She is a passionate leader with more than a decade’s experience in management of international NGOs in Africa. She has executed global clinical research programmes for 14 countries in Europe, Middle East, and sub-Saharan Africa. In SA she was executive director of the Topsy Foundation and technical advisor and senior operations manager for mothers2mothers, before taking the reins at HPCA in August 2019.
CEO – HPCA
Bulelani holds Master in Management (Public and Development Management) from Wits, Honours Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Commerce from Unisa and Comprehensive Diploma in Nursing from Transkei College of Nursing. He is studying towards DrPH in Global Health Leadership with Indiana University in USA. He is currently employed at The Aurum Institute as Executive Fellow in the Office of the CEO undergoing Advance Executive Development. He was the Managing Director for Health Systems Division and Principal Investigator for CDC grants. He oversaw implementation of the following projects among other things, Care and Treatment, Community HIV Testing, Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision, Prevention for Key Populations and Priority Populations, Orphans and Vulnerable Children, Surveillance Studies for Key Populations. These projects were funded by US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through Centres for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC).
He is a Public Health Specialist with more 18 years’ experience in managing HIV and AIDS and TB prevention, care and treatment programmes. He has worked in the public, private and the not for profit sectors. His passion is on increasing access to health care services and improving quality of health care services. His strengths include programme and project management, leadership and governance, operational management, financial management, human resources management, stakeholder management. He is also serves as a board member of Yoga4Alex and Centre for HIV and AIDS Prevention Studies (CHAPS).
Chairperson
Warren matriculated in 1987 and went on to complete a Masters in Theology at the University of Natal in 1996. He was an ordained Priest in the Anglican Church of South Africa and served as rector of the parish of Estcourt.
Warren began his involvement in Hospice and Palliative care in 1998 and went on to be an active volunteer in the Estcourt Hospice Association and eventually General Manager of Estcourt Hospice. He later was offered the post of CEO of Msunduzi Hospice in Pietermaritzburg. Warren is a past chairperson of the Hospice Association of KwaZulu-Natal and is currently the vice chairperson and representative to the HPCA Board. Warren’s passion is quality improvement and the accreditation programme.
Warren relaxes well with a fine bottle of wine or a well aged cognac and truly enjoys the great South African pastime of a Braai.
Tersia’s only child, Vicky Bruce was born with a rare and degenerative connective tissue disorder, Osteogenesis Imperfecta. By her 3rd birthday Vicky had suffered 41 fractures. Despite a prognosis of “life limiting” Vicky survived her childhood and got married at the age of 21. At the age of 22 she gave birth to the first of two sons.
In 2012 the doctors said there was no further curative treatment available. The last 10 years of her life was filled with 81 abdominal surgeries, septicaemia, excruciating pain, total loss of dignity and hopelessness. Five months before Vicky’s death Tersia managed to secure help from Hospice Wits for her child. Two months before her death Vicky asked her mother to start a Hospice in Alberton so “no-one will suffer the way she did”.
On the 1st of January 2013 Stepping Stone Hospice started operating out of Tersia’s home in Alberton. Vicky sadly died on the 18th of January 2013.
Tersia is passionate about Palliative Care for All. She honours her child’s legacy every single day at Stepping Stone Hospice & Care Services.
Tersia is Regional Chairperson of the GP HPCA Board and serves on the HPCA Board, Accreditation Committee, Sustainability Committee, Standards Review Committee, Finance Committee and is Chairperson of the Mentorship Committee.
Nicola has a Bachelors of Social Sciences (B.Soc.Sci) and a Bachelors of Law (LLB) from Rhodes University, and has a passion for supporting the realization of rights for vulnerable communities.
Born in Cape Town, Nicola has lived in many areas throughout South Africa and neighbouring countries, including Namibia and Mozambique. She is currently happily settled in Tzaneen where she is raising her three children and remains committed to improving the health and development of rural communities through the work of CHoiCe Trust.
She obtained her B.Rad. (Diagnostic) in 1993 from the University of the Free State, and while living in Germany for thirteen year obtained a Honours Degree in Psychology (UNISA) in 2000. Back in South- Africa she obtained a Post-Graduate Diploma in Counseling from SACAP in Cape Town, and did practical work at St. Luke’s Hospice, The Compassionate Friends and The Red Cross Children’s Hospital. After moving back to Bloemfontein in 2016 she, she co-founded the Hospice Bloemfontein in 2017. In 2019 she finished a Post-Graduate Diploma in Palliative Care at the University of Cape town, and is currently busy with her M.Phil. in Palliative Care at UCT.
Hanneke is the General Manager of Hospice Bloemfontein, and also works as a counsellor with patients and their families. She is the Chairperson of the Free State Hospice Association.
Hanneke is married to Jan, and has a daughter in high school.
Fran qualified as a social worker and completed her Master’s Degree in Pastoral Therapy, specialising in Narrative Therapy. In 1999 Fran joined Drakenstein Hospice in Paarl as a social worker and later became the patient care manager.
In 2008, Fran was appointed by the Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa (HPCA) where, she provided mentorship and training to assist member hospices, NGOs and government institutions to develop and grow their capacity to provide palliative care. Fran is involved in the development and review of psychosocial palliative care training courses and still trains when she has the time and opportunity.
In January 2016, Fran joined Overstrand Hospice as the general manager. Being deeply passionate about palliative care, Fran hopes to continue to support and enable health care providers deliver this critical aspect of health care.
Having lived below mountains for most of her life, Fran loves hiking and trailing. She has three special men in her life (for clarity: her husband and two sons), who, for the most, have kept her from complacency.
