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The Bugle pays tribute to Africas most travelled woman

The Bugle pays tribute to Africas most travelled woman

Date: 2012-12-12
Gill Holgate, or Mashozi as she was known to everyone, was a North Coast legend. With her husband Kingsley and son Ross, she has participated in geographic and humanitarian expeditions to every single country on the African continent and The Bugle has featured a host of these adventures, many of which have been world-firsts. One of their recent expeditions was a 449 day journey to track the entire outline of Africa through 33 countries.

'With Mashozi we were able to fulfil our life-long dream to embrace all of Mama Afrika, says Kingsley, 'even including a recent dangerous journey down the Nile from the Murchinson Falls to arrive in Juba for the birth of Africa's newest country, South Sudan.

'She was Mama Afrika personified, she was the glue that held our family expeditions together. 'Mashozi's humanitarian work was legendary, helping tens of thousands of pregnant mums with mosquito nets and malaria education, and her Rite to Sight campaign in which she so lovingly distributed spectacles to the poor sighted in remote villages.

'Her sense of humour in the face of adversity was legendary. When we were in the hands of Central African Rebels, and I said to her 'Roll out of the Landy when the shooting starts,' she answered by saying: 'What side's the exhaust - I don't want to get burnt.' She was great fun around the campfire and event when the nyama was finished, she would knock up a great bean stew and always find a glass of wine to celebrate even the toughest situation.

'Mashozi you'll always be remembered not only as a loving wife, mother and grandmother but also as the greatest friend and fellow traveller we could have ever had.

In lieu of flowers, please feel free to send a donation to the Ballito and KZN Cancer Support Network, for information call.032 9460831 ot 082 4422080.