A South African man who won the chance to be the first black African in space, has died in a motorbike crash. Nigerian Man Walks Away On His Wedding Day, Shouting “I No Do Again” Mandla Maseko, a part-time DJ and candidate officer with the South African Air Force, was nicknamed “Afronaut” after landing a coveted seat to fly 103km into space in 2013 in a competition organised by a US-based space academy. Man Caught On Camera Openly Masturbating Inside A Shop In Lagos (VIdeo) He died in a motorcycle accident on Saturday. The 30-year-old beat a million other entrants from 75 countries to be selected as one of 23 people who would travel on an hour-long suborbital trip on the Lynx Mark II spaceship. Man Boasts About His Egg Plant, Says Ladies Are Travelling From Europe To Enjoy Him His win was a source of national pride and had neighbours congratulating him for putting South Africa’s townships on the “galactic map”. He had spent a week at the Kennedy Space Academy in Florida where he skydived and undertook air combat and G-force training.

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