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A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it's up to you!

13/10/2026

🌳Dorothy Nyembe parkrun by the numbers 🏃‍♂️👟
📆Events: 41
🏁Finishers: 29
🏆Milestones: 0🤷
🆕️First timers at the Dorothy Nyembe parkrun: 6!!!👋🤯
🔢First ever parkrun: 6👋🤗
🦺Volunteers: 8!!!
🥇PBs: 2👏
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒Groups: 2
Afrihost FitClub: 2
parkrun World tourists: 1

You ➕️ 1️⃣ 🟰 2️⃣ times the fun🤪! Friend🫂 or fam🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒, bring them in!

📍 Dorothy Nyembe parkrun
🕗 8:00 AM, every Saturday

05/10/2026

🌳Dorothy Nyembe parkrun by the numbers 🏃‍♂️👟
📆Events: 40
🏁Finishers: 34
🏆Milestones: 2!!! (50 parkruns and a 25 volunteer credits👏)
🆕️First timers at the Dorothy Nyembe parkrun: 6!!!👋🤯
🔢First ever parkrun: 5🖐
🦺Volunteers: 10!!!
🥇PBs: 8!👏
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒Groups: 3
Rand AC: 1
parkrun World tourists: 1
Volunteers parkrun Club (Unofficial): 1

You ➕️ 1️⃣ 🟰 2️⃣ times the fun🤪! Friend🫂 or fam🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒, bring them in!

📍 Dorothy Nyembe parkrun
⏰️ 8:00 AM, every Saturday

30/09/2026

Tutus out! 🩰 This weekend we celebrate 22gether. 🎂 Grab two friends and find your local parkrun!

26/09/2026

39 events down, and the vibe just keeps getting better! 🌳👟

The wind tried to show off🦚, but the sunshine and pure energy from our Dorothy Nyembe parkrun family was not to be overlooked😎. Big love to every parkwalker, parkrunner, and high-viz hero🦺who pulled up and made Saturday morning so special! ☀️💛

💬 Do the math: You + 1 = 2 times the fun!
Drop a comment and tell us who you’re bringing along next Saturday! 👇

📍 Dorothy Nyembe Park
🕗 08:00 AM, every Saturday

📸 Tag us in your finish line photos!

22/09/2026

🌳 Dorothy Nyembe parkrun by the numbers 🏃‍♂️👟
📆Events: 38
🏁Finishers: 24
🏆Milestones: 1!!! (50 parkruns👏)
🆕️First timers at the Dorothy Nyembe parkrun: 9!!!👋🤯
🔢First ever parkrun: 0🤷
🦺Volunteers: 7!!!
🥇PBs: 7!👏
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒Groups: 4
Boksburg AC: 1
Volunteers parkrun Club(Unofficial): 1
Soweto Cabal AC: 1
Team Vitality: 1

You ➕️ 1️⃣ 🟰 2️⃣ times the fun🤪! Friend🫂 or fam🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒, bring them in!

📍 Dorothy Nyembe parkrun
⏰️ 8:00 AM, every Saturday

19/09/2026

Event #38 done👌 and dusted✔️! Windy🍃, chilly🥶, but definitely worthy of doing it all over again next Saturday👍. We had a small group of people🤷‍♀️, but they all had big hearts🫀, big smiles😁, and big personalities 🤪 and even had a big milestones🏅!

And if you want to join in, even if its to volunteer🦺, cheer👏 or voluncheer😉, get yourself to the 🌳 every Saturday at 8:00 AM🕗

17/09/2026

Bloom🌺, blossoms🪷, barcodes🪪 and bees🐝.
Beautiful, bright🌞 with a slight bit🤏 of breeze🌬.
Boasting🗣 your personal bests will become,
Better when you bring those bests to parkrun👟.
So... Spring🌱 into parkrun🌳, for blossoms🪷 and barcodes🪪

Free, for everyone, Forever!

15/09/2026

Can you jump, skip, stroll, strut🤔? How about a simple walk, jog, run🏃‍➡️? Maybe you're a cartwheeler🤸, a prancer, a sashayer💃? Can you do any of these while you talk🗨? Yes to any of these questions means your a shoe in👟, because you can and should... Spring🌱 into parkrun for walks 🚶‍♀️‍➡️ and talks🗣

Free, for everyone, Forever!

14/09/2026

🌳 Dorothy Nyembe parkrun by the numbers 🏃‍♂️👟
📆Events: 37
🏁Finishers: 25
🏆Milestones: 0
🆕️First timers at the Dorothy Nyembe parkrun: 1!👋
🔢First ever parkrun: 6!!!👋🤯
🦺Volunteers: 10!!!🤯
🥇PBs: 2✌️
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒Groups: 3
Bellville Athletics Club : 1
RAC - Rand Athletic Club: 1
Afrihost FitClub: 1

You ➕️ 1️⃣ 🟰 2️⃣ times the fun🤪! Friend🫂 or fam🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒, bring them in!

📍 Dorothy Nyembe parkrun
⏰️ 8:00 AM, every Saturday

12/09/2026

Event #37 was bright 🔆, beautiful😍 and buzzing🐝 with great vibrations! With 25 finishers, registering 4 new parkrunners on site🌳! Want to Spring🌱 us a visit, maybe even help us out and register more parkrunners🤔? Send us a direct message or an email📧 to [email protected], we're not too bee-sy🐝 for you😉.

Address

Matlala Street, Meadowlands West Zone 10
Soweto
1863

Opening Hours

07:30 - 09:30

Website

https://www.parkrun.co.za/dorothynyembe

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