(Including representatives of task teams)
The NRASD is represented by leaders from various religious groups. The executive members all believe in the importance and value of interfaith cooperation, to the advantage of society as a whole.
The executive members, management unit and task team representatives are:
Chairperson
Fr Richard Menatsi
Catholic Church in South Africa
Vice-chairperson
Sheikh Achmat Sedick
Vice-President, Muslim Judicial Council South Africa, Cape Town
Helen Terre Blanche
Buddhist Representative
Executive secretary
Dr Renier Koegelenberg
EFSA Institute, Stellenbosch
Baha’i community representative
Tahirih Matthee
Bishop Zipho Siwa – Presiding Bishop, Methodist Church of Southern Africa, Bedfordview
Archbishop Stephen Brislin – President of Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference, Pretoria
Revd Linda Cibane – General Secretary, Ebuhleni Nazareth Baptist Church (Shembe), Durban
Rabbi Ron Hendler – Union of Orthodox Synagogues, Johannesburg
Archbishop Dr Richard Magxwalisa – Archbishop, Jerusalem Church in South Africa, Port Elizabeth
Most Revd Thabo Makgoba – Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Church of the Province of Southern Africa, Cape Town
Revd Ephraim Mafetsa – General Secretary, Zionist Christian Church, Zion City Moria, Polokwane
President Nkosinathi Mthethwa – Rome St John’s Apostolic Church and President, Congress of South African Churches, Durban
Revd Vasco Seleoane – Africa Enterprise, African Independent Churches, Durban
Dr Willie van der Merwe – Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa and NRASD Task Team Representative: Early Childhood Development, Pretoria
Pastor Dr Butisi Yakobi – Founder, Assemblies of God South Africa, Sterkspruit
Ms Shirley Moulder – NRASD Task Team Member: Early Childhood Development, Johannesburg
Revd Canon Desmond Lambrechts – NRASD Task Team Representative: HIV and AIDS, Stellenbosch