Jwaneng and Matshwabisi are firmly enshrined in local motor racing folklore as are the names of such enduro drivers as Duncan Vos, Anthony Taylor and Giniel De Villiers. It is therefore only a matter of time before other tenacious characters show their mantle in a race renown for its harsh terrains and unparalleled toughness. Those names are locals who are writing their own personal scripts of triumph over adversity.
The veteran South African driver Chris Visser along with his experienced navigator Phillip Herselman defied the odds to win the Toyota Kalahari Desert Race 1000 in a Toyota Hilux in Selibi Phikwe, a small mining town in eastern Botswana on the final day of the race.
The Ministry of Environment, Natural Resource Conservation and Tourism has hailed talented local motorsport champion, Ross Branch for his outstanding representation for country and display at the just ended 2019 Dakar Rally in Peru, South America.
