Joy as city woman makes around-the-world sailing history

A KWAMASHU woman has made sailing history as part of a women’s-only crew who won the famous around-the-world Ocean Globe Race in an equally iconic vessel.

Vuyisile (Hlongwa) Jaca, 25, was among the all-women crew on Maiden, the 20m yacht that took overall honours in the Ocean Globe Race (OGR) last week.

It was the first time in the race’s 50-year history that a women’s-only team won the event, which started in 1973 as the Whitbread Round the World Race. The OGR began on September 10 in Southampton