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Media Releases & News
Read CANSA’s media releases in the posts below – and click here for the latest info re Shavathon, Relay For Life, Cuppa For CANSA, and CANSA Active news.
Media Queries
If you would like to arrange an interview with CANSA, please contact our Head: Marketing & Communication, Lucy Balona email: lbalona@cansa.org.za and cc: Melissa Zaayman mzaayman@cansa.org.za
Media Partners
Newsclip & Press Alert
Find out more about CANSA’s media tracking partner, Newsclip. MyPressOffice is part of Newsclip. Register with MyPressOffice to follow CANSA’s latest news.
Buddies for Life / Oncology Buddies
Buddies for Life delivers lifestyle-orientated online content in an appealing, uplifting format to breast cancer Survivors.
Oncology Buddies (included in each Buddies for Life publication) caters for other cancer awareness and the various support groups. The focus is on awareness, education and support.
CANSA contributes articles to Buddies for Life / Oncology Buddies emagazine.
Wellbeings Africa
CANSA is excited to be collaborating with WellBeings Africa to spread the word about lowering cancer risk and the importance of recognising the symptoms of cancer, and going for regular cancer screening to promote early detection of cancer, throughout Africa. This collaboration will see CANSA’s information spread on WellBeings Africa platforms.
Your Wellness Matters
Your Wellness Matters is a free community newspaper focused on health and wellness promotion. Our goal is to provide our readers with access to credible, preventative health and wellness information inclusive of, but not limited to physical, mental, nutritional, emotional, financial, educational and social wellness. We are proud to be a media partner of the CANSA organisation.
PurpleMoss Media Provides Coverage for CANSA
CANSA thanks PurpleMoss Media for the coverage they provide for CANSA at SPAR Pharmacies…
Nutri-Reset Digital Publication
CANSA contributes articles to the Nutri-Reset emagazine.
Mzanzihealth
Mzanzihealth online magazine covers the entire gamut of health-related issues, activities, experiences, products and more.
CANSA contributes articles to this magazine.
RetailMed Holdings Magazine
CANSA is thankful to RetailMed Holdings, a trusted digital publishing company, for publishing about CANSA services free of charge.
Radio Laeveld
We are grateful to Radio Laeveld for doing monthly interviews with CANSA and sharing it with their listeners. If you missed an interview, catch up on PodBean…
OFM
Thank you to OFM for doing quarterly interviews with CANSA promoting our service. If you missed an interview, catch up here…
Radio Kragbron
Ons waardeer Radio Kragbron en die gereelde onderhoude met KANSA. Luister gerus…
Queries CANSA
For general queries, please call the CANSA Help Desk toll free line on 0800 22 66 22, or email us at info@cansa.org.za
Sound Bites: Hormones, Menopause and Cancer: CANSA’s Call to Action this October
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Read morePublished: 25 September 2025
Categories: Media Releases & News
CANSA and DKMS Africa Partner to Expand Donor Recruitment and Support in South Africa
Through a new partnership, CANSA and DKMS Africa, an international non-profit organisation dedicated to the fight against blood cancer and blood disorders, will strengthen the recruitment of diverse stem cell donors in South Africa, while ensuring improved support and matching for blood cancer and blood disorder patients who need life-saving transplants. DKMS Africa is dedicated to registering and supporting donors to match patients in need. The CANSA TLC programme places equal importance on patient and donor welfare. Donors travelling for transplant procedures will stay for free at CANSA TLC facilities…
Read morePublished: 16 September 2025
Updated: 3 July 2026
Categories: A Loved One has Cancer, Advocacy, CANSA's Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme, Media Releases & News, Types of cancer
KANSA Verskaf Hoop en Sorg vir Kinders en Tieners met Kanker
