Announcing WordCamp Cape Town 2012

May 25, 2012 by Ash Shaw • Comments Off
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Last year WordCamp Cape Town showed that the interest in WordPress runs deep in the South African community.

As organizer of the 2011 event, I learned a lot from organizing WCCT 2011 and we have committed to bringing WordCamp back to Cape Town this year in October 2012.

We want to put out the call for anyone interested in co-organizing, sponsoring, speaking or volunteering at WordCamp Cape Town 2012 to fill out the form HERE and let us hear from you.

About Ash Shaw

I founded LightSpeed in 2003 as an IT support company, and by 2007 we had fully embraced WordPress, evolving into a design and development agency. Since 2014, LightSpeed has been fully remote, working with clients across industries while keeping roots in Cape Town — a city where the mountains and sea are never more than a short ride away. Today, our focus is on building scalable, content-first WordPress and WooCommerce solutions. We’re behind open-source projects like the LSX Design System, LSX Design block theme, and Tour Operator plugin, and continue to champion workflows that empower both businesses and developers. I’ve also had the privilege of speaking at WordCamp Europe 2025, and serving on the Volunteers Team at WordCamp Europe 2024, experiences that deepened my commitment to giving back to the community that shaped my career. Outside of building, I’m a regular guest on OpenChannels.FM podcasts and have appeared on BugHerd webinars, sharing insights on workflows, remote agency life, design systems, accessibility, and the future of WordPress development.

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