I-International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association yamkele ingcali kwezokhenketho yaseKapa uMartina Barth kwiqela layo lehlabathi kule nyanga. U-Barth, nonomsebenzi omde kushishino lokwamkela iindwendwe, uya kusebenza njengoMlungelelanisi woBulungu – eMzantsi Afrika.
I-IGLTA yenze imbali ngengqungquthela yaseKapa ngo-2016, inkomfa yoshishino yokuqala yeLGBTQ kwilizwekazi laseAfrika. Indima kaBarth yenzelwe ukunxibelelana ngcono nabathabathi-nxaxheba kweso siganeko siyimpumelelo kunye nokuphucula iinzame zokufikelela kumalungu e-IGLTA eMzantsi Afrika, elona lizwe linenkqubela phambili e-Afrika kumalungelo e-LGBTQ. Uza kuxhaswa kwindima yakhe ngunozakuzaku we-IGLTA olivolontiya kudala eMzantsi Afrika, uDavid Ryan waseRhino Afrika.
"Indibano yethu yesiqhelo eKapa yanika i-IGLTA ithuba elimangalisayo lokuqhubela phambili incoko ngohambo lwe-LGBTQ," utshilo uJohn Tanzella, uMongameli we-IGLTA / i-CEO. "UMartina, oneengcambu zeshishini lezokhenketho elomeleleyo kwaye wayengomnye wabaphathi bendibano yethu, yayilukhetho olucacileyo lokusimela kwiinzame zethu eziqhubekayo zokuxhasa amashishini okuhamba amkela i-LGBTQ eMzantsi Afrika kunye nokugcina loo ngxoxo iqhubela phambili."
U-Barth wazalelwa eJamani kwaye wachitha inxalenye yobutsha bakhe e-South Carolina (US) ngaphambi kokufumana ikhaya lakhe eKapa, i-continent-jumping arc eyabeka inqanaba lobomi bohambo. Waqala umsebenzi wakhe wokusebenzela ehotele, esoloko ejonge kwicala lokuthengisa kunye nentengiso yeshishini. UBarth usebenze neRadisson Hotel Group kunye neStarwood Hotels & Resorts phambi kwendima yakhe yangoku yokongamela ukuthengiswa kweehotele ezahlukeneyo eziphezulu eMzantsi Afrika.
“Ndichulumancile ukudibanisa uMzantsi Afrika noluntu lweLGBTQ ngothungelwano olubanzi lwe-IGLTA,” utshilo uBarth. “Umda wokukhula kwamanani okhenketho uyamangalisa kwaye i-IGLTA yeyona ndlela ifanelekileyo. UMzantsi Afrika ubambe iNgqungquthela yeHlabathi yoNyaka eKapa ngowama-2016 ibe sisiqalo esigqibeleleyo, kwaye ndijonge ukunceda amahlakani okhenketho aseMzantsi Afrika ukuba angene kolu rhwebo lukhulayo, ndiyile uthungelwano lohambo lwe-LGBTQ olomeleleyo.”
