Kyalami
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Sep 25, 2026
Motheo KhoaripeHOST
Now, for F1 fans, the big dream is not only being in Monaco to watch the F1, but it's also being at home, uh, right at our doorstep to see, uh, those cars whizzing past and seeing some of the great drivers here on our shores.
Motheo KhoaripeHOST
Whether it's in Cape Town on the Atlantic seaboard or in Kyalami here in Johannesburg, that's still a big dream for most South Africans.
Motheo KhoaripeHOST
And it's a dream that's looking more and more attainable, right? So South Africa looking to, uh, make sure that they're up to standard in terms of hosting these events in the next few years.
Motheo KhoaripeHOST
Major international motorsport destination South Africa is trying to be, with Kyalami set to host Africa's first Michelin twenty-four hour series race in twenty twenty-seven, and Cape Town targeting a return of the Formula One in twenty thirty-one.
Motheo KhoaripeHOST
But what would it take to make sure that South Africa can achieve this? I'm joined by Ngobile Ndlovu, uh, founder of Cash and Sport Research and Advisory.
Motheo KhoaripeHOST
Ngobile, a big, big dream, but one that seems quite attainable the, the more we go into it, uh, given that the funding privately is now a possible thing, but also, uh, just facilities that we could possibly get.
Ngobile NdlovuGUEST
Good evening.
Ngobile NdlovuGUEST
Um, the standards required, um, to, to host a, a, a, an event.
Julian RyderHOST
It-
Stu ShentonGUEST
It was the first time it happened, it was Kyalami, wasn't it? When it was scorching hot.
Julian RyderHOST
It was, yeah.
Stu ShentonGUEST
That first South African Grand Prix, I remember.
Nqobile NdlovuGUEST
I'm just looking at the facts and figures around the possibility of it happening within the timeframe.
Nqobile NdlovuGUEST
But absolutely, I mean, Kyalami is constrained by the fact that you can't really build wider, right? These guys would be coming in with a completely new project where there's no limitations in terms of this is the size.
Nqobile NdlovuGUEST
If you've ever tried to get into Kailaami for the Kailaami 9-hour, you know what I mean.
Nqobile NdlovuGUEST
It's very difficult.
Jeremy MaggsHOST
New questions are growing over who really controls 2.6 billion rand meant for transport and logistics workers.
Jeremy MaggsHOST
International Motorsport returning to Kyalami next year with a landmark 24-hour African first.
Jeremy MaggsHOST
And township spending is revealing a very different picture of how South African consumers are coping.
Jeremy MaggsHOST
It's Friday, the 25th of September.
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Jeremy MaggsHOST
There is also another motorsport story developing as well, South Africa continuing to chase the The return of Formula One, while a new 6.7 billion rand privately backed circuit is proposed for the Swartland in the Western Cape.
Jeremy MaggsHOST
That's targeting an F1 race by 2031.
Jeremy MaggsHOST
But specifically, let's talk about Kyalami.
Jeremy MaggsHOST
And I'm in conversation now with Christo Kruger, who speaks for Porsche South Africa.
Dan CorderHOST
And then he inevitably ignored that and then revised the timelines and is now saying maybe 2028 or 2029.
Dan CorderHOST
He's been insisting it'll be at Kyalami, the iconic old track that used to host Formula One until what, 1993? It's complicated.
Dan CorderHOST
It's complicated, and we're going to get there.
Dan CorderHOST
This new plan is also to bring back MotoGP, which is motorcycle racing at the highest level, which was most recently in South Africa.
JamesHOST
It tracks all the way back to our history with Formula 1.
JamesHOST
Formula 1, not even necessarily Formula 1 strictly, but Formula level races, tracks all the way back to the mid-20th century.
JamesHOST
And we had races at Kyalami from the late 60s, I want to say 67, all the way till 85.
JamesHOST
But you can go and watch James' Skidonk episode on this from
John HindhaughHOST
Yeah, Kyle Army was announced the first ever 24 hours at Kyle Army, which has rich endurance history with the nine hours going back way, way back.
John DagysGUEST
Yeah, the last time there was an international running of a sports car race at Kyalami was 2023 with Intercontinental GT Challenge.
John DagysGUEST
I think there was three or four races there in succession through the COVID years.
John DagysGUEST
And the first year had a great grid.
John DagysGUEST
And- Perhaps maybe it's just a one-off because it's filling in for the place of the Michelin 24 Hours of Dubai, which has been canceled for this coming year due to the current situation in the Middle East.
John DagysGUEST
A credit for Ventec and everybody there for making the proactive decision to announce now and not wait late till later for that.
John DagysGUEST
But the 24 hours of Kyalami will be scheduled on the same weekend as Dubai, January 8th through 10th, which is two weeks before the ROAR, three weeks before the Rolex 24.
John DagysGUEST
So that's...
Jimmy MoyahaHOST
And I want to take a look at that.
Jimmy MoyahaHOST
We have for the longest time debated the commercial aspects of hosting Formula One, whether we're hosting it in the Western Cape, whether we're hosting it at Kyalami.
Jimmy MoyahaHOST
But the overarching conversation has always been the longer lasting impact of that this has the potential to have.
Jimmy MoyahaHOST
Can we take a look at that and take a look at how it is that this complex that you have proposed could sustain the economy around it? Because it is more than, as you said, more than just about the race day itself and about the race weekend itself.
Jimmy MoyahaHOST
And I want to take a look at that.
Jimmy MoyahaHOST
We have for the longest time debated the commercial aspects of hosting Formula One, whether we're hosting it in the Western Cape, whether we're hosting it at Kyalami.
Jimmy MoyahaHOST
But the overarching conversation has always been the longer lasting impact of that this has the potential to have can we take a look at that and take a look at how it is that this complex that you have proposed could sustain the economy around it because it is more than as you said more than just about the race day itself and about the race weekend itself
Neal FronemanGUEST
yeah so first of all let me tell you a bit about the the complex because as i say it's not a It's not just a racetrack.
Carla VelteCORRESPONDENT
Is there any thinking about that going on?
Tim HeinemannGUEST
I mean, we are discussing already about Kyalami.
Tim HeinemannGUEST
For sure, it will be a nice event.
Tim HeinemannGUEST
It's a shame that Dubai is not happening.
Tim HeinemannGUEST
But yeah, we are planning already.
Tim HeinemannGUEST
Full championship, I don't know.
Tim HeinemannGUEST
But for sure, at least Kyalami.
Carla VelteCORRESPONDENT
Fantastic.
Nick HarrisHOST
...
Nick HarrisHOST
it was Kyalami, was it? Kyalami, the first race.
Freddie SpencerGUEST
Yes.
Nick HarrisHOST
And it was scorching, scorching hot.
Freddie SpencerGUEST
And so I thought, "Okay, the 500 race." The only thing I was concerned about was we had been struggling to get the front...
Freddie SpencerGUEST
A- again, because we haven't been able to run the 500 under race conditions except Daytona, you know, where I won the race there.
Freddie SpencerGUEST
So we get to Kyalami, and we're a little bit concerned.
Freddie SpencerGUEST
But I thought, "Okay, I got this covered," I think.
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