Lenasians shine at shortened Cape Cycle tour
With the raging fire that engulfed Cape Town recently and caused so much of damage and panic within the tourist industry and nearby residential areas one would expect that the Cape Cycle Tour scheduled...
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Massive turnout at karate tournamen
Lenasia saw the karate tournament hosted by the Mohan Hira Karate Centre at the Alpha Primary School hall on Saturday, May 23 bursting at the seams. The venue, in fact, was too small. The Centre...
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Lenasia proud of runners in Comrades Marathon 2015
Lenasia and the Lenasia Athletic Club (LAC) are proud once more as some members of the club went about participating in the 90th version of the Comrades Marathon 2015, which had their fair share of ups...
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Punjab kid Satnam Singh first Indian to be drafted into NBA
Born in a small village in Punjab, this 19-year-old, seven-feet-two tall basketballer has just become the first basketball player from India to be drafted into the NBA. Trending for the right reasons,...
View ArticleKaratekas in full training for world championships
A strong contingent of karatekas from Mohan Hira’s Karate Centre are in full swing in preparation for the forthcoming 17th World Funokoshi Shotogun Karate Association Championships to be held in South...
View ArticleRunners getting ready for the road
As the season for road runners to come out from the winter, Comrades Marathon and the fasting month blues some are already preparing themselves to get into shape for the road that lies ahead. Summer is...
View ArticleJaco de Waal wins 2015 Powerlifting push-pull championships
Primal Sports Nutrition recently hosted the 2015 Rhino Powerlifting push-pull championships. Push-pull is composed of the bench press and dead-lift events. Competitors are given three attempts to...
View ArticleLenasia’s Kamlesh and Dharmesh take on Powerade Lost City Cycle
The 2015 Powerade Lost City cycle challenge was held at the Sun City resort, this the first seeding race post the winter season. Although many may argue that August is still part of winter, but in...
View ArticleGauteng AMS Cricket team ready for action at national competition
Gauteng Muslim schools affiliated to the Associated Muslim Schools (AMS) are all set to take on other provinces as they went about putting together a T20 team for the Associated Muslim Schools Under 19...
View ArticleLenasia’s Kamlesh and Dharmesh take on Powerade Lost City Cycle
Cycle Club Lenasia’s (CCL) Kamlesh Valla and Dharmesh Rawjee took the opener for the season Powerade Lost City Cycle Challenge head on, the past Sunday, August 15 with a bit favourable weather...
View ArticleJoin the Walk for peace and unity
Walking five kilometres is what you, our communities, are being asked to undertake by joining the Rising Sun’s first ever 750km peace walk from Johannesburg to Durban. The community is invited to...
View ArticleLenasia KFKR Karate kids make national team
One of Lenasia’s fastest growing Martial Arts schools, KFKR (Ex Seido) is excelling beyond expectations in the various forms of this art. The club, headed by Chief Instructor, Sensei Afzal Dawood...
View ArticleWhat a soccer showpiece – Tigers
What a show it turned out to be over the past weekend when the Tigers Football family put out a massive soccer extravaganza. Hats off to Mohamed Said Adam ( Tiger president) and his great band of...
View ArticleGandhi Peace Walk day 3- blisters and sore legs
Day three of the Gandhi Peace Walk commenced this morning from Greylingstad. The 14 day walk commenced from the Lenasia Rising Sun offices on Saturday, September 19 with participants showing tons of...
View ArticleHira’s Karate Centre excells
The Mohan Hira Karate Centre members outdid themselves on an international and 67 bronze. The 17th Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Organisation (FSKO) World Cup, held in Randburg at the Walter Sisulu Hall,...
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Gandhi Peace Walk – Day 5 , 9 days to go
After a shot break at 12 pm, our walkers have proceeded from Perdekop and are now heading towards Volksrust. The expected time of arrival at Volksrust is 14.30 pm, after a grueling 7 hour 30 minutes...
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Gandhi Peace Walk Day 6 – 15km towards Newcastle
CEO of The Rising Sun Community Newspapers, Vijay Maharaj and President of the Mahatma Gandhi Remembrance Organisation, Mr Mohan Hira amongst other dedicated participants, who have embarked on a 750km...
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Gandhi Peace Walk Day 7 – 61.2 km to Dundee
With the temperatures at about 34’C, walkers are 25 km away from Newcastle and are heading towards Dundee. Suffering from blisters, knee aches and ankle aches, in scorching hot weather, the...
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Gandhi Peace Walk- Braving scotching weekend weather
Having braved extreme weather conditions over the Weekend, the Gandhi Peace Walkers let nothing get in their way this past weekend. Day 8 kicked off with the walkers heading to Ladysmith from Dundee...
View ArticleWATCH: Gandhi Peace Walk Day 11
Video: Elaine Naidoo The post WATCH: Gandhi Peace Walk Day 11 appeared first on Rising Sun Lenasia.
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