Ayanda Maphosa, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/author/ayanda-maphosa/ South Africa's leading LGBTQ news and community platform Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:06:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.11 https://www.mambaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-mamba_logo_output-32x32.png Ayanda Maphosa, Author at MambaOnline - LGBTQ South Africa online https://www.mambaonline.com/author/ayanda-maphosa/ 32 32 ‘We Came Back Home to Teach’: How Kasi Pride Is Moving Beyond LGBTQ+ Visibility in Gugulethu, Cape Town https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/10/30/we-came-back-home-to-teach-how-kasi-pride-is-moving-beyond-lgbtq-visibility-in-gugulethu-cape-town/ https://www.mambaonline.com/2026/10/30/we-came-back-home-to-teach-how-kasi-pride-is-moving-beyond-lgbtq-visibility-in-gugulethu-cape-town/#respond Fri, 30 Oct 2026 08:08:54 +0000 https://www.mambaonline.com/?p=131483 After 11 years of Pride celebrations and marches, Kasi Pride brought LGBTQ+ education, youth development and empowerment to Gugulethu, Cape Town.

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