English Media Release 11 September 2025 – “Elke kind verdien die kans om kanker met waardigheid, vertroosting en hoop te beveg,” sê Anina Meiring, Diensbestuurder: Kinderkankerdienste by die Kankervereniging van Suid-Afrika (KANSA). “Ons stap saam met gesinne deur die moeilikste reis van hul lewens. Met elke toestel, elke maaltyd en elke greintjie troos, vergemaklik ons […]
Read morePublished: 11 September 2025
Categories: Media Releases & News
Sound Bites: CANSA Provides Hope and Care for Children and Teens with Cancer
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Read morePublished: 11 September 2025
Categories: Media Releases & News
CANSA Provides Hope and Care for Children and Teens with Cancer
Each September, the world unites to shine a light on the challenges of childhood cancer, highlighting the urgent need for early detection, accurate diagnosis, and access to treatment. In South Africa, around 1 000 children are diagnosed with cancer every year, many treated in under-resourced public hospitals. Every child deserves the chance to fight cancer with dignity, comfort, and hope. CANSA TLC staff walk alongside families through the toughest journeys of their lives. With every device, every meal, and every ounce of comfort, helping to ease a child’s fight against cancer – please support our online Vlok Fundraiser – all funds go towards assisting young patients in under-resourced settings…
Read morePublished: 11 September 2025
Updated: 8 October 2025
Categories: CANSA's Tough Living with Cancer (TLC) Programme, Media Releases & News
CANSA Calls for Honest Conversations on World Lymphoma Awareness Day
CANSA is shining a light on lymphoma this World Lymphoma Awareness Day (15 September), calling for more open conversations and stronger support for patients and their loved ones…
Read morePublished: 6 September 2025
Updated: 1 October 2025
Categories: I have Cancer, Media Releases & News, Men's Health, Types of cancer, Women's Health
CANSA & Alvi Armani Partnership Offers Hair Restoration Support for Cancer Survivors
CANSA is partnering with Alvi Armani – their restorative programme helps post-cancer treatment patients regain hair, confidence, and quality of life after facing cancer… Launching in August 2025, the initiative will offer CANSA-affiliated patients in recovery, access to complimentary, in-depth, and personalised consultations. Complete the form in the post to indicate your interest…
Read morePublished: 4 September 2025
Updated: 10 December 2025
Categories: A Loved One has Cancer, Caregiving and Cancer, I have Cancer, Media Releases & News, Men's Health, Our Cause Related Marketing Partners, Our Corporate Social Investment Partners, Women's Health
Fietsryers Ry Kaapstad Toe vir KANSA
‘n Missie-gefokusde span fietsryers sal in Februarie 2026 vanaf Carletonville vertrek, vasbeslote om die byna 1 400 kilometer lange Ride for Hope-toer na Kaapstad te voltooi. Die span word geborg en alle fondse wat deur die ryers ingesamel word, sal die Kankervereniging van Suid-Afrika (KANSA) se lewensreddende werk ondersteun. Die geleentheid, deel van die CANSA Active program, het nie net ten doel om fondse in te samel nie, maar ook om kankerbewusmaking en hoop uit te brei.
Read morePublished: 2 September 2025
Updated: 3 September 2025
Categories: Media Releases & News
It’s Nuts, Below the Belt – DareDevil Run is Happening – 31 October 2025
With this year’s bold tagline, “Make your ballsiest move yet”, the Hollard Daredevil Run continues to push boundaries in the fight against prostate and testicular cancers. This annual awareness campaign invites men to run 5km wearing nothing but a purple Speedo – sparking conversations, challenging stigmas and encouraging early detection through testing to deal with life’s unsures. More than just a run, this initiative is a powerful movement that gets people talking, testing and taking action. This year, it is taking place on Friday, 31 October 2025…
Read morePublished: 13 August 2025
Updated: 21 October 2025
Categories: CANSA on the Move for the Youth, Fundraising Events & Projects, Media Releases & News, Men's Health, Women's Health
Podcasts – Monthly Interviews with CANSA on Radio Laeveld
We are grateful to Radio Laeveld for doing monthly interviews with CANSA and sharing it with their listeners.
