SOPHIE MOGOTLANE

Prof Sophie Mataniele Mogotlane is an Emeritus Professor and a Research Fellow in the College of Human Sciences at the University of South Africa. Her interests are in community health and research.

To this effect she is a rated researcher and has undertaken and led research projects in the area of community health. She has published widely in this area.

She is the co - author and editor of Juta's "Manual of Nursing", volumes 1, 2 and 4 published by Juta and the fifth edition of "Professional Practice: A Southern African Nursing Perspective", published by Heinemann.

She was the editor of the "Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery", published by UNISA Press.

She is the Deputy Chairperson of the South African Nursing Council.

Prof Mogotlane has been invited as a guest speaker and has presented peer reviewed research papers nationally and internationally.

Through her scholarship and experience in nursing and management, she has advocated for and served the nursing profession academically, socially and politically.

RENE WIENEKUS

Tel: 043 721 0051
Fax: 086611 3881 OR 043 721 0051
Cell: 083 793 0237
E-mail: reneburs@sainet.co.za

Employed by St Bernard's Hospice on 1 April 2003 as the Nursing Manager and introduced a more formal, structured system for home care and In-Patient Unit, as well as certain policies and procedures.

After applying for the General Manager's position, the board of directors appointed me on 1 March 2005 as General Manager to date and I was elected as the EPHA chairperson in August 2009.

I started my nursing career as student nurse on 1 January 1978 at the Frontier Hospital in Queenstown and received my qualification in general nursing and midwifery in 1982.

In August 1986 to May 1994 I worked as a community health nurse for the then Regional Services Council and senior Prof Nurse, where I supervised 3 fixed and 6 mobile clinics. During that time I got my qualifications in Primary Health Care and completed a course in Family Planning and Geriatric Care.

In 1989 I studied via Unisa and qualified in 1992 with my diploma in Advanced Nursing Science with Nursing Administration and Community Health Nursing as majors.

In April 1997 I was appointed as Nursing Manager at the Queenstown Private Hospital and promoted to General Manager in August 1997 until February 2002, before relocating to East London.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

to Management Committee

Barbara Campbell-Ker	Chairperson, co-opted member
Sarah Fakroodeen	Director, KZN, vice-chair HPCA
Stephen Blakeman	Director, North West Province
Bulelani Kuwane	Co-opted member
Sophie Mogotlane	Co-opted member
Elizabeth Scrimgeour	Director, Western Cape
Theresa Thompson	Director, Northern Cape
Rene Wienekus	Director, Eastern Cape
Elize Willis	Director, Free State
Marisa Wollheim	Director, Association of Northern Hospices
Liz Gwyther	CEO HPCA
Jo Lazarus	Company Secretary
Kathy Henning	Financial manager/COO

JOSEF LAZARUS

P.O Box 355
Muizenburg 7950
Tel: 021-864-3220
Cell: 083 265 6341
E-mail: josef@hpca.co.za

Jo became involved with hospice in 1994 when the St Luke's Hospice Board commissioned him to conduct strategic planning research resulting in a significant restructuring of St Luke's. In 1997 the HPCA Board commissioned Jo to conduct strategic planning research on the structure, functions and financial resources of HPCA. The resulting recommendations put HPCA firmly on a development oriented trajectory supported by the formation of several Hospice Development Sub-committees and a Hospice Development Fund to support the development of member hospices.
Jo serves as strategic advisor to the HPCA Board and Management and was recently appointed Company Secretary.

Jo is currently as Manager of a national higher education development initiative of JET Education Services.
Previous appointments include: Director, S.A. Community Partnerships in Health Personnel Education; Head and Senior Lecturer, Academic Development, University of Natal; Founder, S.A. Association for Medical Education; and Assistant Director, Cancer Association of S.A. Honorary appointments include: Honorary Lecturer, University of Cape Town Faculty of Medicine; Honorary Life Member S.A. Association for Health Science Education; Board Member, Oliver Tambo Fellowship, Public Health Management; Member, National Task Group, Primary Health Care, DoH; Steering Committee, Association of Medical Schools in Africa; Member, National Core Group, Human Resource Development, DoH; Editorial Board, Community-University Partnerships (U.S.A.); International Advisory Board,'Medical Teacher' (UK); International Advisory Board, Journal of Education, Citizenship and Social Justice (U.K.); and International Reference Group, Community Engagement, University of Brighton (U.K.). Jo is a UCT philosophy graduate.

