2025 Conference Pre-Conference Day

SAACHS CONFERENCE 2025
PRE-CONFERENCE DAY: TUESDAY 7 JANUARY 2025
  Checkin at your hotels
14h00-17h00 Register at Windmills Conference Centre
  Delegates free time
18h00 Shisanyama Dinner and karaoke at Diamond Lil's Action Bar at the Windmills Casino

Programme is subject to change 

2025 Conference Day 1

SAACHS CONFERENCE 2025
DAY 1: WEDNESDAY 8 JANUARY 2025
08h30 Registration and welcoming refreshments
09h30 Conference starts in Windmills A&B
  Welcome
Miemie Geya, National Chair, SAACHS
09h45 Keynote Address
Address by VIP from Department of Health/ Higher Education / Higher Health/ EDSA
10h30 Annual General Meeting
12h30 LUNCH WITH EXHIBITORS
13h30 Second curriculum
14h00

Men’s Health Program/Men’s Lekgotla: 
Transforming student experience and tackling mental health challenges

Shibashiba Moabelo, Coordinator: HIV and AIDS, University of the Free State
Nothando Hlophe, Head of Social Support, University of the Free State

14h30 The value of a HIV support group: A case study from the UFS campus
Sr Theresa de Vries, Senior Officer: Professional Nurse, University of the Free State
15h00 Support of pregnant students at universities
Dr. Annah Sefolosha, Head of Department, Directorate of Health and Wellness, Tshwane University of Technology
15h30 TEA WITH EXHIBITORS
16h00 Conference closes for the day
   
  Get dressed for the informal dinner  - theme is cowboys and cowgirls
17h00 Make your way to the conference venue to catch the bus to the dinner
Buses leave the conference venue to the pre-dinner excursion and dinner
18h00-22h00 Coco-C restaurant venue at Loch Logan waterfront

Programme is subject to change 

2025 Conference Day 2 

SAACHS CONFERENCE 2025
DAY 2: THURSDAY 9 JANUARY 2025
08h00 Arrival tea with exhibitors
08h30 Conference starts
  Keynote address
Higher Health invited
09h00 Diversity and Inclusion
Disability access
09h20 GBV
09h40 tba
10h00 TEA WITH EXHIBITORS
10h30 Mental Health: Academic attitudes, and expectations of academically excluded students
Thabo Monyatsi, Psychologist: Academic Support · Central University of Technology, Free State
11h20 tba
11h40 Ancestor Calling 
12h30 LUNCH WITH EXHIBITORS
13h30 Workshop: Self-care: a practical approach to becoming a better caregiver
Dr Munita Dunn-Coetzee, Director of Student Counselling and Development, University of the Free State
15h00 Contributions from Universities
15h20 TEA WITH EXHIBITORS
16h00 Conference closes for the day
   
18h00 Make your way back to the Conference
18h30 Gala Dinner at Windmills Casino
Dress for a 007 theme

Programme is subject to change

 

2025 Conference Day 3

SAACHS CONFERENCE 2025
DAY 3: FRIDAY 10 JANUARY 2025
08h00 WELCOMING TEA WITH EXHIBITORS
08h30 Welcome
08h35 Keynote Address
Preventative Health Services
09h00 Health Seeking behaviour amongst students
Nada Laurie PhD, Health and Wellness Centre, University of the Free State
09h30

A guide to developing and implementing an effective Peer Education programme
Dr. Annah Sefolosha, Head of Department, Directorate of Health and Wellness, Tshwane University of Technology

10h00 TEA WITH EXHIBITORS
10h30 Student Food Insecurity
Prof Louise van den Berg, University of the Free State
11h00 Food budgeting for students
Ermi Spies, Lecturer, University of the Free State
11h20 Vaccination Programmes for HEI’s
11h40 Contributions from universities
12h20 CLOSING ADDRESS
Riana Johnson, Regional Chairperson SAACHS (Deputy Director: Health and Wellness Centre, UFS)
Sr Miemie Geya, National Chair, SAACHS (
   
12h30 LUNCH WITH EXHIBITORS
13h30 Conference closes

 

Programme is subject to change