Staff

Janette Richter has been the Matron of the Pride Shelter since April 2011. She loves being a mother to all the residents and works very hard to ensure they receive the support they need. She maintains contact with many of the past residents and enjoys hearing about what they are up to in their lives.

Jan is a mother to two grown-up sons and enjoys arts and crafts, interior decorating, reading and sewing.

Derick De Kock arrived at the Pride Shelter in May 2011 after a traumatic relationship ended with him losing his home, his cars and all his other worldly possessions.  During his short stay, he took on the role of gardener and general helper and in June 2012 was made a permanent staff member as caretaker.

When the Matron is not available or on leave, you will find Derick in the driver's seat at the shelter! And he is often seen with the Matron's Triton cockatoo, Prince, sitting on his shoulder.

Board of Directors

Ian McMahon is a founding member and the current Chairman of the Pride Shelter Trust. He also chairs the De Waterkant Civic Association and is Chief Operating Officer for The Business Place, a NGO offering entrepreneurship training across South Africa. Ian is the former Chairman of Cape Town Pride and was a Vice President of the Federation of Gay Games in San Francisco.

In business, he is an owner of Crew Bar, MCQP, Ian McMahon Communications, Cell C and Spur Steak Ranch franchise branches in the Western Cape and is the former IT Director of the Spur Group of Restaurants. 

Glenn De Swardt developed the concept of the Pride Shelter and established the initial Board to oversee the project by inviting friends and colleagues including Zackie Achmat, The Very Rev. Rowan Smith, Lorna Martin, Sheryl Ozinski, Mary Hames, Ivan Toms, Gordon Isaacs, Andrew Massyn, Ian McMahon and others to support the initiative. Glenn developed the shelter’s essential definition of a crisis and the initial set of facility rules and regulations. During the shelter’s first six months, he visited the facility daily.

He lives in Johannesburg and is currently the senior technical consultant to Health4Men, a project of the Anova Health Institute, which focuses on the sexual health of men who have sex with men (MSM).
 

Andrew Massyn is a founding member of the Pride Shelter Trust and its current Secretary. He is an attorney with 20 years' experience in family law. He lectures on Family Law at Varsity College, Cape Town.
 

Andrew Howard hails from the UK and moved to Cape Town in April 2013. From 2005 - 2013, he worked for several international NGOs in London, undertaking campaigning and political lobbying. From November 2013 - August 2014, he worked for the Democratic Alliance.

He also runs Conversations, a monthly networking and social event for gay professionals (men and women) living in the Mother City. From October 2013 - May 2014, Andrew raised R19,000 for the Pride Shelter Trust through eight Conversations events. He enjoys travelling, hiking, reading and volunteering.
 

Ndumie Funda Moroeng is an activist who, in 2008, founded Luleki Sizwe, an organisation that rescues and supports lesbian women in the townships in and around of Cape Town who have been the victims of 'corrective rape'. She formed the organisation after the tragic deaths (in 2005 and 2007 respectively) from AIDS of her friend Luleka Makiwane and fiancée Nosizwe Bizana, both of whom contracted the disease while being raped because of their sexuality. 
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In February 2014, she was bestowed with the medal of Knight of the French National Order of Merit by the French Ambassador in recognition of her work fighting for LGBTI rights. 
 

Fehraad De Nicker hails from the Mother City’s Southern Suburbs and studied Public Relations Management at Cape Peninsula University of Technology. After graduating, he moved through the ranks of the PR world, working for reputable, award-winning agencies such as Marcus Brewster Publicity, Magna-Carta PR partnered with TBWA and Tin Can PR partnered with Saatchi & Saatchi.
 
Using his entrepreneurial spirit, he then started his own PR & Social Media agency, Mode PR. Two years later, an offer he couldn’t refuse took him back to Tin Can PR, where he is today.
 
Fehraad was a committee member of Cape Town Pride from 2005 to 2007, looking after PR and marketing. He has also hosted various LGBTI nightlife events and is an avid marketer in the entertainment industry.
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Dave Nel currently works at Investec Private Bank, where he has held several positions over the last 11 years including Head of Acquisitions for the Western Cape and Head of Banking for Investec Pretoria. He is currently National Head of Technical Learning and Banking Head for the Winelands region.
 
Dave studied for his Master's in Business Administration (MBA) at Southern Illinois University in Illinois and his BSc in Finance and Economics at Evansville University in Indiana while completing a swimming scholarship. He has also completed the Executive Leadership Course at Stanford University in California.
 
Dave and his partner Garth live in De Waterkant.