Mandela’s former secretary challenges businesses ‘to complete Gugu's task’

21 July 2016 - 11:40 By TMG Digital

The former personal secretary and friend to the late president Nelson Mandela tweeted via ‏@ZeldalaGrangeSA on Wednesday night: “In honour of #GuguZulu I challenge any SA corporation to sponsor all the sanitary pads needed to complete Gugu's task. @Trek4Mandela”.In honour of #GuguZulu I challenge any SA corporation to sponsor all the sanitary pads needed to complete Gugu's task. @Trek4Mandela— Zelda la Grange ✌ (@ZeldalaGrangeSA) July 20, 2016junkLa Grange’s call came as a press conference was under way at OR Tambo International Airport following the death on Monday of popular racing driver Zulu while attempting to summit Mount Kilimanjaro. The climb aimed “to raise enough funds to ensure that 350,000 girl children will not miss a day of school due to menstrual challenges” and “create awareness for the Caring4Girls programme and give much-needed accessibility to sanitary towels”.She addressed a later tweet to the Nelson Mandela Foundation and its chief executive: “Dear @sellohatang & @NelsonMandela Foundation plse let us know how to facilitate buying all the sanitary pads needed to complete Gugu's task”. nkgala @nkgala1 responded with a pledge idea: “@ZeldalaGrangeSA @Trek4Mandela‚ I think if each one of us can buy one packet‚ it will go a long way‚ in memory of Gugu”‚ to which La Grange‚ acknowledging the emotional return of the foundation’s members and Zulu’s teammates from Tanzania‚ said: “Will find out from the Foundation in the morning. I should allow them to rest now.Vuyo Dlamini ‏@Vuyokazi_SA picked up on La Grange’s sentiment and suggested: “@ZeldalaGrangeSA @Trek4Mandela in fact it should be law that no tax imposed on sanitary pads...#GuguZulu's death must not be in vain”. ..

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