In 2018, more than 15 000 South African’s entered a competition on DSTV to win an opportunity of a lifetime…. to cross an Ocean with pioneering explorer Riaan Manser.|

The winner, Fanafikile Lephakha from Soweto, a chemical Engineering Graduate who was searching for more. After 5 gruelling days of the boot camp in Langebaan he emerged as the winner of The Odyssey and the one who will row with Manser across the Atlantic Ocean. But he needed to come clean with one “minor” detail he had still to reveal

He could not swim…

The pair successfully rowed from Canary Islands to Barbados: Two people, from different backgrounds, cultures and beliefs, enduring the most adverse conditions, physically and mentally, and being triumphant, fuelled by the desire to succeed.