{"id":1505,"date":"2025-06-10T20:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T20:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/2025\/06\/10\/northern-cape-department-of-health-staff-conqure-the-2025-comrades-marathon\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T20:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T20:25:08","slug":"northern-cape-department-of-health-staff-conqure-the-2025-comrades-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/2025\/06\/10\/northern-cape-department-of-health-staff-conqure-the-2025-comrades-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"NORTHERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH STAFF CONQURE THE 2025 COMRADES MARATHON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1500\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/SisLU.jpg\" style=\"width: 169px; height: 300px;\" width=\"720\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/SisLU.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/SisLU-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/SisLU-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1501\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/Thlogi.jpg\" style=\"width: 225px; height: 300px;\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/Thlogi.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/Thlogi-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/Thlogi-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1502\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/Chipungu.jpg\" style=\"width: 169px; height: 300px;\" width=\"720\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/Chipungu.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/Chipungu-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/Chipungu-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1503\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/Tshepo.jpg\" style=\"width: 225px; height: 300px;\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/Tshepo.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/Tshepo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/Tshepo-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1504\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/Kirimi.jpg\" style=\"width: 220px; height: 267px;\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/Kirimi.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/Kirimi-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/Kirimi-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are incredibly proud of our colleagues who took on the ultimate human race &mdash; the 2025 Comrades Marathon and crossed the finish line with strength, determination and heart!&nbsp;Your commitment to health, wellness and endurance reflects the very spirit of our department. Whether on the road or in the healthcare system, you continue to inspire us all with your dedication.A special congratulations to:<br \/>\nDr Keith Kirimi, Ms Lulu Mxekezo, Dr Tshepo Peloeole, Mr Hachiyona Chipungu and Mr Letlhogonolo Maretela, you&rsquo;ve made the Northern Cape Department of Health proud.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are incredibly proud of our colleagues who took on the ultimate human race &mdash; the 2025 Comrades Marathon and crossed the finish line with strength, determination and heart!&nbsp;Your commitment to health, wellness and endurance reflects the very spirit of our department. Whether on the road or in the healthcare system, you continue to inspire<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/2025\/06\/10\/northern-cape-department-of-health-staff-conqure-the-2025-comrades-marathon\/\" class=\"themebutton2\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northerncape.gov.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}