News | 28 Jun 2021
Mohamed Motala joined NACOSA as Executive Director at the beginning of June and has quickly set about the task of steering the organisation through the stormy waters of a third wave of coronavirus infections. “With COVID, we all know people who have lost loved ones, income and are struggling,” says Mohamed, “But there are a lot of passionate, hard working and committed people that are quietly going about their work amidst the devastation, and not outwardly showing any of what they are going through. At NACOSA, we are fortunate to be able to create a space for people to continue…
News | 28 Jun 2021
NACOSA, in partnership with the Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust, hosted the Second National Roundtable on Specialised Forensic Services for Rape Survivors in South Africa last week. The roundtable, made possible with funding from the Global Fund and Amplify Change, was the second in a series of three, and provided an opportunity for key stakeholders to come together to share learning and collectively find solutions to the challenges with specialised forensic services for rape survivors. The roundtable included a wide range of stakeholders working in the gender based violence space: from frontline workers and first responders to community organisations, government…
News | 24 Jun 2021
“When COVID-19 struck we were not prepared,” says Pinampi Maano, Civil Society Forum Chairperson and Co-Chair to the Premier at the North West Provincial AIDS Council. “No-one was prepared and everyone jumped up and in the process we almost forgot about HIV and TB. Let’s ensure we integrate the screening and testing of COVID-19, HIV and TB. These are the triple threats to our country’s health care system.” “To all the chronics, the impact has been very severe. People have struggled to get their medication, because of lockdown and a lack of clarity around accessing health facilities. Also the issue…
News | 10 Jun 2021
With COVID-19 taking up all the news, it is easy to forget that we are already at the centre of a global pandemic: HIV and AIDS. In South Africa – which has the highest number of people living with HIV in the world – the face of HIV is largely young and female, with adolescent girls and young women between 15 and 24 over three times more likely to acquire HIV than their male peers. What President Ramaphosa called South Africa’s ‘second pandemic’ of gender based violence is also young and female: three quarters of sexual violence survivors reached with…
