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Ilokishi lakwaLanga eKapa libambe i-Cultural Pride Parade yokuqala ngqa ngesiqubulo esithi “Protect our Pride” ngoMgqibelo.
Lo mbukiso uqale eKing Langalibalele Drive waphelela eGugasthebe Art Centre, wama esiteshini samaphoyisa kwaLanga ngenhloso yokuhambisa uhlu lwezimfuno.
UBridget Nkomana, isishoshovu se-LGBTQI eKapa: “Uthe lo umcimbi wokuqala ngqa wokuziqhenya ngokuphumela obala ngendlela esiyiyo kwaLanga futhi babekhona ukuzobungaza nathi.
“Sinabantu abavela kulo lonke elaseKapa ababambisene nathi emgubhweni nakuba sike sabhekana nobugebengu obunenzondo nodlame emiphakathini yethu,” kusho uNkomana.
“Ngemuva kweminyaka engu-30 yentando yabantu, sisabulawa ngoba sakhetha ukuphila ngendlela esiyifunayo. Sigubhe izigigaba ezimbalwa lapho nomthethosisekelo wakuleli ukhuluma ngokuthi kumele sivikelwe kanjani futhi sivunyelwe ukuthi sishade sodwa.”
IMeya yaseKapa uGeordin Hill-Lewis ukhombise inhlonipho kanye nokuncoma kwakhe umphakathi we-LGBTQI.
“Kusenzima kakhulu ukuphila njengomuntu othandana nobulili obufanayo emalokishini nasezindaweni zasemakhaya eNingizimu Afrika. Abantu abaphumele obala noma abayingxenye ye-LGBTQI emalokishini basabhekene nokucwaswa okukhulu, ngisho nodlame,” kusho uHill-Lewis.
“Kubalulekile ukuthumela umyalezo wokuthi eKapa siyakwamukela futhi sikwamukele lokho abayikho. Ningamalungi agcwele alelidolobha elihle. Siyanithanda futhi siyanamukela.”
Phakathi kwezinto ezisohlwini lwezimfuno kube ukubhalwa kwamacala lapho abantu be-LGBTQI behlangabezane nodlame noma bahlukunyezwe yiSAPS yaseLanga.
ULieutenant Colonel Masiza Ponco, oyibamba lomkhuzi esiteshini sakwaLanga, uthe uyakwazi ukubaluleka komphakathi weLGBTQI.
“Njengoba ngiyamukele le memorandum njengabaphathi besiteshi sizohlala phansi siyibuke bese sibuyela kini,” kusho uPonco.
Isithombe esingenhla: IMeya yaseKapa uGeordin Hill-Lewis uhambele i-Cultural Pride Parade elokishini lakwaLanga, eKapa.
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