Mark Heywood
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Sep 11, 2026
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- Jul 13, 2026
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How a humble Soweto parkrun can cultivate community joy (opens the original)
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In Sowetoâs Dorothy Nyembe Park, parkrunâs understated weekly ritual united legends like Bruce Fordyce with grassroots volunteers, proving running can rebuild community and hope. Dorothy Nyembe park is a rundown and neglected park in Dobsonville, Soweto, named after one of the brave heroes who sacrificed her life for the right to freedom, equality and dignity in South Africa. On the morning of Saturday, 5 September 2026, the park was host to a significant, but unheralded, event. At just befo
South Africa needs an emergency food plan â now (opens the original)
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The question is no longer whether we have enough evidence of hunger. We do. It is whether we have enough political will to act on it. South Africa produces enough food to feed all its people, yet millions go hungry. This is not a failure of agricultural production. It is a failure of affordability, distribution, inequality and political will. The evidence is not abstract. It is measured in empty stomachs, children going to bed without food, parents skipping meals so their children can eat, and,
Orwellâs Roses: A beautiful meditation on writing and truth (opens the original)
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I would like to write that Orwellâs Roses is one of the most architecturally imaginative and beautiful books I have ever read. Thatâs true. But I also know that â despite the parasitic nature of the systems human beings have constructed to satisfy our needs â our species does have an exquisite capability for imagination and invocation and that our civilisation is replete with beautiful writing, past and present. Orwellâs Roses by Rebecca Solnit is an outstanding work of writing and tho
A userâs guide to most of Gautengâs parkruns: Revised edition (opens the original)
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Every Saturday morning, every week of the year (extreme weather, war or pandemics permitting), at 8am, in 22 countries (and rising) around the world, more than 350,000 people gather in their local parks to participate in a volunteer-managed run known simply as parkrun. The world is awash with parkruns. The numbers grow every week. Once they get the bug, parkrunners can be quite OCD about their weekly run-fest. I started parkrunning in 2019 and I hope to hit 200 this year. I go back week after we
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