The ICASA 2021 Conference Report is now available online!
The ICASA 2021 Conference Report is now available online! Download it today! “Despite the ICASA 2021 conference going fully virtual after initially planned as a face-to-face event in Durban in South Africa, it was a good opportunity to again focus the world’s attention on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and as the […]
Welcome Mr Winnen Fanyane Chabalala!
The Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management welcomes Mr Winnen Fanyane Chabalala who was appointed in the position of Programme Manager with effect from 3rd January 2022. Fanyane replaces Ms Renice Williams, the Centre’s previous Programme Manager for the last 21 years. Fanyane comes from Gauteng and is originally from Limpopo where he completed his primary and […]
Keeping it in the family – Mother and Son graduate PgDip and Mphil together
Shireen Strauss and her son, Aidan, both recently successfully completed their Mphil degree and PgDip in HIV/AIDS Management. This Namibian mother and son combination received their respective qualifications at the recent April 2019 graduation ceremony of Stellenbosch University. Shireen, who already holds multiple qualifications including a Bphil in Sustainable Development, works in international development and for […]
Africa Centre Mphil students shine at the 9th SAAIDS Conference
The Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management had a record number of accepted presentations for the recent 9th SA AIDS Conference held from 11-14 June 2019 at the Durban ICC. In total, five ex-Mphil students’ research outputs were accepted: Four students were accepted to do oral presentations and one student was accepted to do a poster presentation. […]
Mphil students present their research at Botswana international conference
At the recent 7th Botswana International HIV Conference, former Mphil students Motseiwa Mokalake and Reward Manyathelo presented posters about the research they conducted as part of their Mphil studies. Also in attendance were the Centre’s Ms Renice Williams (Programme Manager) and Prof Johan Augustyn (lecturer). Ms Mokalake’s study was about the reasons why parents are reluctant […]
Mother and daughter obtain PgDip (HIV/AIDS) – in the same year!
The mother and daughter team of Mary Mataranyika and Patsva Madzokere both obtained their PgDip (HIV/AIDS) in March of this year – a first for the Africa Centre! Both mother and daughter hail from Zimbabwe, but are currently working in Namibia. Mary has been employed by the Namibian Government since 2010 at the Ministry of […]
Studying with the Africa Centre has been one of the best decisions I have made.
My name is Juan Romero Gonzalez, and I am from South Africa. I am a Senior Project Manager at Dimagi Social Impact Solutions. Studying both the Postgraduate Diploma in 2019 and then MPhil in 2020 with the Africa Centre for HIV and AIDS Management at Stellenbosch University has been one of the best decisions I […]
The PGDip in HIV/AIDS Management helped me to see HIV/AIDS more holistically
My name is Teboho Mohlabi, and I am from Lesotho. I am the Executive Secretary of the Lesotho Country Coordinating Mechanism I completed my Postgraduate Diploma in HIV/AIDS Management in 2020 in a bid to further my career and enhance my HIV/AIDS knowledge and skills. At a more personal level, I also wanted to ascertain […]
Africa Centre lecturer, Dr Burt Davis, fights meth (“tik”) use in a novel way
Tik use has reached crisis levels in the Western Cape and is leaving families ravaged by the adverse effects of the drug. Dr Burt Davis, a lecturer at the Africa Centre for HIV/Aids Management at Stellenbosch University, received his doctoral degree in December 2017 for designing a scientifically-founded photo-novel that dealt with the health risks […]
Meet the Africa Centre’s brand new director, Mrs Vuyiseka Dubula-Majola
Stellenbosch University’s Africa Centre for HIV/Aids management has a new director, Vuyiseka Dubula-Majola, who herself was diagnosed with the disease in 2001 and thought she wouldn’t live long. Read the rest of the story here.