Cacisile Sosibo arrives at Sunday’s Absa RUN YOUR CITY TSHWANE 10K with her confidence humming like a well-tuned racing shoe and a season that is gathering serious pace.
The 28-year-old Boxer Athletics Club runner has already produced the finest 10km campaign of her career. Her 32:16 personal best at the SPAR Women’s Grand Prix Durban leg in June was followed by a superb sixth place in the Absa RUN YOUR CITY DURBAN 10K, where she clocked 32:36 against a formidable international field.
That Durban breakthrough put wind beneath her wings.
“Tshwane is a tougher course with hills at altitude, so I’m not expecting a PB. My target is to race smart and run with the lead pack for as long as possible,” Sosibo said.
Her consistency has become the engine of her resurgence. She has broken 32:45 three times this season and added another encouraging performance at the Totalsports Women’s Race Joburg on Sunday, finishing third in 34:01 less than 24 hours after winning the senior women’s 10km title at the Central Gauteng Cross Country Championships.
“Things have been going well for me this year. I feel like the Cacisile who was competing back in 2023. I’m coming back slowly but surely.”
That 2023 version of Sosibo remains an important marker. At the World Road Running Championships in Riga, she finished 10th in the half marathon in 1:09:31, a personal best forged on the global stage.
Now coached by legendary mentor Michael ‘Sponge’ Seme, who also guided four-time Olympian Stephen Mokoka, Sosibo has rediscovered the rhythm that turns hard training into hard racing.
“Durban was amazing for me this year. I ran a PB at SPAR and got a top-six finish at the Absa RUN YOUR CITY DURBAN 10K, which gave me a big confidence boost.”
Tshwane will present a different beast. The hills and altitude can turn a 10km into a tactical tug-of-war, demanding patience on the climbs and courage when the road tilts skyward.
Michael Meyer, Managing Director of Stillwater Sports, believes Sosibo has earned the right to dream big.
“Cacisile’s 2026 season has been hugely encouraging, and her sixth-place finish in Durban showed that she can compete with a strong international field,” Meyer said. “We’re looking forward to seeing her build on that performance in Tshwane.”
With the race sold out, Stanza Bopape Street in Arcadia will become a river of runners from 08:00. Sosibo’s challenge is simple on paper and mountainous in execution: stay with the leaders, climb with composure and finish with enough fuel in the tank to make the final kilometres count.
For a runner who says she is “coming back slowly but surely”, Tshwane could provide another giant stride.
