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Gugulethu goes gaga for go-karts

wo large wheelchair wheels and two dustbin wheels. Wooden planks, bearings, rods and nails. These are the materials children have used in Gugulethu to build gokarts to race through the township’s streets. They did so as part of a recent two-day competition called New Race Go-Kart Tournament, which ran over a weekend. Hosted by Nulife Activities, the non-governmental organisation got permission from residents to

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