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CANSA Active Runners Tackle Totalsports Two Oceans Ultra-Marathon and Half Marathon

Our CANSA Active staff can’t wait to meet all the Totalsports Two Ocean Marathon (TTOM) participants when they collect their race packs at CTICC, Cape Town at the TTOM Expo, the largest running-related expo in the Western Cape. Look out for our CANSA Active Stand D at CTICC 1, from 13 – 15 April 2023. Please also support our CANSA Active runners in the Ultra Marathon and Half Marathon who are raising funds online for CANSA…

Posted on 12 Apr 2023

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CANSA Active at the 2023 Cape Town Cycle Tour Expo

The Cape Town Cycle Tour Lifecycle Expo is South Africa’s leading cycling, health and fitness exhibition and our CANSA Active team is excited to be there to show off our newly branded CANSA Active gear. We look forward to seeing you there!

Posted on 8 Mar 2023

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Grey College Old Boys Support CANSA Active at the Cape Town Cycle Tour 2023

CANSA Active can’t wait for the 45th Cape Town Cycle Tour on 12 March 2023. Watch out for our stall at the Expo! We are privileged to have the 150 Shades of Grey College Old Boy riders riding for CANSA once more. One school making a difference! Please support them by making an online donation towards their fundraising project…

Posted on 8 Mar 2023

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CANSA Active Riders at ABSA Cape Epic 19 – 26 March 2023

CANSA is thrilled to have five teams riding for CANSA Active at the ABSA Cape Epic. CANSA Active volunteers will be manning water points and providing free sunscreen for riders courtesy of SunSmart CANSA Seal of Recognition Partner, Ocean Freedom. We look forward to seeing you supporting our riders! Funds raised support CANSA’s care and support services to cancer patients, loved ones and caregivers…

Posted on 8 Mar 2023

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Fifty CANSA Active Swimmers at 50th Anniversary of the Aquellé Midmar Mile

CANSA Active was recently represented at the 50th Anniversary of the Aquellé Midmar Mile (the world’s largest open water swim) by 50 swimmers, 11 – 12 February 2023. This was the 5th year that CANSA Active swimmers participated in this event and our swimmers looked amazing in their newly launched CANSA Active branded swimwear. A huge thank you to our CANSA Active Swimmers for raising much needed funds for CANSA’s care and support programmes assisting cancer patients, loved ones and caregivers…

Posted on 7 Mar 2023

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CANSA Active and Sox Footwear Collaborate to Provide Socks and UV Protective Sleeves

Sox Footwear and CANSA Active have joined forces in an exciting collaboration aimed at promoting an active, healthy, balanced lifestyle while raising awareness and funds for CANSA’s fight against cancer in South Africa. The collaboration features a range of CANSA Active socks and UV 50+ protective sleeve designs that are available for purchase online…

Posted on 5 Mar 2023

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Support our CANSA Active Virgin Active SA Ride Joburg Riders

We are so proud of our CANSA Active cyclists riding to support CANSA this weekend at the Virgin Active SA Ride Joburg challenge! We wish them strong legs and lots of luck for their races! These cyclists are doing what they love and being ambassadors for an active, balanced lifestyle which helps lower personal cancer risk, while raising much needed funds for CANSA’s education programmes to lower cancer risk and for support services to those affected by cancer…

Posted on 19 Nov 2022

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Battle Cry of a cancer Survivor “Today we Cry, Tomorrow we Fight!”

Zakithi Mgiliya, Hodgkins’ Lymphoma cancer Survivor and cyclist for CANSA Active in the Virgin Active SA Ride Joburg 2022, shares about her cancer journey and how cycling helped her through. “One thing I have learned from this journey is that there are a handful of things that truly matter in anybody’s life. Identify those things and enjoy them because in the twinkle of an eye, your life can flip into the unimaginable. So, live like the breath you are taking now, is your last.” 

Posted on 19 Nov 2022

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Look Out for CANSA Active at the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon

CANSA is proud and thankful to be a beneficiary of the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon taking place 15 – 16 October 2022. Look out for our CANSA Active stand at the Expo (DHL Cape Town Stadium), alongside Sanlam, from 13 – 15 October. The Expo will display our exciting and affordable CANSA Active merchandise and Ocean Freedom sunscreen, SunSmart choice which recently was awarded the CANSA Seal of Recognition in the protection category, will also be available. CANSA is thrilled to be manning a hydration station (Albion & Campground Road in Rondebosch). Look out for our bright, enthusiastic CANSA Active volunteers. We are grateful to Sanlam for sponsoring our CANSA Active volunteers’ t-shirts. You can make an online donation to support our runners who are raising funds online…

Posted on 10 Oct 2022

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Bounce to Fitness with CANSA & ReboundSA

1st October 2022 will be a National Rebounding Day in South Africa. CANSA is once again partnering with ReboundSA to present the second National Bounce-A-thon across the country on Saturday 1 October…

Posted on 12 Sep 2022

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