About CANSA

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CANSA is part of the Patient User Network which is an alliance of Healthcare NPOs focused on equitable healthcare including imporvement f patient rights, access to treatments, and provision of critical services and infrastructure, with the aim to improve overall health for all South African residents, through collective advocacy and awarenesss.

The annual Vision 2030 Awards have announced their 2019 finalists and CANSA is a finalist in the Health Care Category. The winners will be announced and celebrated on 20 November 2019 at Emperors Palace, Ekurhuleni.

CANSA has been nominated as a finalist in the 17th Annual National Business Awards, in the category ‘Customer Focus’. The winners will be announced and celebrated on 21 November 2019.

CANSA is a founding partner of the South African Non Communicable Diseases Alliance (SANCDA), which was recently accepted as a member of the Non Communicable Diseases Alliance (NCDA).

The responsibility rests with patients to contact CANSA for assistance. CANSA is not informed of any diagnoses / of patients being treated at medical centres. Family need to obtain permission from patients, before CANSA may contact them.

Whistle Blowers (Pty) Ltd is an independent subscription service, offering a 24 / 7 free call facility enabling employees or third parties to anonymously blow the whistle on irregularities within the subscribing company. The Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) has secured the services of Whistle Blowers as of July 2018.

Elize Joubert, CANSA CEO, is representing South African Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance (SA NCD Alliance) at the 2nd Global NCD Alliance Forum, 9th-11th December, 2017, in Sharjah, UAE. This year’s theme is “Stepping up the pace on NCDs: making 2018 count”. #NCDAF2017.12.08

CANSA’s National Advocacy Co-Ordinator, was interviewed about the role that CANSA plays in the fight against cancer in SA. The interview was broadcast on Saturday, 13th November 2016 on SABC3’s An Nur the Light.

Against strong competition, Elize Joubert, CEO of the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) has been confirmed as a finalist in the 15th annual National Business Awards, in the ‘Top Performing Business Leader of the Year Award’ category. Further, CANSA the organisation has been listed as a finalist in the ‘Top Performing Public Service Award’ category. CANSA and Joubert will compete for the Winner’s Trophy on 16 November 2017, at Emperors Palace.

The Cancer Association of South Africa’s CEO, Elize Joubert, is joining the 67th session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa, taking place in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, from 28th August to 1st September 2017, as the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) delegate, on behalf of UICC Management, and delivering statements at this meeting.

Elize Joubert, CANSA CEO, who was also a Finalist in the Award Category, Female Public Sector Leader Award, said, “This award is a welcome acknowledgement for all the great work CANSA does to empower women to spearhead the fight against cancer. And it’s also wonderful recognition for every women at CANSA, staff and volunteers that are rendering and living our mission.”

Elize Joubert, CEO of CANSA is proud to join the ranks of the Awards’ alumni, as a Finalist in the Award Category, Female Public Sector Leader Award. CANSA, the organisation, has also been named as a finalist in the Public Service category. The Award Ceremony will take place on the 17th August 2017…

15 February 2016: CANSA, for the second year in a row, received the 2015 Diamond Arrow Award from PMR Africa (Outstanding-1st overall) for the National Survey on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Programmes and Initiatives in the NGO Category.

Hoogtepunte van KANSA se 85ste bestaansjaar, asook van dienslewering deur die jare…

Highlights of CANSA’s 85 years of service to those affected by cancer…

Each decade, since its humble beginnings in the 1930s, CANSA has steadily developed a comprehensive service to the public, making a positive difference to thousands of South Africans affected by cancer. This August we celebrate 85 years of working towards a world without cancer…

Niemand sou in 1931 kon voorspel wat ‘n grootskaalse en wydverspreide impak die Nasionale Kankervereniging, soos dit toe genoem is, sou gehad het toe dit in daardie jaar gestig is nie. Vandag speel die Kankervereniging van Suid-Afrika (KANSA) ‘n leidende rol in kankernavorsing en die ontwikkeling van die beleid en beheer van kanker, sowel as die voorsiening van sorg, ondersteuning en opleiding aan Suid-Afrikaners wat geraak word deur hierdie gevreesde siekte.

Video messages congratulating CANSA on 85 years of service to those affected by cancer…

CANSA would like to thank the SABC Foundation for providing airtime to broadcast our public service announcement (PSA). The ads were aired on Good Hope, SAFM and Lesedi.