{"id":9234,"date":"2024-06-10T06:20:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T06:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=9234"},"modified":"2024-06-10T06:21:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T06:21:54","slug":"dcs-choir-participates-in-2024-comrades-marathon-opening-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/?p=9234","title":{"rendered":"DCS Choir participates in 2024 Comrades Marathon opening ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9235\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DCS-CHOIR.jpg\" alt=\"DCS CHOIR\" width=\"534\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DCS-CHOIR.jpg 534w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DCS-CHOIR-300x239.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/DCS-CHOIR-400x318.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) participated in the official opening of the 97th edition of the Comrades Marathon and Expo at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre in Durban on 6 June 2014.\u00a0\u00a0The DCS choir was on hand to render a musical item and mesmerised the international audience with their \u201cSigijima iComrades\u201d song.<\/p>\n<p>KwaZulu-Natal Regional Commissioner, Mnikelwa Nxele graced the occasion and echoed National Commissioner, Makgothi Thobakgale\u2019s well wishes to all DCS athletes who will be participating in the ultimate human race.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9236\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/RC-KZN-and-Officials.jpg\" alt=\"RC KZN and Officials\" width=\"353\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/RC-KZN-and-Officials.jpg 353w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/RC-KZN-and-Officials-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 353px) 100vw, 353px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the sidelines, Director: Employee Wellness, Sandile Mthembu said he was happy to be part of the 97th Comrades Marathon edition. \u201cWe are excited that as DCS, we are at the Comrades Marathon yet again with 271 runners. We wish to extend a special appreciation to our partners, Athletic South Africa, for their support. Through our participation as DCS, we are advancing our wellness agenda. The type of environment we work in requires us to be fit,\u201d said Mthembu.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s edition is the 49th up-run since the start of Comrades Marathon and is considered the most difficult.<\/p>\n<p>President of Athletics in DCS, Motsamai Maqoawane wished DCS runners well in this year\u2019s race. \u201cWe are grateful to be at this official opening of the Comrades Marathon. We have also realised that working hand-in-hand with Comrades is advancing our departmental cause for a fit and healthy workforce. We are also indebted to our choir from Durban Correctional Facility for being available to support us at this official opening. With this type of support, we will go far,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9237\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Members-of-the-public-at-exhibition-stall.jpg\" alt=\"Members of the public at exhibition stall\" width=\"435\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Members-of-the-public-at-exhibition-stall.jpg 435w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Members-of-the-public-at-exhibition-stall-300x290.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Members-of-the-public-at-exhibition-stall-400x387.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) participated in the official opening of the 97th edition of the Comrades Marathon and Expo at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre in Durban on 6 June 2014.\u00a0\u00a0The DCS choir was on hand<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1680,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9234"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9238,"href":"\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9234\/revisions\/9238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}