CABSA Board

Chairperson  – Dr Xolile Simon

Dr Simon lectures in the Department of Missiology in the Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch. He is involved in his community with his wife, who is also a minister of the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa (URCSA).

Director – Ms Lyn van Rooyen

Lyn van Rooyen is the executive director of CABSA from 1 July 2011. She has a background in nursing and consulting. She is married and has three adult children.

Ms Nomvuyo Baba

Ms Baba is the Managing Director for Mfesane and trained as a Social Worker. She is married and her husband works for the city of Cape Town as ombudsman. She is the mother of two adult children.

Ms Ann Mary Gathigia

Ms Gathigia works for PACSA as gender and HIV and AIDS manager. She originally comes from Kenya and is a trained CCoH.

Ms Logy Murrray

Ms  Murray was the first employee of CABSA and currently works for World Vision International as Global Advisor: Faith Partnerships on HIV and Health. Logy is married and has four children and four grand children.

Prof Christina Landman

Prof Landman has been employed by UNISA for 32 years where she is currently heading the Research Institute for Theology and Religion. She also serves as minister of a rural URCSA congregation near Dullstroom.

Dr Pieter Fourie

Dr Fourie has been the Executive Head of Bible Media since 2006. He is a minister of URCSA and previously worked for the Rhenish congregation in Stellenbosch, as senior lecturer at the University of the North (Free State), and as communications director of URCSA and editor of the church newspaper, Ligdraer. After completing his MBA, he served as consultant in a project assisting small businesses. This is where he first encountered the impact of the AIDS pandemic. 

Mr Phaphile Celesi

Mr Celesi  is responsible for African languages at the Nehemial Bible Institute and was trained as Churches, Channels of Hope facilitator in 2011.