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The Disability Sector will lead this year’s Manguzi Gijima sporting event at Kwa-Mhlabuyalingana (KZN) on 08 October 2022, supported by the Sports, Arts and Culture Sector and the Health Professionals. SANAC Secretariat will be there to provide to provide media updates on proceedings of the day. Gijima is a health and fitness day with a […]

The 3rd term of the biennial (once every two years) national Men’s Parliament is scheduled to sit this year on 17-18 November 2022 at the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, Cape Town. The “Road Towards the National Men’s Parliament” is preceded by the provincial Men’s Parliament earmarked to sit on the 1st week of November 2022 across all 9 provinces, following the 52 districts Men’s Parliaments sittings that should […]

SANAC Civil Society Forum’s Women’s Sector is calling for responsible staff members of Motherwell Clinic, to be held accountable for turning away a 15-year-old girl seeking health services, after allegedly being held hostage and gang raped, telling her to go to the police first. Zenizole Vena from Motherwell, Eastern Cape, reportedly collapsed and died on […]

Hon Minister of Health Joe Phaahla has done South Africa proud by pledging beyond the 30% increase from the country’s last contribution of 10 mil USD to the Global Fund. South Africa has heeded the call by pledging a total of USD13,650,000 Million Dollars – USD13 million from the South African government , and USD650,000 […]

Rapula Collen Mpyane is gone forever😭😭😭😭 We laid him to rest on ALL our behalf. There was Mabalane, Geraldine, Gape & Pebetse and many many others we didn’t see. Collen was a leader in church where he was with the Roman Catholic Church’s Catholic Men’s Association (CMA). He was a leader in community organizations including […]

Some concluding thoughts from Conference: Apply rapid science communication in TB (we cannot do anything without activism and advocacy) Access to data resources is critical for success Consider a science-focused TB consortium to complement already excellent approaches by the TB Think Tank Consider MAC or an equivalent governmental structure for TB Localise data gathering and […]

The Programme Chair, Prof. Willem Hanekom, Allow me to recognise our Deputy Ministers DM Dr Dlomo, DM Dr Mhaule, DM Bogopane Zulu, The DG of Health, Dr. Sandile Buthelezi, KZN Health MEC Simelane, Mpumalanga Health MEC Manzini, CEO of SANAC Dr Thembisile Xulu, Esteemed fellow panellists, National, Provincial, District and Local Civil Society Forum Sector […]

Thanks for this opportunity cde Russell Rensburg, the chairperson of this session. Good morning Comrades and Colleagues gathered this morning. All protocols observed. The CSF TB Task Team role is to ensure no person in South Africa dies from TB. For this to happen, we must advocate for change on how we do things as […]

Today 13 September 2022, the 7th SA TB conference is kicking off in Durban (South Africa), and the SANAC Civil Society forum is representing! Our key advocacy messages are clear: 1. Invest in meaningful engagement of TB affected communities and civil society at all levels 2. Make real time TB data available for decision making […]

The Women’s Sector of the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) Civil Society Forum (CSF) secured an R87 million pledge from Nando’s towards the country’s contribution by the private sector to the Global Fund. The pledge was announced by the Co-Founder of Nando’s, Robert Brozin, during the two-day (25-26 August) South Africa High-Level Meeting led […]