Universities South Africa (USAf)
Universities South Africformerly known as Higher Education South Africa (HESA), is a membership organisation representing South Africa’s universities.
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Heart and Stroke Foundation of Southern Africa (HSFSA)
The HSFSA uses the national health events calendar as a reference point for carrying out campaigns and awareness drives at target groups or at population level. Their mission states: “We intend to halt the rise of premature deaths through cardiovascular disease and cerebrovascular disease (CVD) in South Africa and promote the adoption of healthy lifestyles.” They aim to reduce the burden placed on the South African healthcare system by cardiovascular disease. Their involvement in advocacy work to influence health and fiscal policy development is an exciting journey and our venture into the research space is even more exciting. However, on a day-to-day basis our work streams go far in reaching our goals.
Health Promotions Programme
The Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa’s Health Promotions Programme empowers all South Africans to adopt healthy lifestyles through education and raising awareness of CVD. CVD is the leading preventable cause of death worldwide, and 80% of CVD can be prevented by lifestyle changes. The Health Promotion Programmes primary activities are conducting health risk assessments, doing community and corporate health talks, running the Mended Hearts groups and engaging in employee wellness programmes and public health campaigns.
Aeronautical Society of South Africa (ASSA)
The Aeronautical Society of SA (AeSSA) is a fully-fledged Division of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RaeS).
Our membership ranges from highly revered aerospace professionals to enthusiastic amateurs. We also embrace companies as members through the Associated Company Scheme (ACS), which includes some of the largest aerospace organisations in the world, to name Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Denel Aviation, Dowty, Daimler Chrysler Aerospace, BAE Systems, as just a few of the number of some 100 company members.
Continue reading →Sign Language Education and Development (SLED)
Deaf teachers, doctors, lawyers, business tycoons, architects, managers, computer programmers, artists, psychologists, academics, actors and sport stars are ready to be educated. SLED works in partnership with teachers, schools, education departments, Deaf organisations, funding partners, donors, and people of good will, towards the education that Deaf learners need to fulfil their potential.
Continue reading →Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS)
STIAS was established in 1999 to provide a ‘creative space for the mind’, a fellowship programme that would advance cross-disciplinary research at the highest level. Modelled on similar institutes internationally, STIAS is the first of its kind in Africa. Here, leading researchers and intellectuals from across the world are supported to think innovatively and pursue sustainable strategies to the challenges facing the world, with a focus on Africa. Offering various fellowships and scholarships, STIAS provides a uniquely supportive space for thinking, reading, debating and writing. While in residence, established and early-career researchers and artists meet daily over lunch, present and participate in weekly seminars, and organise conferences for a wider audience. In creating and curating this space, STIAS provides ideal conditions for innovative and original thinking to thrive.
Continue reading →Literacy Association of South Africa (LITASA)
LITASA is a volunteer-run member body with the primary purpose of promoting literacy. Through research, sharing of best practice and community collaboration, we aim to grow a strong literacy community. We bring together individuals and organisations using various platforms including our workshops, national conference, outreach programmes, scholarly journal, website and social media. We operate at a national level and have four branches working locally. We comprise members who come from various spheres at all levels within the literacy sector. LITASA is a registered NPO and PBO.
Continue reading →National School of Government (NSG)
The National School of Government (NSG) is mandated with the responsibility of ensuring that public servants comply with the provisions of established legislation, regulations and systems, and can exercise proper discretion and innovation in solving routine and complex delivery problems. To this end, the NSG is tasked with ensuring that all public servants’ participate and complete education, training and development initiatives, as per relevant legislation and Cabinet directives. The NSG is furthermore expected to ensure service delivery impact by supporting institutional performance. At a practical level, the mandate incorporates: (i) providing education and training, (ii) support institutional development, (iii) fostering collaboration, (iv) offering qualifications, and (v) conducting training, examinations or tests (pre-requisites). The mandate extends to providing all offerings in the three spheres of government, state-owned entities and other organs of state.
Continue reading →South African National Home Schooling Association (SANHSA)
SANHSA exists to strengthen provincial associations; create an enabling environment for civil society engagement; convene the movement; serve the needs of the associations, and be a representative structure on a national level.
Continue reading →Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM)
The SAIMM is a professional institute with local and international links aimed at assisting members source information about technological developments in the mining, metallurgical and related sectors
Continue reading →Southern African Association for The Advancement of Science (S2A3)
The Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science is a non-profit organization with the following objectives:
- Promotion of contact between associations, groups and individuals, professional as well as laymen, who are interested in all aspects of science and related activities.
- To initiate and organise gatherings and excursions with a scientific theme
- To promote scientific and human activities which are environmentally friendly
- The promotion of a scientific approach to education.