Meet our members
Meet our Members
RuDASA has a very active members Forum which is used to discuss issues, share ideas, and give information about posts, courses and conferences, and updates in policy. To post on the Forum and see responses you need to be a member of RuDASA - so Join Us! If you just have a general request e.g. advertising posts in your hospital, then you can send the information to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a request for it to be circulated.
Meet our Management
RuDASA has an active Executive Committee, as well as a National Advisory Committee of Provincial Representatives and Portfolio bearers. The committee administrates and manages RuDASA through transparent and inclusive mechanisms that encourage all RuDASA members to contribute their experiences and opinions.
Provincial Representatives function as a link between provincial health care workers and the RuDASA Executive committee. The reps report provincial issues that require RuDASA attention to the National Advisory Committee and communicate back to provincial health care workers/members. The reps coordinate the Provincial RuDASA Committee and facilitate periodical provincial committee meetings by telecon or otherwise. The reps also act as the face for RuDASA in the province for local health care workers, government, stakeholders and the media, and represent RuDASA in provincial events, such as meetings with the Provincial Department of Health.
Provinces are encouraged to set up provincial committees to reach more health care workers via email and teleconferences, in order to amplify grassroots voices at a national level, provide feedback from the national committee and to obtain representative opinions on key issues from health care workers at district & sub-district level. This improves transparency, and ensures that the issues at district level link with the national committee.
Members of the 2 committees have 6 teleconferences annually, where organisational and advocacy-related matters are discussed.
| Executive Committee 2016-2017 | Name | |
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| Chairperson | Dr. Mosa Moshabela | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Vice-chairperson | OPEN | |
| Most Recent Chair | Dr. Desmond Godisamang Kegakilwe | |
| RuDASA Office Coordinator | Stephanie Homer |
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| Secretary | Abigail Dreyer | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Treasurer | Dr Jayne Bezuidenhout | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| RHAP | Marije Versteeg-Mojanaga
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| National Advisory Committee: Portfolios | ||
| Student liaison |
Bulela Vava |
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| Rural Health Club representative | Sihle Nyawose (UKZN) | |
| Dental representative and Lesotho | Dr. Khabiso J. Ramphoma | |
| Foreign Qualified Doctors and Support |
Dr. Katie Jobling |
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| Stop Stock Outs Project | Dr. Indira Govender and Dr. Karl le Roux | |
| Rural Mental Health Campaign | Dr Meba Kanda | |
| Advocacy | Dr Karl le Roux & Marije Versteeg-Mojanaga | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| Rural Doctor of the Year | Dr. Indira Govender | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| National Advisory Committee: Provincial Representatives | |
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| Gauteng | Dr Meba Kanda |
| Free State | Dr Dirk Hagemeister |
| Limpopo | Dr Lekalakala Matsobane |
| Eastern Cape | Dr Garrick Barber |
| Mpumalanga | OPEN |
| Western Cape |
Dr Johann Schoever & Dr Klaus von Pressentin |
| KZN | Dr. Indira Govender & Dr Jayne Bezuidenhout |
| North-West | Dr Mphothulo |
| Northern Cape | Dr Natasha Blanckenberg & Dr Pieter Gdabe |