The 2009 Sport Heroes Walk Against HIV/AIDS will take the Heroes from Diepsloot in northern Johannesburg, their first stop, through fifteen more stops ending in the town of Thohoyandou, in the area known as Venda. The distance between each stop This is the route that the Heroes will follow on their way from Johannesburg, ending in Thohoyandou sixteen days later.
Stopovers:
Day 1: Saturday 14/11/09
Diepsloot, Johannesburg
Day 2: Sunday 15/11/09
Johannesburg to Pretoria 76km
Day 3: Monday 16/11/09
Pretoria to Belabela 105km B
R101 to BelaBela
Day 4: Tuesday 17/11/09
Belabela to Thabazimbi 129km
R516 (W) to Doornfontain
R511 (N) to Thabazimbi
Day 5: Wednesday 18/11/09
Thabazimbi to Lephalale 131km
R510 (N) to Ellisras
Day 6: Thursday 19/11/09
Lephalale to Marken 72km Marken
R518 (E) to Marken
Day 7: Friday 20/11/09
Marken to Mokopane 109km Mokopane
R518 (S) to Mokopane
Day 8; Saturday 21/11/09
Mokopane to Lebowakgomo 68km Lebowakgomo
R518 to Lebowakgomo
Day 9; Sunday 22/11/09
Lebowakgomo to Burgersfort 124km Burgersfort
R37 (E) to Burgersfort
Day 10; Monday 23/11/09
Burgersfort to Phalaborwa 169km Phalaborwa
R555
R36 (N) to Phalaborwa
Day 11; Tuesday 24/11/09
Phalaborwa to Tzaneen 112km
R71 to Tzaneen
Day 12: Wednesday 25/11/09
Tzaneen to Pholokwane
R71 (W) to Pholokwane
Day 13: Thursday 26/11/09
Polokwane to Mogwadi 60km
R521 (N) to Vivo
Day 14: Friday 27/11/09
Mogwadi to Alldays 102km
R521 to Alldays
Day 15: Saturday 28/11/09
Alldays to Musina 143km
R521 (N) to Halcyon
R572 (E) to Musina
Day 16: Sunday 29/11/09
Musina to Makhado 95km
N1 (S) to Makhado
Day 17: Monday 30/11/09
Makhado to Giyani 104km
R578 (E) to Giyani
Day 18: Tuesday 1/12/09
Giyani to Thohoyandou 70km
R81 (N) then R524 to Thohoyandou
Total distance is 1 751km
Article on the 2008 Walk
