He came from a poor background, made it to the top and lived a full and happy life.

Gugu Zulu, who died while trying to summit Mount Kilimanjaro, was not well a few days before the summit could begin, team doctor Roxanne Schutte said.

Experienced mountaineer Sibusiso Vilane broke down and cried on Wednesday as he relayed the journey to Mount Kilimanjaro where Gugu Zulu died.

Gugu Zulu climbed Mount Kilimanjaro for his daughter, Trek4Mandela project leader Richard Mabaso said on Tuesday.

Renowned adventurer and race car driver Gugu Zulu died on Monday just before summiting mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania with the Trek4Mandela expedition.

​President Zuma on Monday joined South Africans in expressing their condolences on the death of renowned racing driver and TV presenter Gugu Zulu.

Only a handful of organisations organise HIV tests in schools in SA, a country hard-hit by the virus that infects 5,7-million people.