>\n<p>H8 Palmyra Rd between Stanhope Rd &amp; Keurboom Rd &#8211; Full Closure. No Parking Allowed &#8211; 05h30 10h15<\/p>\n<p>H9 Campground Rd between Keurboom Rd &amp; Sandown Rd &#8211; Full Closure. No Parking Allowed &#8211; 05h30 10h15<\/p>\n<p>H10 Sandown Rd between Campground Rd &amp; Milner Rd &#8211; Full Closure &#8211; 06h00 10h25<\/p>\n<p>H11 Milner Rd between Sandown Rd &amp; Greenbank Rd &#8211; Full Closure. Accommodations across closed road allowed up until 06h30. Local Access allowed at Milner Rd \/ Kromboom Rd and right into Sandown Rd ONLY &#8211; 06h00 10h35<\/p>\n<p>H12 Milner Rd between Greenbank Rd &amp; Park Rd &#8211; Northbound Closure.<\/p>\n<p>Local Access allowed atMilner Rd \/ Klipfontein Rd and left into Park Rd ONLY &#8211; 06h00 10h35<\/p>\n<p>H13 Milner Rd between Park Rd &amp; Klipfontein Rd &#8211; Northbound Lanes Closed. Contra-flow from Klipfontein Rd to Park Rd for Local Access ONLY. No access beyond Park Rd \/ Milner Rd &#8211; 05h30 11h00<\/p>\n<p>H14 Klipfontein Rd between Milner Rd &amp; Sawkins Rd &#8211; Full Closure &#8211; 06h15 11h00<\/p>\n<p>H15 Sawkins Rd between Klipfontein Rd &amp; Campground Rd \/ Pillans Rd Circle Full Closure &#8211; 06h15 11h00<\/p>\n<p>H16 Campground Rd between Campground Rd \/ Pillans Rd &amp; Circle Park Rd &#8211; Full Closure &#8211; 06h15 11h00<\/p>\n<p>H17 Park Rd between Campground Rd &amp; Liesbeek Parkway &#8211; Eastbound Lanes closed. Contra-flow from Liesbeek Parkway to Campground Rd to allow local access &#8211; 06h15 11h00<\/p>\n<p>H18 Liesbeek Parkway between N2 &amp; Park Rd &#8211; Southbound Lanes closed. Accommodations across closed road allowed up until 06h45. Contra-flow from Park Rd to N2 &#8211; 05h30 11h30<\/p>\n<p>H19 N2 Offramp onto Liesbeek Parkway &amp; N2 Liesbeek Pkwy &#8211; 05h30 11h30<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Thousands of runners will hit the streets of Cape Town this weekend for the Cape Town Marathon. The event features a number of races over the weekend, with the main event being the 42.2km marathon on Sunday. Runners will on Saturday participate in the 10km Peace Run and trail run. 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