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Chibana, the daring young cyclist making waves

On the bike: Chibana
On the bike: Chibana

Within a single season of the 2023 Motor-Cycling races and after appearing in just under 10 competitions in South Africa and at a young age of 13 years, Elang Myma Chibana continues to set and break motor-cycling records.

So successful has Chibana been in a short space of time that at some stage and for a whole season of 2023, she was not even n aware that she had already achieved a feat of ever getting to a podium position in South Africa’s motor-cycling competitions.

Because of the very fierce and tough competition in South Africa, this is one mission that she had been battling with for the rest of her just over five-year career. Just when she and her team thought they had ultimately accomplished that podium finish recently on November 25 2023, when she finished third, they would, to their surprise learn that she had actually performed even better earlier in the year on January 28 after finishing second.

Editor's Comment
Depression is real; let's take care of our mental health

It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...

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