Cape Town
For three years, Rhonda has run the Cape Town Marathon as part of the Endurocad Girls empowerment program led by Elana Meyer — a former Olympian in long distance running.
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Elana is the CEO of Endurocad, a non-profit aimed at helping South Africans through athletics, education, and women's & girls' empowerment.
Rhonda and Elana met in 2018 to do the Cape Town Marathon with Endurocad together and formed an incredible bond over sports and impacting & empowering women. Rhonda has since done the marathon three times with Endurocad. Each year, she speaks at a women's lunch and to students in addition to running the marathon.
Captains of Industry
In 2019, Rhonda was invited to the Captains of Industry Run4Change Breakfast organized by the Cape Times newspaper, where she spoke alongside the Cape Town Marathon race director and former Springbok captain Francois Pienaar, among others.
Press
A royal opportunity to run and make a difference
(2021) “Don’t let anyone squash your dreams. Connect with others around you – the bonds you make with people will become the most important thing in your life,” said influential global technology executive, two-time author, team leader and ultra-distance triathlete (Ironman 70.3 miles), Rhonda Vetere, who is in Cape Town to run the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon in support of Elana van Zyl’s Endurocad Young Women Empowerment programme."
Does the end of an historic rivalry mark a new era for these two sporting icons?
(2021) "Budd was also roped in to join Endurocad’s team to run the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon to raise funds and profile for their young women empowerment programme. Budd’s ‘running mates’ on the team included Van Zyl, former distance running champion KZN’s …Blanche Moila, American technology executive, Rhonda Vetere and high profile corporate and sporting leader, Naiema Abrahams. Budd and Van Zyl’s presence together created a moment in South African sporting history.
“It was all about coming together,” said Vetere. “The bond we have is so strong and I would readily do it again. I bonded with Naiema and we ran together for much of the race. We took it easy because I had come off four ironman’s and had two other significant races ahead of me – Serengeti and the New York Marathon in successive weeks (total of 173 km in just 14 days). But we had lots of fun!"
Life-changing stories shared at Captain’s Challenge breakfast
(2019) Sanlam Cape Town Marathon race director Janet Welham, US businesswoman Rhonda Vetere, advocate Marukgwane Moremogolo, former Springbok captain Francois Pienaar, Peace Run’s Shree Chirkoot and Sanlam Athletics Club member Benjamin Marlow at the Cape Times Captains Challenge Run For Change Breakfast. Photo: Ayanda Ndamane / African News Agency (ANA)
