Events

A successful Annual General Meeting was held at the Isisivana Centre in Khayelitsha on 19th October at 14h00. Attendance comprised approximately thirty members. Founder Professor Brian Robertson announced his resignation from the Board as of 31 December 2022 after...

Staff enjoyed a well-earned end of year outing to the Stellenbosch vineyards. Strawberry picking was followed by a convivial lunch. Empilweni seemed far away but work will resume in earnest after their Christmas holiday

Our staff invited our new Community Mental Health Social Worker Ande Dywili (seated on the Left) to a welcome lunch at Empilweni. Ande, who joined our team at the beginning of April this year has a Bachelor of Social Work degree from the University of South Africa...

The December 2020 lockdown impacted on many planned activities, not least of which was our staff’s End of Year Celebration. This is an annual event that staff look forward to at the end of every year as energy levels start to run down. The daily challenges of dealing...

Poor Knowledge About Mental Health Adds To Stigma. This was the headline in our local newspaper Vukani on World Mental Health Day 2020. The newspaper interviewed our Service Manager, Lulama Mfuniselwa, (see picture and full article above), who opened with the...

As Lulama, our Service Manager commented, emotional care is not a walk in the park. A team building day, lead by our clinical psychologist supervisor Emilita Pecego, was held on 13th March, among others, to prepare staff for the year ahead, to refresh skills and to...

Eight teams took part in the tournament and the winners were the Y2K Football Club, pictured above. Empilweni’s Young Lions reached the semi-finals!  

Thank you to all our Donors, Friends, Members and Partners who joined us on Saturday 5th October for this joyful occasion. The morning started with a fascinating presentation by Prof Katherine Sorsdahl whose team has devised chat shows on social media in which our...

We welcome all our members, past Board members, staff and consultants, and our donors and sponsors to our 25th Anniversary Celebration  Programme overview: Please note that due to time constraints the Guest Lecture will commence at 10h00 sharp  09h30 Registration to...

Our first 'silver jubilee' event will take place at 10h00 on Saturday 5th October 2019 at Empilweni. Our guest speaker, Prof Katherine Sorsdahl, featured above, will be followed by a shortened Annual General Meeting and some entertainment. Thereafter we will hold...