Mantshwabisi spectators a menace to competitors

Mantshwabisi, as local fans commonly call the event, remains the most attended sporting event in the country with close to 200,000 spectators attending the three-day spectacle. Last weekend, South African biker, Bernhart Hofman-de Vries who was competing in the High School category, was hit by a spectator’s vehicle on Saturday morning. The vehicle entered the terrace and hit the biker just before noon leaving the young biker with a broken femur while his bike was crashed. Hofman-de Vries is hospitalised in Johannesburg.

Speaking to Mmegi Sport yesterday, Botswana Motor Sport vice president, Vincent Crosbie stated that spectators have been a menace to the competition as they put both their lives and those of the bikers in danger.