Congratulations to staff member Thami Nkosi, and board member Thoko Budaza for being placed on the Mail and Guardians top 300 young people to take to lunch.

Welcome Desmond Lesejane, Orly Stern, Juliana Davids, Sikhangele Mabulu, Arison Mahureva & Helen Alexander .

Congratulations to board member Kumi Naidoo who is now the global director of Greenpeace.

We are proud to announce that our co-directors have been appointed to two high level UN groups:

• Bafana Khumalo on the Global Task Team (Working group on Advocacy, and Resource, Capacity Strengthening, Mobilisation) on operationalising the UNAIDS Action Framework addressing Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV
• Dean Peacock as part of the UN Secretary General's Network of Men Leaders.