History
8 March 2026
New Exco was Elected
President: Rick Raubenheimer
Vice-President Membership: Anton Swart
Vice-President PR: Vanessa Bower
Vice-President MOs: Rudy Nadler-Nir
Treasurer: Des Bailes
Secretary: Jackson Malu (from April)
12 March 2023
New Exco was Elected
President: Rick Raubenheimer
Vice-President: Rudy Nadler-Nir
Vice-President: Anton Swart
Vice-President: Rhiannon Thomas
Secretary: Amy Bernard
Treasurer: Nancy Bowring
13 March 2022
New Exco was Elected
President: Rick Raubenheimer
Vice-President: Wilhelm van Zyl
Vice-President: Rudy Nadler-Nir
Vice-President: Rudolph Heinen
Secretary: Pragashnie Naidoo
Treasurer: Thabo Moloi
7 March 2021
New Exco was Elected
President: Rick Raubenheimer
Vice-President: Wilhelm van Zyl
Secretary: John Ostrowick
Treasurer: Scott Sutherland
8 March 2020
Secularist of the Year 2019
The Secularist of the Year is awarded to Prof Sakkie Spangenberg for his contribution as an academic, theologian and co-founders of the Nuwe Hervorming Netwerk
28 February 2020
Young Humanist Grant
The goal of Young Humanist grants is to provide financial support to humanist organizations in developing countries and boost growth of their critical thinking skills and, ultimately, their broader development.
28 October 2019
Humanists International
SASS became a member of Humanists International
3 March 2019
Executive Committee
New EXCO was elected at AGM: President: Rick Raubenheimer, Vice-President: Wynand Meijer, Secretary: Judith Taylor, Treasurer: Wilhelm van Zyl
5 November 2018
First Secular Marriage Officer
Rudy Nadler-Nir become SASS’s first designated secular Marriage Officer.
1 July 2018
Broad-based Involved & Paid Membership
SASS’s Executive Committee & Executive Members unanimously voted on SASS becoming more Broad-based Involved (political) and for having paid membership.
1 July 2018
Marriage Officers
SASS were officially allowed by the Department of Home Affairs to nominate individuals to become secular officiants.
20 February 2017
SASS Bank account opened
Opened SASS Bank Account
14 February 2017
Official NPO
Certificate of registry and Covering Letter was only collected from 69 Thusanong Building, Commissioner Street, Johannesburg on 14 February 2017.
22 September 2016
NPO Registration Application
SASS was entered into the Department of Social Development’s registry as a NPO on 23 September 2016.
25 June 2016
SASS Constitution Adopted
The Constitution of the South African Secular Society was adopted at a meeting of the Executive Committee held in Randburg on 25 June 2016.
26 October 2014
Founded
The South African Secular Society also known as “SASS” was founded on 26 October 2014 in Morningside Sandton with President: Jani Greeff (now Schoeman)
Vice-President: Rick Raubenheimer
Secretary: Bertus Schoeman
Treasurer: Wilhelm van Zyl.
8 June 2014
Atheist Picnic – Our First Meet-up!
Meeting of interested parties at Zoo Lake in Parkview, Johannesburg