The 40th Biennial Conference of the South African National Council for the Blind took place from 20 - 22 October 2011 in Kimberley in the Northern Cape, with funding from the National Lottery.

Proceedings commenced with conference registration on Thursday, followed by a workshop presented by the National Ministry for Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities. The actual conference programme ran on Friday, 21 and Saturday, 22 October.

Elections were held during the Biennial Conference to determine who the office bearers will be for the next two year team. Advocate Lucky Bokaba was re-elected as National Chairperson, Mr Philip Bam (previously our Treasurer) as the National Deputy Chairperson and Mr Jan Mokoala as the Treasurer (he is a Charted Accountant by profession).

Please contact the Governance and Projects Division if you would like to have a copy of the list of NEC and NMC members, the resolutions, strategic plan and the recommendations adopted at other sessions of the conference.

The 41st Biennial Conference will take place in KwaZulu-Natal in October 2013.

On the picture:  Our new Office Bearers with the Deputy Minister of Public Works:
From left to right:

• Jace Nair, National Executive Director
• Jan Mokoala - New Treasurer
• Adv. Lucky Bokaba - Re-elected Chairperson
• Honourable Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu - Deputy Minister of Public Works
• Philip Bam - New Deputy Chairperson