His hobbies include viticulture, oenology, chess, canoeing, cycling and surfing.

BARBARA CHARLOTTE CAMPBELL-KER
SAIM, NSAC, IEASA, D Bus. Management

P.O Box 87600
Houghton
2041
Tel: +27 21 531 0277 Fax: +27 21 531 1706
Email: barbara.campbellker@gmail.com

Barbara has spent many years striving to improve the lot of those less fortunate than her and has been privileged to work for Hospice Witwatersrand for nearly 23 years.
For all the years she was responsible for the finances of Hospice Witwatersrand but was actively involved in the multiple facets of the organisation.

1999 - Barbara was appointed Executive Director
1998 - Barbara was elected Chairperson of the Association of Northern Hospices and was appointed to the national Board of the Hospice Palliative Care Association (HPCA) and became a member of that organisation’s Organisational Development Portfolio.
2007 - Barbara was appointed onto the Audit committee of HPCA and became Chairperson of the Board of HPCA - a position she still holds.
2009 - Barbara left Hospice Witwatersrand but her passion for the work of Hospice continues.

There has been much growth in the Hospices in South Africa and Barbara is proud to be part of an organisation that is focused on development and improving the lot of people who require the services of Hospice.
Barbara was awarded the Rotary International’s Paul Harris Fellow award.
She remains passionate about palliative care and would like palliative care to become a household word.

While working for Hospice Witwatersrand Barbara represented Hospice overseas five times, promoting the work of Hospice especially in Soweto with the various challenges and focusing on the effects of HIV/AIDS on the local communities.

KATHY HENNING
B.Compt Hon, C.A.(SA)

(Financial Manager)
c/o HPCA
Tel: Tel: 021 531 0277
Cell: 083 270 2744
E-mail: khenning@hpca.co.za

Kathy is widowed and is the mother of two sons. Her introduction to the world of Hospice began in 1997 when she joined Stellenbosch Hospice as a Board Member and Treasurer.

Kathy Henning has 37 years experience in the accounting field. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1995, she became a partner in an audit firm. During her time in the accounting practice, HPCA became her client and she acted as financial consultant to the organization until being appointed as the HPCA Financial Manager and Pepfar Program Manager in March 2006.

Education
1994 - UNISA B Compt Honours
1995 - South African Institute of Chartered Accountants CA(SA)

Community activities and current occupation
1) Director of Stellenbosch Hospice: Portfolio - Treasurer and Financial Management (10 years)
2) Trustee and administrator of a Charity Foundation Trust in aid of disadvantaged children (6 years)
3) Hospice Association of the Western Cape - Treasurer (6 years)
4) Trustee and treasurer of a Trust founded for cultural reasons (8 years)

LIZ GWYTHER

Hospice Palliative Care Assoc. of S.A.
Tel; 021 531 2094
Fax: 021 531 1706
E-mail: liz@hpca.co.za

Liz Gwyther was born in Zimbabwe and studied medicine at the University of Cape Town graduating in 1979 with MB ChB.

She worked as a GP in Zimbabwe and South Africa and qualified as Family Physician (FCFP) in 1993. She started in hospice care on a voluntary basis in 1993 and obtained the Diploma in Palliative Medicine from University of Wales, College of Medicine(UWCM) in 1998 and the MSc in Palliative Medicine (UWCM) in 2003. She is active in palliative care training and education, in hospice development programmes and is working with W Cape Dept of Health on integration of palliative care into the formal health care sector. She is CEO of Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa (HPCA), a director of the International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care(IAHPC) and a member of the WorldWide Palliative Care Alliance (WPCA) steering committee, leading the education and training group of WPCA and a director of the Pain Society of South Africa.

She is a senior lecturer at the University of Cape Town where she heads the Palliative Care Unit within the School of Public Health and Family Medicine. She is the convener for the postgraduate programmes in Palliative Medicine. Her special interests are women's health and palliative care (in particular palliative care in HIV/AIDS) and human rights in health care.

