HERMAN GIBBS WITH a name like Fundi, she was always destined to be a person who was knowledgeable with extensive skills, and capable of doing an expert job.
These are just some of the attributes that the former COO of the Airports Company SA, Fundi Sithebe, brings to the horse racing industry.
Sithebe, a qualified pilot from Diepkloof, Soweto, is the newly appointed CEO of 4Racing, the new horseracing operator in South Africa.
Officially 4Racing will take over the reins from the sport’s long-standing former operator, Phumelela Gaming, on December 1. However, the newbies are already out of the starting blocks with rich pickings of R207 million for 240 races next year in Gauteng, Western Cape and Eastern Cape.
It is a substantial increase on the 2021 stakes that stood…