Morongoa Mahope & Kirsten Landman: SA's fierce female bike racers

Morongoa Mahope and Kirsten Landman are two South African women who are absolutely in love with speed. Both Mahope and Landman shared their incredible stories with the Scenic Drive. 

Morongoa Mahope

Morongoa Mahope is the first black female Superbike racer in South Africa. She learned to ride a motorcycle in 2013 at the age of 30. Her first bike was a Kawasaki Ninja 250, which she used at the time for commuting.

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Mahope started track riding in 2015, after two years of only riding on roads. 

In 2016, at the age of 33, Mahope started racing and became the first black woman to race Superbikes in South Africa.

Mahope introduced her 12-year-old daughter to the sport, making them South Africa’s first and only all-female-of-colour superbike racer team.

Kirsten Landman

After recovering from a terrible crash in 2013 that put her in a coma for 11 days, SA’s Kirsten Landman thought she would never compete on a motorcycle again.

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Landman started riding at the age of 8 - and launched her professional career at 22.

It all started with having fun with dirt bikes and now Landman has made history by becoming the first woman in African, and third in the world, to complete the Dakar Rally on a motorbike in 2020.

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Images Credit: Supplied/ Morongoa Mahope & Kirsten Landman