CANSA Seal of Recognition – Protection Category

Emthunzini Hats, established in 2009, sell a fashionable range of sunhats for men, women and children, designed in Australia, to give serious sun protection while still looking good. It’s essential for everyone to protect their skin every day of the […]

CANSA recommends chosing a sunscreen with a UVA and UVB protection and SPF of at least 20 to 50 – and preferrably 30 to 50 for fair to very fair skin. As part of our responsibility towards the public and […]

Thank you M-Net & DSTV for helping to promote CANSA SunSmart awareness! See below to view infomercials. Protect young skins from UV rays the SunSmart way with UV suits. Read more about CANSA’s SunSmart campaign. Infomercials: 1min50s: 30 seconds: 15 seconds:

Clicks Sunprotect, endorsed by CANSA since 2009, is a range of sunscreen products that has been manufactured exclusively for Clicks for the past four years and complies with current South African National Standards (SANS 1557:2009 Edition 3).  Sunprotect products protect […]

Click on link to listen to radio interview with CANSA’s CEO, Sue Janse van Rensburg, on SAFM regarding Sunscreens View other recent articles on this topic: CANSA CEO letter re Sunscreen Standards Sunscreens – despite questions re optimal UVA protection – still […]

English Letter Lees onderstaande brief of laai pdf af… Beste Besorgde Burger, Lid van ons kosbare Publiek en lojale KANSA Vriend, Met verwysing na die Sonskerm-nuus: KANSA het nog altyd en sal altyd eerste ons verantwoordelikheid teenoor jou as lojale […]

CANSA SEAL OF RECOGNITION (CSOR) 31 August 2012 – Since 2005 all sunscreen bearing the CSOR had to have a sun protection factor (SPF) of 20 minimum and 50 maximum. It had to provide broad-spectrum protection against UVA & UVB […]

In response to the recent UVA concerns and in an effort to get an idea of the levels of UVA protection provided by sunscreens locally, the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) commissioned the testing of a sample of sunscreens […]

Background: On the 30th September 2011, CANSA handed over 35 samples of sunscreen to Future Cosmetics for testing of UVA and UVB efficacy in relation to the COLIPA (European) Standards for sunscreens. Read more about this… In the latter weeks […]