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SAHISA COUNCIL
  • The SAHISA Council is the highest policy-making body of SAHISA. It determines the general policy of SAHISA within the ISASA Constitution, the allocation of its budget and the direction and control of its affairs.
  • The SAHISA Council meets three times per year and holds its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the SAHISA/ISASA Conference.

SAHISA EXECUTIVE
  • The SAHISA Executive Committee is the executive body of SAHISA responsible for managing the affairs of SAHISA and overseeing implementation of policy by the SAHISA Council.
  • The Executive Committee meets five times per year, usually before and between SAHISA Council meetings.

ROLES OF REGIONAL DELEGATES TO SAHISA COUNCIL
  • The Regional Delegates’ role on the SAHISA Council is to represent regional views at the Council. Therefore, it is important that there are structures and processes in place in order for those views to be heard. As with the ISASA structures, it is in the regions that participative democracy takes place and the regional committee must ensure that this happens.
  • Having put forward the views of the Region on any issue, delegates to SAHISA Council should take decisions in the best interests of SAHISA as a whole. The duties of care and skill mean that when the SAHISA Regional Chair reports back to the Region, the decisions of SAHSA Council should be conveyed with an explanation of why the decisions were taken in the light of the arguments presented, and not personal views.
  • The SAHISA Regional Chair should report back to the Region on SAHISA Council matters and leave the ISASA Regional Chair to report back on ISASA Council matters.