Munnik Meerkat Mountainbike Challenge

Objectives of the Race

• To raise funds for the restoration and development of Munnik Village, thereby creating a wonderful historic railway village.
• Create employment and empower local communities, through community projects and private enterprise.
• Create an awareness of the wildlife areas surrounding Munnik.

Munnik Farmers (Pty) Limited is one of the oldest Farmers' Association in South Africa, founded on the 23^rd of February 1917. Munnik once supported a busy local farming community, including a railway station, community hall, post office, garage, general dealer, clinic, butchery, sports fields and schools. However, times and technology have changed, most of the cattle farms are now conservation areas, filled with plains game - some even have buffalo.

The tiny village of Munnik needs urgent attention to return to her former glory as the most beautiful railway station in South Africa - an honour bestowed on her in the past. We hope that through the fund-raising of this race and other events hosted by the Munnik community, we will be able to achieve this and help Munnik to become sustainable once more through the development of much needed community projects.