RACING CAR DRIVER GUGU ZULU DIES WHILE CLIMBING MOUNT KILIMANJARO
Zulu was part of an initiative that saw South Africans try summit the mountain for Mandela Day.
JOHANNESBURG – South African racing car driver Gugu Zulu has died today while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
The 38-year-old was part of the Trek4Mandela initiative that saw prominent South Africans try to summit the mountain for Mandela Day.
He was on the mountain with his wife, Letshego Zulu, and other well-known South Africans and he experienced problems breathing last night.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation’s Neeran Naidoo said, “We spoke to two members this morning and we understand he had problems breathing last night. The medical team on site put him onto a drip and brought him down from the mountain. They tried everything possible to save his life but unfortunately we lost Gugu this morning.”
Zulu was a celebrated and well-established racing driver for Volkswagen.
The foundation has also extended its sincere condolences to the Zulu family.
In a statement by the foundation a short while ago, CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation Sello Hatang said, “I am devastated. I knew him well. I recruited him to climb Kilimanjaro. The last thing he said to me at the airport before he left last week was that he wanted to speak about doing other Mandela Day projects. I feel a huge sense of loss.”
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