I Choose to Live: The Gugu Zulu Story

In July 2016, racing champion Gugulethu and his wife Letshego Zulu set off to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro along with the 42-strong team of the Trek4Mandela initiative. Tragedy strikes and Letshego returns to South Africa days later with her husband’s body in a coffin. Told in mesmerising detail, this is the remarkable story of a wife’s courage and stamina to make sense of her loss and to find an authentic life after Gugu’s untimely death. Through her get-up-and-go attitude and insightful life lessons, Letshego’s journey shows that, despite adversities, it is possible to Choose to Live. In July 2016, Letshego Zulu set off with her husband, SA racing champion Gugulethu Zulu, to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro. She had no idea that she would return to South Africa days later with her husband's body in a coffin. This is the untold story of what really happened on Kilimanjaro. Told in mesmerising detail, this is a remarkable journey of a wife's courage and stamina as she tries to find an authentic life after Gugu's untimely death.