Deep in the Soweto badlands, between car scrap shops and evangelical churches, a diminutive teenage girl showcases her determination to become South Africa's greatest "spinning" star.

South Africa is the only place spinning could have started. Home to 850,000 people and a history bathed in the blood of the 1976 youth uprisings, Soweto is a town accustomed to danger, to violence ...

'Spinning' cars turns lives around in South Africa Close From being associated with gangsters in the 1990s, "motor spinning'' has now become a legal and fast-growing spectator sport.

Known in South Africa as a gusheshe, its durability helped cement its status among the spinning community. "It's a car that can handle all the punishment that we take it through," Thubane added.

The testosterone tang of aftershave and burnt tyres wafts over an asphalt track outside Johannesburg, where hundreds gather to watch cars skid into circles at dizzying speed, stunt performers ...

A look inside South Africa's grassroots spinning scene, which sees enthusiasts shredding tires and pulling wild stunts in old BMWs. The motorsport has roots in gangsterism; we examine its struggle ...

South Africa’s newly-appointed minister of sports – a self-described former gangster – wants to promote a sport that has associations with South African gangster culture. The sport of ...

South African spinner Nalo Jivhuho, 40, also known as Dankie Darlie, poses in one of her cars during a practice in Nasrec, Johannesburg, on August 07, 2024.

New generation pushing to take spinning out of South Africa’s criminal underworld and make it a legitimate sport in the new democratic era Stacey-Lee May drives her car during a round of ...

'Spinning' cars turns lives around in South Africa Close From being associated with gangsters in the 1990s, "motor spinning'' has now become a legal and fast-growing spectator sport.

Now recognized as a motor sport, spinning originated in South Africa's townships in the late 1980s, when gangsters would spin stolen cars to show off their loot. Outside Johannesburg, where ...

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