Agencysoulcity.org.zaSoul City Institute for Social Justice
Formerly: Soul City Institute for Health and Development Communication · Soul City Institute for Social and Behaviour Change
- Kind
- Public health specialist
- Parent
- independent
- Country
- ZA
- Website
- https://www.soulcity.org.za
- Clients
- South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) · National Network on Violence Against Women · De Beers Consolidated Mines
Campaigns (6)
| Campaign | Client | Year | Topic | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OneLove regional campaign (multiple concurrent partners) lead Multimedia HIV prevention campaign; Swaziland mobile-population survey (Silvestre, Weiner & Hutchinson, AIDS Care 2016): no effect on multiple partners, exposure associated with condom use at last sex and HIV testing. Qualitative midterm: PMID 25495105. Start year approximate. Fetched (PubMed abstract) 2026-10-22. | Soul City Institute regional programme, nine southern African countries | 2008 | HIV/STI | Creative |
| HIV and AIDS Community Training Partnership Program lead Community training in five diamond-mining areas; independent evaluation by Rispel et al. 2010 (post-only survey of 142 people). Fetched (PubMed abstract) 2026-10-22. | De Beers Consolidated Diamond Mines | 2006 | HIV/STI | Creative |
| Soul Buddyz (children's TV drama and clubs) lead Soul City homepage names the Soul Buddyz Clubs (fetched 2026-10-22). Air dates (SABC1, 15 Aug 2000 to 4 Jul 2011) and SABC Education co-production from search snippet only (tvsa.co.za). Topic is broad child health and life skills; hiv-sti is a placeholder. | SABC Education | 2000 | HIV/STI | Creative |
| Soul City Series 4 (HIV/AIDS and domestic violence) TV and radio drama with print booklets; evaluated by Soul City's own before/after national survey (Goldstein et al. 2005; Usdin et al. 2005). Year from series chronology (Soul City debuted 1994); verify. Fetched (PubMed abstracts) 2026-10-22. | Soul City Institute (own programme, with National Network on Violence Against Women) | 1999 | HIV/STI | Creative |
| Domestic Violence Act implementation advocacy lead Lobbying, media advocacy and social mobilisation to implement the 1998 Domestic Violence Act; ran alongside Series 4. Fetched (PubMed abstract) 2026-10-22. | Soul City Institute with National Network on Violence Against Women | 1999 | Gender based violence | Strategy |
| Soul City videos and mobile clip for adolescents (sexual health, rape) lead Described by Soul City staff (Perlman, Usdin, Button), Reprod Health Matters 2013; no abstract. Fetched (PubMed record) 2026-10-22. | Soul City Institute | HIV/STI | Creative |
Research notes
Founded 1992 at Alexandra Clinic, Johannesburg, by two young doctors (history page fetched 2026-10-22); Garth Japhet (founder per Ashoka, snippet only) and Shereen Usdin. Soul City TV drama debuted 1994 (snippet only). Now describes itself as an intersectional feminist social-justice organisation running Soul Buddyz and RISE Young Women Clubs. Its flagship evaluations were run by its own research team, so treat as observational/partly self-reported. Entertainment-education producer; 'public-health-specialist' is the closest agency kind (see report gap).
Sources
Record agencies/soul-city-institute.json, updated 2026-10-22