About Us

The South African Red Cross Society was recognized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on 10 May 1928 and admitted as a member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (the Federation) on 24 June 1929 (then called the League). A Memorandum and Articles of Association were provisionally adopted in 1930. In 1932, the Governor General, in terms of the Geneva Conventions, granted authority to The South African Red Cross Society to use the emblem and the words "Red Cross".

In March 1935 The South African Red Cross Society was registered and incorporated under the Companies Act 1926 (Section 21) as an Association not for Profit. (internal link to The South African Red Cross Legal Status) The Constitution is based on the Geneva Conventions and the additional protocols (to which the Republic of South Africa is a Party), and on the Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.