16 June 2001
A member of the South African Police Services (SAPS) from Mafikeng in North West, Andrew Kelehe, won the 90km Comrades Marathon from Pietermaritzburg to Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. Kelehe dedicated his win to his late baby daughter who died at the age of eighteen months in February 2000. He won the down run marathon in the second-fastest time of 5 hours 25 min 51 sec, the first SA Black man to win since Sam Tshabalala in 1989.
References
Burger, D. (ed)(2002). South Africa Yearbook 2001/02, Pretoria: GCIS, p. 509|Xinhuanet., (2001), 'South African Policeman Wins "Comrade Marathon"', from xinhuanet, 17 June, [online], Available at news.xinhuanet.com [Accessed: 11 June 2014]