Masingita masunga biography of martin

Although born with cerebral palsy, Masingita Masunga never took no for an answer. Against all odds, she passed matric (after failing twice because her handwriting was so poor), got her driver’s licence after eight years of trying, started her own TV show and, in June 2018, summited Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak.

Flow was proud to host Masunga in our Johannesburg office recently and to hear her story.

“I have done things the way they were never meant to be done,” she told Flowstars, explaining how she had been born with cerebral palsy, a coordination disability, after being breached at birth and not receiving enough oxygen.

Born to loving parents in Limpopo, Masunga went to a “normal” primary school (though she disputes the term “normal”, explaining it is contextual, according to your circumstances), but failed Sub B (Grade 2) after struggling to write legibly.

She provoked laughter by saying that, after she went to a “special” school for high school, she was