The AIDS Consortium embarked on a process of restructure and change in 2004. This resulted in the organisation being strengthened, repositioned and a new governance structure implemented and additional funding secured as part of a feasibility plan. Now, nearly two years on, the AIDS Consortium is seeking to enforce its governance structure and leadership with the appointment of additional specialist Board members, in the following areas of expertise:
Financial Management – qualified chartered accountant
Business Management – senior experienced business leaders
Civil rights – advocates or attorney’s
Health – Medical – HIV/AIDS and related health specialities
Community Leaders – rural, urban and peri-urban

In cooperation with partners who have indictated in-principle support - The Harold Wolpe Memorial Trust, The Open Society Initiative of Southern Africa, The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and the journal Capitalism Nature Socialism - CCS will be opening thematic research projects on 'Economic Justice' in 2006. We are anxious to launch this theme by reviewing some of the finest traditions of national, regional and international political-economic theory and contemporary analysis, and invite you to join us. We seek inputs from individuals and organisations who would like to participate.

The International Conference on "Walter Rodney - The Revolutionary Intellectual" is being organized by the Institute of Development Studies of the University of Dar Es Salaam, in collaboration with the Development Policy Management Forum based in Addis Ababa; African Association of Political Science, Africa Institute of South Africa, and CODESRIA based in Senegal. The conference will be held on 16th - 17th January 2006 in the Council Chamber at the University of Dar es Salaam. Walter Rodney was an intellectual who developed some of the most revolutionary ideas in response to the challenges facing African societies and states.