South Africa: Dr Thembisile Xulu - the New CEO of SANAC

12 October 2020
interview

Dr Thembisile Xulu, the newly appointed CEO of the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC), describes herself as an empath and very ambitious.

She stems from a line of formidable women. When Xulu was seven years old, her mother, Sisana who was a single parent, joined the armed struggle in Swaziland. The young Xulu was raised by her great grandmothers Gogo Victoria, a nurse, and Gogo Ruby, a seamstress. Her two great grandmothers also managed a trading store in the Durban township of Inanda, where Xulu says she learned to count change and to treat people with respect - skills that may come in handy in her new position.

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