NEWCASTLE – Well-known South African race car driver, Gugu Zulu passed away on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
https://twitter.com/TheSt1ck/status/755009626605756416
Please pray for the Zulu family, @letshegom, and their beautiful daughter Lelethu. RIP champion. #RIPGuguZulu pic.twitter.com/NBbFAFtcuD
— Solo Ntsizwa Ka Mthimkhulu (@SoloNtsizwa) July 18, 2016
This news had many South Africans expressing shock and sadness, and an outpouring of condolence messages on social media paid tribute to Zulu.
The last tweet by Gugu Zulu:
Acclimatization day3 – just taking a stroll in the garden high above a blanket of clouds -… https://t.co/2lKARh4dZP
— Gugu Zulu (@GuguZulu) July 17, 2016
Zulu and his wife, Letshego Zulu, were attempting to reach the summit of the Mount Kilimanjaro as part of an initiative, Care4Girls under the banner of Trek4Mandela, for 67 minutes for Mandela Day on July 18.
The Nelson Mandela Foundation released this statement following the tragedy.
