The United Nations Commission on Human Rights Special Rapporteur, Dr Dubravka Šimonović, visited South Africa in December 2015 and held a dialogue facilitated by NACOSA at the Nonceba Family Counselling Centre in Khayelitsha on 8 December 2015. Input, comment and discussion was provided by representatives from civil society organisations working in the field of gender based violence.
NACOSA hosted the Amaqhawekazi Harm Reduction Summit 2026, from 26-27 August 2026, bringing together representatives of government departments, civil society organisations, community-led organisations, development partners, researchers, advocates, people who use
South Africa’s current drug policy framework is fragmented, with contradictions between legislation that criminalises personal drug use and policy commitments that recognise prevention, treatment, harm reductionand social reintegration as essential
A policy brief examining the legal and policy framework relating to under 18s who use drugs, including injecting drug use.
Policy brief on the community household health and social care assessment conducted by NACOSA and commissioned by the Western Cape Government.