Read morePublished: 13 August 2025
Updated: 8 July 2026
Categories: Media Releases & News, On the CANSA Couch Podcasts
CANSA Helps Lower Cancer Risk in Continent through Collaboration with WellBeings Africa
CANSA is excited to be collaborating with WellBeings Africa to spread the word about lowering cancer risk and the importance of recognising the symptoms of cancer, and going for regular cancer screening to promote early detection of cancer, throughout Africa. This collaboration will see CANSA’s information spread on WellBeings Africa platforms…
Read morePublished: 5 August 2025
Updated: 5 August 2025
Categories: Balanced Lifestyle, CANSA on the Move for the Youth, Media Releases & News, Men's Health, Women's Health
Breaking the Silence Around Lung Cancer
As the world marks World Lung Cancer Day on 1 August, CANSA is calling for greater compassion and awareness around one of the most stigmatised cancers. Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths globally, but myths and blame continue to cloud understanding and response to this complex disease…
Read morePublished: 31 July 2025
Updated: 23 September 2025
Categories: A Loved One has Cancer, Advocacy, Caregiving and Cancer, I have Cancer, Media Releases & News, Men's Health, Women's Health
Die Bou van Veerkragtige Ekonomieë Begin met Gesonde Vroue
English Media Release Terwyl Suid-Afrika Vrouemaand in Augustus vier onder die tema ‘Bou veerkragtige ekonomieë vir almal’, moedig die Kankervereniging van Suid-Afrika (KANSA) vroue aan om te erken dat hul gesondheid sentraal staan tot hul bemagtiging, produktiwiteit en welstand. Bors- en servikale kanker bly die voorste kankers wat vroue in die land raak, en KANSA […]
Read morePublished: 30 July 2025
Updated: 30 July 2025
Categories: Media Releases & News
Building Resilient Economies Begins with Healthy Women
As South Africa marks Women’s Month in August under the theme ‘Building Resilient Economies for All’, CANSA urges women to recognise that their health is central to their empowerment, productivity and wellbeing. Breast and cervical cancer remain the leading cancers affecting women in the country, and CANSA continues to prioritise awareness, education, and screening around these. This year, the focus is on uterine health – an often overlooked but critical aspect of women’s health – with the aim of encouraging earlier detection, greater awareness, and informed decision-making…
Read morePublished: 29 July 2025
Updated: 23 September 2025
Categories: Media Releases & News, Women's Health
Sound Bites: Building Resilient Economies Begins with Healthy Women
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Read morePublished: 29 July 2025
Updated: 30 July 2025
Categories: Media Releases & News
KANSA loods Eerste Vrywilligersdag ooit om toegewyde vrywilligers te vereer
Die Kankervereniging van Suid-Afrika (KANSA) is trots om die bekendstelling van sy heel eerste KANSA Vrywilligersdag aan te kondig – 26 Julie 2025, wat vorentoe jaarliks in Julie gevier sal word. Hierdie nuwe tradisie is toegewy aan die verering van KANSA se ongelooflike vrywilligers wat onbaatsugtig diegene wat deur kanker geraak word, hul gesinne en gemeenskappe regoor Suid-Afrika dien.
Read morePublished: 17 July 2025
Updated: 17 July 2025
Categories: Media Releases & News
CANSA Volunteer Day Sound Bites
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Read morePublished: 17 July 2025
Categories: Media Releases & News
CANSA Launches First-Ever Volunteer Day to Honour Dedicated Volunteers
The Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) is proud to announce the launch of its very first CANSA Volunteer Day – 26 July 2025, that will be celebrated annually in July going forward. This new tradition is dedicated to honouring CANSA’s incredible volunteers who selflessly serve those affected by cancer, their families, and communities across South Africa.
Read morePublished: 17 July 2025
Updated: 3 September 2025
Categories: Become a Volunteer, Fundraising Events & Projects, Get involved, Media Releases & News, Volunteers Inspire
Give 67 Minutes of Hope Sound Bites
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Read morePublished: 10 July 2025
Categories: Media Releases & News
Gee 67 minute van Hoop: Ondersteun KANSA Liefdadigheidswinkels hierdie Mandeladag
English Media Release Terwyl Suid-Afrikaners voorberei om die nalatenskap van Nelson Mandela op 18 Julie te vereer, doen die Kankervereniging van Suid-Afrika (KANSA) ‘n beroep op die publiek om hul 67 Minute te laat tel deur KANSA se liefdadigheidswinkels regoor die land te ondersteun. Hierdie Mandelamaand nooi KANSA individue, gesinne, skole, besighede en gemeenskapsgroepe uit […]
Read morePublished: 9 July 2025
Updated: 18 July 2025
Categories: Media Releases & News
Give 67 Minutes of Hope: Support CANSA Charity Shops this Mandela Day
CANSA is calling on the public to make their 67 Minutes count by supporting CANSA’s Charity Shops across the country. This Mandela Month, CANSA invites individuals, families, schools, businesses, and community groups to participate in the ‘67 Minutes for CANSA’ campaign by donating quality goods (such as clothing – especially men’s and children’s clothes, household items, books, working appliances or foldable tables), volunteering time to help sort and organise stock and shopping at CANSA Charity Shops to support a meaningful cause…
Read morePublished: 9 July 2025
Updated: 3 September 2025
Categories: CANSA Bloemfontein Care Centre, CANSA Care Centres, CANSA Durban Care Centre, CANSA Lowveld Care Centre, CANSA Paarl Care Centre, CANSA Pretoria Care Centre, Media Releases & News
