Letshego Zulu and Gugu Zulu at Kilimanjaro last year.
THE widow of the late racing driver, Gugu Zulu, wants to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro in honour of her husband.
Letshego Zulu told Daily Sun she wanted to finish the expedition she and her husband started before he died on the mountain last year.
“The journey was incomplete and this is me going back to finish it. We have dedicated ourselves to this cause because we want to keep a girl child in school and I’m also doing it for my late husband,” she said.
Gugu died after experiencing breathing problems while climbing the mountain in Tanzania in July.
He and Letshego were two of 46 South Africans who were climbing Africa’s highest free-standing mountain for the Trek4Mandela campaign.
Letshego told the SunTeam she was a committed person.
“If I set my mind to anything, I want to see it through to the end. We are doing this for a charity called Caring for Girls, which is running the Keep a Girl Child in School campaign. It’s a sanitary towel drive and people can donate by SMS,” she said.
Letshego, who had to run down the mountain next to the stretcher carrying her husband last year, said his family was behind her. She is planning to leave for her trek on 12 July.
“My late husband stood for this cause. I’m going back to honour him. I can’t say I’m going there for closure because closure is a process,” she said.
“This is purely about charity and in his memory but not for closure. Closure takes time.”
Letshego Zulu told Daily Sun she wanted to finish the expedition she and her husband started before he died on the mountain last year.
“The journey was incomplete and this is me going back to finish it. We have dedicated ourselves to this cause because we want to keep a girl child in school and I’m also doing it for my late husband,” she said.
Gugu died after experiencing breathing problems while climbing the mountain in Tanzania in July.
He and Letshego were two of 46 South Africans who were climbing Africa’s highest free-standing mountain for the Trek4Mandela campaign.
Letshego told the SunTeam she was a committed person.
“If I set my mind to anything, I want to see it through to the end. We are doing this for a charity called Caring for Girls, which is running the Keep a Girl Child in School campaign. It’s a sanitary towel drive and people can donate by SMS,” she said.
Letshego, who had to run down the mountain next to the stretcher carrying her husband last year, said his family was behind her. She is planning to leave for her trek on 12 July.
“My late husband stood for this cause. I’m going back to honour him. I can’t say I’m going there for closure because closure is a process,” she said.
“This is purely about charity and in his memory but not for closure. Closure takes time.”
