At South Africa’s least-known Pride, strangers feel like family

Small but vibrant, Pretoria Pride is all about community (Picture: Luiz de Barros)

I feel my blood run cold as the black mamba snakes through the shrubbery at a tremendously alarming speed. 

It’s several metres long and possesses enough venom in a single bite to kill a human in as little as twenty minutes.

‘You’re not scared, are you?’ my driver teases with a smirk. ‘Surely not, a big strong man like you?’

We only met an hour ago, but we’ve already bonded in the way I often do with fellow members of the LGBT+ community.

As part of my mission to find Pride around the world, I’m here in Read Entire Article