There’s a lekker new event on the block, and it looks to have serious potential to not only bring together many of the players in South Africa’s ever-rising sport of spin, but spread the love of the motorsport.
You’ll no doubt know that spinning has been Mzansi’s fastest growing sport for some time, and many organisers have been striving to gain the support and recognition our homegrown sport deserves. With the start of new series Wie’s die Hond se Baas, it looks to reaching that tipping point.
Here’s how the story has developed. Gayton McKenzie, the recently appointed Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, is a man who understands the important place of spinning in SA townships.
In the past month, his support and intention to grow and regulate spin…