Board of Directors
Charles van Staden is the Chairman of Child Survivors of Crime NPC.
Charles is currently a consultant at the firm of Attorneys, Alant, Gell and Martin Inc. Prior to his retirement in May 2003, after 27 years with the Exchange Control Department of the South African Reserve Bank, Charles was the Deputy General Manager of the Exchange Control Department. Since March 1977, Charles was intimately involved in the application of Exchange Control policy within the policy parameters laid down by the Minister of Finance, the adjudication of applications, the investigation of contraventions of the provisions of the Exchange Control Regulations as well as giving expert evidence in the resultant court cases.
Charles is a Life Member of the Institute of Bankers in South Africa as well as a past President of the Convocation of the University of Johannesburg. Charles is a Member of the Committee of the Pretoria Club Section of the Pretoria Country Club and honorary member of the Blue Bulls Rugby Union.
T +27 83 501 8818
charles@agmlaw.co.za
Malala is one of the founding members of CSOC.
He is a highly driven individual who has extensive leadership experience in operations, stakeholder engagement, change management and sales management.
He served in various leadership roles in Assupol Life, including Talent Manager, Regional Manager and Deputy Sales Executive. He is currently the Executive in charge of sales at Safrican Life. Malala’s passion includes developing people in the areas of emotional intelligence and sales leadership in order to help them reach new levels of personal and professional excellence.
C +27 (0) 83 254 9146
Zondo.ndlazi@outlook.com
Francois Marais is an Executive Director and founding member of Child Survivors of Crime NPC.
He is a Fellow, member and former Chairman of the Board of Governors of the South African Institute of Security (SAIS), where he currently chairs the Ethics Committee. He is a former National President of the Security Association of South Africa (SASA) and was awarded Honorary Life Membership of SASA following his term of office.
Francois has a specific interest in Criminal law and all related Police law including the Criminal Procedure Act and Domestic Violence Act. Recreationally, Francois is a Magician, Illusionist, Fire-Eater and Public Speaker – specialising in the Emcee, Compere and Event Continuity fields.
He is the co-founder and Chief Executive of Ghost Squad, a leading proactive Security Service Provider based in Johannesburg.
Prior to his current role, he was a Vice President at J.P.Morgan Chase Bank.
C +27 (0) 83 452 2020
francois@childsurvivors.org.za
In Memoriam
01/05/1946 – 08/05/2017
Gaf was one of our Founding Directors who sadly passed away on 8 May 2017 after a long illness. Child Survivors of Crime salutes and thanks Gaf for the valuable and lasting contribution he made to our Charity – he will always be remembered.