During the 2025 Annual General Meeting on 29 August 2025, a motion was passed to amend the SASW Constitution. The updated Constitution can be found on our About SASW page and here.
The amendments were proposed for two main reasons:
- Operationalisation of Membership Processes: To improve flexibility in managing memberships, including changing the term “entrance fee” to “administrative fee” to better reflect its purpose, and exploring a shift from financial year-based membership to anniversary-date membership, similar to the accreditation system.
- Alignment of our constitution with the current processes of Social Work Accreditation: A significant portion of the amendments are necessary to align our constitution with the current processes of social work accreditation, which since 2009 has been under the purview of the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) and Social Work Accreditation and Advisory Board (SWAAB). This clarifies the distinct roles between SASW and SWAAB in matters of professional conduct and discipline.
Constitutional amendments require a two-thirds majority vote of eligible voting members at the AGM – this was achieved and subsequently updated with the Registry of Societies.