She has 2 children both studying in Cape Town in 2007 - Kate (22) studying psychology and Andrew (20) studying conservation ecology. She is a member of the W Province Ladies Supporters of Cricket and enjoys sailing, theatre and reading both fiction and non-fiction.

BULELANI KUWANE

Tel: 011-838-8600
Cell: 072 384 8369
E-mail: bkuwane@auruminstitute.org

Bulelani was born at Herschel, Transkei (Eastern Cape) on 30th November 1972. Bulelani is married to Tholang and they have one lovely daughter, Lindeka.

Bulelani is a co-opted board member of HPCA. He is working for Aurum Institute for Health Research at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital's Adult HIV Clinic as a Clinic Manager.

He has a Four Year Diploma in Nursing (General nursing, Community Health Nursing, Psychiatry and Midwifery) from Transkei College of Nursing and a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Management from University of South Africa. He has done a lot of training during his career, including palliative nursing care, HIV/AIDS care, treatment, prevention and management, project management.

He has worked in Primary Health Care for over 6 years in different provinces, Free State, North West and Gauteng. He worked for Wepener Municipality, North West Department of Health and Harmony Gold Mine between 1997 and 2002. He got involved in HIV/AIDS when he started working for PPASA (lovelife) in Mpumalanga in 2002. In 2003 he joined St. Joseph's Care and Support Trust. He worked at St. Joseph's for 3 years as a Programme Manager. His work included managing hospice services (IPU and Home Based Care). He led the hospice to full COHSASA/HPCA accreditation. He started the ART clinic at St. Joseph's in 2004.

He has served on the HPCA Organisational Development Sub-committee for a short duration.

Bulelani's favourite sport is soccer and he supports Kaizer Chiefs. He enjoys pap and vleis.

ELIZE WILLIS

(Representing Free State)
c/o Golden Gateway Hospice
P O Box 626
Bethlehem, 9700
Tel: 058-303-7109
Cell: 082 2004169
Email: gghospice@isat.co.za

Raised in Bethlehem in the Free State, matriculated in 1989 at Voortrekker High School. She enrolled at the University of the Free State in 1990 and graduated with a Baccalaureus Societatis Scientiae in Social work in 1993.

She obtained work experience as a social worker at the Aurora (Alcohol and Drug clinic) and then started working as a social worker at the Association for Persons with Disabilities (APD), also in Bloemfontein. The Bloemfontein office of APD open a regional office in Bethlehem, and Elize was promoted as regional manager for the Eastern Free State, and furthered her career in Bethlehem.

In January 2005 Elize joined Golden Gateway Hospice in Bethlehem as the social worker and proposal writer. Completely unaware of the work of hospice or the palliative care movement she immediately began educating herself in this field. She was promoted to General Manager, in 2006.

Elize has represented Golden Gateway Hospice at the Hospice Association of the Free State and Northern Cape and was elected as the vice chair in 2006. At the AGM in July 07 she was selected as Chairperson for the Hospice Association of the Free State.

In her spare time she enthusiastically spends time with husband, Johnny and the children. She loves to reading, skiing or watching sport.

ELIZABETH SCRIMGEOUR

Tel: 021-872-4060
E-mail: elizabeth@drakensteinhospice.org.za

Elizabeth Scrimgeour is a Professional Nurse with qualifications as a general nurse, midwife, psychiatry, oncology and palliative care; an honours degree in psychology and Masters Degree in Theology, specialising in narrative therapy.
She joined Drakenstein Hospice 2000 as a part-time nurse and became the CEO in 2006.

Her interests in palliative care are the spiritual aspects and nursing. She enjoys processing, finding solutions to challengesand making forms.
'Living' with HIV/Aids and the unique needs of our children and the children of our patients has prompted us to create Butterfly House, a palliative resource centre in an informal settlement.
Elizabeth believes in people and has trained the first HBC workers in palliative care in 2004. 18 of those HBC workers are still in our employ. Management and structures of organisations have been a challenge and Elizabeth has channeled her energy to find innovative ways of an inclusive top down, bottom up, management style, in response to addressing community palliative care needs.

My husband John is an ex-pilot and now an olive farmer and we have 3 beautiful red haired children, all currently at university.

