Qaqamba Gubanca

{{Short description|South African HIV/AIDS activist and mentor mother}}

{{Infobox person

| birth_place = Ngcobo, South Africa

| occupation = Social worker

| employer = Philani Maternal Child Health and Nutrition Trust

}}

Qaqamba Gubanca is a South African activist and social worker.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-28 |title=She's mentoring vulnerable mothers to raise healthy children in SA townships |url=https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sebenza-live/2022-11-04-shes-mentoring-vulnerable-mothers-to-raise-healthy-children-in-sa-townships/ |access-date=2024-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228125408/https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sebenza-live/2022-11-04-shes-mentoring-vulnerable-mothers-to-raise-healthy-children-in-sa-townships/ |archive-date=28 February 2023 }} In 2024 she was one of 24 "significant women" that the Nelson Mandela Foundation chose to feature on Google Arts & Culture for International Women's Day in 2024.{{Cite web |last=Kahla |first=Cheryl |date=2020-08-07 |title=Extraordinary SA women honoured with new Google Arts & Culture exhibition |url=https://www.thesouthafrican.com/technology/online/south-african-women-google-arts-culture-exhibition/ |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=The South African |language=en-ZA}}{{Cite web |title=Voices of Empowerment: 24 South African Women |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/story/voices-of-empowerment-24-south-african-women-nelson-mandela-centre-of-memory/BAVxQ5zD5T_BJA?hl=en |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=Google Arts & Culture |language=en}} This initiative is based on the book 200 Women which features significant South African women.{{Cite web |title=Honouring extraordinary South African women with new Google Arts & Culture exhibition - LNN |url=https://witness.co.za/lnn/1141914/honouring-extraordinary-south-african-women-with-new-google-arts-culture-exhibition/ |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=The Witness |language=en-US}}

Born Ngcobo in the Eastern Cape,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.twohundredwomen.com/qaqambagubanca |title=200 Women |language=en |access-date=2024-11-30 |via=www.twohundredwomen.com}} her parents died and she had a daughter at a young age. After these events, she had to beg from her community.{{Cite web |last=Africa |first=Established |date=2022-10-22 |title=Mommy Mentor |url=https://established.co.za/mommy-mentor/ |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=Established Africa |language=en-ZA}} Working in Khayelitsha, Gubanca works for Philani Maternal Child Health and Nutrition Trust where she supports new mothers in townships to access care for their perinatal and antenatal health.{{Cite web |last=JPCCC |date=2024-03-08 |title=International Women's Day 2024 |url=https://www.jpccc.org.za/post/international-women-s-day-2024 |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=jpccc |language=en}}

As of 2024, Gubanca was living with HIV.