The Guidelines and Recommended Standards for the Provision of Support to Rape Survivors in the Acute Stage of Trauma was developed collectively by organisations providing services in Thuthuzela Care Centres as part of NACOSA’s Global Fund GBV programme. Compiled by Lisa Vetten, Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WiSER), published by NACOSA with support from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria, 2015.
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.
