Committee

Dr Gustaaf G Wolvaardt

FPD PI CDC IMHSI Project – Lead

Conference Organiser

Prof Olive Shisana

Advisor to the President of RSA

Conference Chair

Prof. Dan J Stein

Professor and Chair, Dept of Psychiatry at UCT

Conference Co-chair

PROF CHRISTOFFEL GROBLER

MH TA CDC IMHSI Project

Conference Technical Advisor

Charlene Sunkel

Founder/CEO: Global Mental Health Peer Network

Person with lived Experience

MEMBERS

Clinical, psychology & behavioural sciences

Dr Nare Jonas Mokoti

Private Clinical Psychology Practice, Various resorts

Sister Retha Smit

Stellenbosch University – Cape Town

Dr Candice Chetty-Makkan

Indlela Senior Behavioural Scientist 

Technology and innovation

Sherrie Steyn

Co-founder and CSO, Vimbo Health

Tafi Mazikana

Co-founder and CEO Vimbo Health

Oscar Motswage

Clinical Psychologist & PhD. Candidate (Unisa)

Prof Darelle van Greunen

Distinguished Professor at Nelson Mandela University

Policy and Public Health

Dr Lebogang Phahladira

Stellenbosch University – Cape Town

Prof Melvyn Freeman

Consultant in Mental Health and Non-communicable Diseases

Sasha Stevenson

Section 27

Best practices & Programmes

Cassey Chambers

 SADAG

Vanishaa Gordhan

 SADAG

DR MEBA ALPHONSE KANDA

West Rand Health, Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy South Africa, UNISA

Communications and Community Engagement

Jennifer Charlton

Heartlines

Bongiwe Mlangeni

Public Health Communication Consultant

Sonto Madonsela

PhD Candicate (Wits Health Communication Research Unit)

Shayni Geffen

Project Leader: Advocacy & Awareness, SA Federation for Mental Health

Bharti Patel

Non-Executive Director, SA Federation for Mental Health