SARAH FAKROODEEN

(Representative for KZN)
Highway Hospice
P O Box 28
Westville
3630
Tel: 031 2086110 Fax: 031 208 2945
Email: medical@hospice.co.za

Born in a family of Doctors (father and uncle) my only choice in career was to practice Medicine.
Graduate of The Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland. Worked as an intern at Jervis Hospital in Dublin and Coombs Hospital in Dublin in Obstetrics and Neo-Natal Paediatrics.
Obtained a Diploma in Obstetrics in Dublin and a Certificate in Family Planning in London.

Worked in South Africa since 1979 as a GP, Obstetrician and an assistant for gynaecology until the birth of my son, Abdul 18 years ago.

I joined the Highway Hospice in 1997 first as a locum, then as a Day Centre doctor and now as a Medical Director.

Obtained a Diploma in Palliative Medicine through the University of Cardiff in Wales in July 2000 and M.Phil in Palliative Medicine through the University of Cape Town. Also did the Doctor's Dispensing Course in 2005 and Clinical HIV Management Course in 2005.

Currently Medical Director at Highway Hospice, External examiner for Diploma in Palliative Medicine at UCT, lecturer in Palliative Medicine at Nelson Mandela School of Medicine in KZN, for 2nd 3rd and final year medical students. Lecturer in Palliative Medicine Elective for Masters, in Family Medicine in KZN.

Board member of Hospice Palliative Care Association of SA, elected by HAKZN (Hospice Association of KZN), member of the Steering Committee of the Palliative Care Society. Member of the Education and Research Committee handling the Doctor's portfolio and Head of the Palliative Care Forum for KZN.

STEPHEN LEE BLAKEMAN

Tel: 014-566-4781
E-mail: sblakem@mweb.co.za

Stephen was born in Nairobi, Kenya and educated at Kearsney College and Alexander High in Natal.

He obtained a BSc (Civil Engineering) in 1980 from the University of Natal and has 28 years experience in both the Construction and Consulting fields of engineering.

He completed a number of projects in the North West in the 1990's centered on the development of services in the rural communities and he initiated empowerment and capacity building programmes within these communities. This was the start of Stephen's interest in community work.

Stephen is the Programme Manager of Tapologo with involvement from 1998. He is the Chairperson of the North West Hospice Association.

Stephen's "therapy" is golf and he has two beautiful daughters.

THERESA THOMPSON

Tel: 053 631 1418
Fax: 053 631 1377
Cell: 082 202 4088
E-mail: Theresa.hospice@isat.co.za

I was born in De Aar in August 7 1949, into a family of 4 children of which I am the eldest. Our family moved to Cape Town, where I started my training as a nurse at Peninsula Maternity Hospital.
I have worked in the health sector for about 30 years and retired from nursing in 2000.

I decided to move back to De Aar, and recently became a widower. My only daughter recently completed her Grade 12 and is now at the Huguenot College (Social Work). I am a Roman Catholic. My hobbies are singing, entertaining others and reading.

In the year 2001, I was elected chairperson of Nightingale Hospice for a period of 4 years.

In 2005, I was than appointed as Program Manager at Nightingale Hospice to date.

I then decided to study the Project Management Certificate Course and completed it in 2007 through The Genesis Group.

I have participated in a number of workshops, conferences and trainings and shared whatever experiences I have encounted to both the Staff and the Governing Board.

I have also served for a period of 2 years as a Paediatric Palliative Care representative for the Northern Cape and on the 7th October 2009 I was elected regional chairperson of the board for the Northern Cape.

MARISA WOLLHEIM

Tel: 011 953 4863
Fax: 011 953 4738
Cell: 076 649 3989
E-mail: marisawollheim@absamail.co.za

Marisa Wollheim is the Honorary Director and Trainer of Hospice in the West.

She has been involved with Hospice in the West since its birth on the West Rand for the past 18 years and has built up a wealth of experience and knowledge.

Her wisdom has come from Walking a path with facilitating a journey with Dying people and their Loved ones who have inspired and taught her how to live and appreciate life and in return has empowered her to develop a passion for Caring and Empowering the Carer in the field of Caring.

She was elected Chairperson of the Assoc of Northern Hospices in April 2009.