Edward Mothibi secured second place and Dan Moselakwe third place.
The top five are all South Africans.
Dominika Stelmach from Poland is running in first place in the women’s race. Russian Alexandra Morozova is in second position.
This year’s race was downhill from Pietermaritzburg to Durban.
Mothibi was the 2019 winner – but the race was stopped thereafter due to the Covid 19 pandemic.
Dijana, a security guard from Mmabatho in the North West province, crossed the finish line at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in an unofficial time of 5:30:38 covering the 89.885km at an average of 3:41 per kilometre.
Defending champion Edward Mothibi took second place in 5:33:46.
Tete Dijana won R260 000 in official prize money – as well as a gold medal – along with no doubt lucrative bonuses from his Nedbank Running Club.