From north to south for fatherhood

GARDEN ROUTE NEWS - If you spot a solitary figure on a bicycle in our neck of the woods sometime by mid-December, it could just well be Limpopo man Nyiko Masango. He has taken it upon himself to create awareness that fathers need to play an active role in the lives of their children and the community at large in a campaign he has dubbed "Presence in Fatherhood".

Masango is traversing the length and breadth of South Africa, in a 3 143km journey that kicked off on 21 November at the country's northernmost border post, Beitbridge, to reach Cape Town in just under a month.

Himself a father of a seven-year-old boy, Masango is also a lifestyle coach, speaker, photographer, ordained reverend, overall adventurer and an entrepreneur.

Affectionately known as Mr Dynamix, he started developing a love for adventure at a very tender age, riding his bicycle around the area he grew up in. Eventually this drive to live life without limits pushed him to take up biking and cycling, sky diving, hiking, running, walking, bungee jumping and many other forms of adventure.

Among his many adventures, Masango has also walked 400km from Tzaneen to Johannesburg, cycled from Durban to Tzaneen, and from Tzaneen to Tanzania, and climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 12 hours to Gilmans point.

He will reach our shores around Friday 11 December and, after spending a day in Plettenberg Bay, he will move on to George before setting off on the final stretch to Cape Town, which he aims to reach by 17 December.

According to his spokesperson, S'phelele Moshobane, Masango will not be simply cycling through towns. "We've partnered with Vodacom, and will therefore be carrying out a number of initiatives in towns we stop in," she said. "He also aims to do a few activities along the way, and even said he wants to try out the bungee jump in Plett."

Mr Dynamix has been on the road since 21 November, when he started his 3 143km journey in Beitbridge, to reach Cape Town by 17 December.