The most disadvantaged groups in South African society - those with the highest levels of poverty and lowest levels of education whom the transformative provisions in the Constitution were primarily designed to benefit and protect - are frequently the least organized. Consequently these groups are often not able to access their elected representatives to articulate their positions. South African society is still very much skewed in favour of the rich and powerful and it is the well organized groups such as business whose voices are most frequently heard, at the expense of less organized groups such as the urban and rural poor.
South African Active Civil Society Organisations is a National multi sectoral, and non racial civil society forum geared to unite all South Africans to work in unity against common challenges facing the nation.
  • To mobilize a united action for development, fight against crime, HIV/AIDS, poverty, joblessness and corruption.
  • To provide a home for all, where unity and action prevail in diversity.
  • To provide a platform where all members of the society are active in their own development and governance.
  • To encourage a sustainable partnership between active citizens and effective state for development, governance and human sustainability.
  • To promote people centered democracy where all citizens and the state work together for common national goals.
Organize, join the active and be active in our war against poverty, unemployment, HIV/AIDS, Crime and corruption. We are active, united, focused, victory is certain. Our voice our future, our action our life