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CANSA is deeply saddened by the loss of a long-time friend, and supporter, Mark Pilgrim.

One of South Africa’s most treasured radio personalities, Mark was also a beloved CANSA Ambassador supporting CANSA Shavathon as well as being a Daredevil champion and numerous fundraising events in the capacity of MC for many years. He was also an avid activist for raising awareness around cancers affecting men, especially testicular cancer and promoting men’s health awareness.

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It took quite a bit of hustling, negotiating and hard work to get the first Shavathon off the ground. Fortunately for CANSA, Simon Clark persevered and in 2003 events were held at 50 venues in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth). Thank you Simon for the initiative you took – Shavathon is now a firm favourite on the South African calendar and well loved by all affected through cancer. Simon’s message to everyone: “If you are thinking about it, just do it – stop talking, get out there and do it, that’s when great things happen!”

We can’t wait to see you at our 20th Shavathon Anniversary on Saturday, 25 February 2023 at your local participating shopping centre! Those who’d like to host their own Shavathon event may do so from Monday, 27 February 2023 to 31 March 2023 – order your Shavathon products and start inviting everyone you know to celebrate cancer Survivors fighting the disease and remember and honour those who have passed. You can also raise funds online to support our care and support services to those affected by cancer…

Thank you to our awesome Online Fundraising Champions for 2020 who raised over R130 000 through their online fundraising pages…

Vershano is very sickly and spends most of his time in hospital, but he wanted to give back to those who were fighting cancer, so he donated his hair to CANSA to be used to make a wig for those in need.

I spent Saturday 5 October 2019 at Wonderboom National Airport with the wonderful ‘Little Annie’ Antonov family where they flew disadvantaged children as well as some children who had cancer.One of the ideas was to cut volunteer passengers’ hair whilst the aircraft was flying and this was undertaken by two local hairstylists Sue van den Bergh and Henry Wakefield who had Veronica Hewett and Kayleigh Weiss seated in deck chairs for the exercise.

We thank our ALL Shavathon Online Fundraising Champions, who raised a total of R69,161 online, through their fundraising pages, and our generous prize sponsors: Emperors Palace Peermont Mondior Hotel; Satin Pillows and National Brands. Find out who our top fundraisers were…

On 1st March 2018 St Stithians College held a Shavathon event and raised a whopping R133 000 for CANSA Shavathon. Well done and thank you for helping us support cancer Survivors and loved ones. It’s wonderful to see our SA youth giving their all to help those in need…

Milli shares the story of her cancer diagnosis and passion for #CANSAShavathon, as a Survivor. She reminds the public to listen to their own body, to respond to symptoms that don’t feel right and get them investigated by a medical professional, in order to get a proper diagnosis.