Martina Midiki Bath’s Obituary

Martina Midiki Bath was born on the 30^th of July 1952 she was born to Veronica Kabedi & Augustin Tshisabi in Kensansa in the Democratic Republic of Congo formerly known as Zaire. She was the last born of 6 children, she attended school in Kensansa. She moved to South Africa in 1970 where she got her first breakthrough as a Revlon model which took her around the world. At a time where skin care products for African skin was not available Martina started her own company called Midiki Cosmetics. She thrived as a businesswoman and appeared on many magazines as a pioneer of skin care for African skin. She quickly became the matriarch of the family and played a key role in many of her family members finding stability in South Africa while ensuring those back home in the DRC were being educated and taken care of. She later met John Frederick Bath who she married in 1989 and had a beautiful daughter named Lauretta and later had 3 wonderful grandchildren Sonke, Mbalenhle, & Musawenkosi.