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Project CPT
Paki Lawu leaves Johannesburg on foot and doesn’t stop until Cape Town. Every kilometre is for prostate cancer awareness.
Send-off 21 November 2026 · 21 November to 19 December 2026
- 1 485kilometres
- 29days, no rest day
- ~51km every day
- 1runner
“I lost my grandfather to cancer. Now I’m running across South Africa in his honour.”
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Movember, on purpose
The run starts in the heart of Movember, while the country is already talking about men’s health.
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Caught early, it’s survivable
Prostate cancer is among the most survivable cancers when it’s found early. The run exists to get men tested.
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A question a day
Will he make it? Asked daily for a month, that’s what turns a run into a story the country follows.
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Every town is a stage
Locals run stretches alongside Paki, and the finish in Cape Town becomes a public arrival.
One town at a time
Out of Sandton, past both Mandela homes and through Soweto, then down the Golden Highway to the Vaal. After that it’s over 1 250 km on the N1, through Bloemfontein and the Karoo. Near the end it climbs Bain’s Kloof Pass and finishes at the V&A Waterfront.
- Day 1 Johannesburg Start Send-off, Saturday 21 November
- Day 2 Vaal 86 km
- Day 5 Kroonstad 232 km
- Day 9 Bloemfontein 448 km
- Day 14 Colesberg 689 km
- Day 21 Beaufort West 1 012 km
- Day 25 Laingsburg 1 213 km
- Day 28 Worcester 1 377 km
- Day 29 Paarl 1 415 km
- Day 29 Cape Town 1 485 km Finish at the V&A Waterfront, Saturday 19 December
See the full stage plan on projectcpt.com (opens in a new tab)
Filmed daily
A daily post from the road, a weekly documentary episode and the arrival in Cape Town. This is the build-up so far.
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Ten places to join in
Influencers, running clubs and the public run 5 to 10 km with Paki at ten points on the route, always on town roads and never on the highway.
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Saturday 21 November 2026
Day 1: Live Cafe to Mandela House
The send-off, from Live Cafe in Sandton. Run 5 km to Houghton or 10 km to Zoo Lake, past Mandela’s Houghton home.
R120, limited to 200 runners each
Get a ticket on projectcpt.com (opens in a new tab) -
Saturday 19 December 2026
The run into Cape Town
The finish. Start with a 10 km from Ysterplaat or a 5 km from Paarden Eiland, and cross the line together at the V&A Waterfront.
R120, limited to 200 runners each
Get a ticket on projectcpt.com (opens in a new tab)
Free community run-ins
- Vaal
- Kroonstad
- Bloemfontein
- Colesberg
- Beaufort West
- Laingsburg
- Worcester
- Paarl
Register for a free join-in on projectcpt.com (opens in a new tab)
R1 000 000
The goal, raised for prostate cancer initiatives. The live total and every donation are listed on projectcpt.com.
Donate on projectcpt.com (opens in a new tab)Where the money goes
- Prostate cancer initiatives
- Awareness, education, early detection and screening for men.
- The cost of the run
- A portion covers travel, accommodation, logistics, safety, support and production.
After the run, the total raised, what the run cost and the amount given to prostate cancer initiatives will all be published. Project CPT is not a registered charity, so no tax certificate is issued.
Already moving
Twenty-nine days of daily content, a national route and a finish line built as a public event, with a projected 4 to 5 million campaign impressions.
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Official deodorant partner
We build campaigns people follow
A national route, daily content and a public finish line, run by the team that would run yours.