I-International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association yamukele uchwepheshe wezokuvakasha waseKapa u-Martina Barth eqenjini layo lomhlaba wonke kule nyanga. U-Barth, onomsebenzi omude embonini yezihambi, uzosebenza njengoMxhumanisi Wobulungu - eNingizimu Afrika.
I-IGLTA iqophe umlando ngengqungquthela yayo yaseKapa ngo-2016, ingqungquthela yezamabhizinisi yokuqala ye-LGBTQ ezwenikazi lase-Afrika. Iqhaza lika-Barth ladalelwa ukuxhumana kangcono nababambe iqhaza kulowo mcimbi oyimpumelelo nokuthuthukisa imizamo yokufinyelela amalungu e-IGLTA eNingizimu Afrika, izwe elinenqubekela phambili e-Afrika yamalungelo e-LGBTQ. Uzosekelwa endimeni yakhe yinxusa le-IGLTA eliyivolontiya lesikhathi eside eNingizimu Afrika, uDavid Ryan we-Rhino Africa.
"Umhlangano wethu omkhulu eKapa unikeze i-IGLTA ithuba elimangalisayo lokuqhubekisela phambili ingxoxo ngohambo lwe-LGBTQ," kusho uJohn Tanzella, uMongameli/i-CEO ye-IGLTA. "UMartina, onezimpande eziqinile embonini yezokuvakasha futhi ongomunye wabaholi bethu bengqungquthela, uye waba yisinqumo esisobala sokusimela emizamweni yethu eqhubekayo yokweseka amabhizinisi ezokuvakasha amukela i-LGBTQ eNingizimu Afrika nokugcina leyo ngxoxo iqhubekela phambili."
U-Barth wazalelwa eJalimane futhi wachitha ingxenye yobusha bakhe eSouth Carolina (US) ngaphambi kokuthola ikhaya lakhe eKapa, indawo yokugxuma ezwekazini eyabeka isiteji sempilo yokuvakasha. Waqala umsebenzi wakhe wokusebenzela amahhotela, ehlale ebheke ohlangothini lokuthengisa nokumaketha lwebhizinisi. U-Barth usebenze ne-Radisson Hotel Group kanye ne-Starwood Hotels & Resorts ngaphambi kwendima yakhe yamanje yokwengamela ukuthengiswa kwamahhotela ahlukahlukene ahlukahlukene eNingizimu Afrika.
"Ngijabule kakhulu ukuhlanganisa iNingizimu Afrika nomphakathi we-LGBTQ ngokusebenzisa inethiwekhi ebanzi ye-IGLTA," kusho uBarth. “Izinga lokukhula kwezinombolo zezokuvakasha lihle kakhulu futhi i-IGLTA iwumzila ofanele. INingizimu Afrika ibambe iNgqungquthela Yonyaka Yomhlaba Wonke eKapa ngowezi-2016 kwaba isiqalo esihle, futhi ngihlose ukusiza abalingani bezokuvakasha baseNingizimu Afrika bangene kule makethe ekhulayo, ngokwakha inethiwekhi yezokuvakasha ye-LGBTQ enamandla.”
