 Mabusa unveils new board of SA National AIDS Council trust chair. Johannesburg, the chairperson of the South African National AIDS Council, SANAC, Deputy President David Mabusa, has announced the appointment of Dr. Yakov Abba Omar as the chairperson of the board of the South African National AIDS Council trust. Mabusa's spokesperson, Dami Nguyenya, said Dr. Omar was currently a trustee of the SANAC trust and the head of strategy and communications at the Banking Association of South Africa. Prior to that, he worked for Mapungawe Institute, MISTRA, a Johannesburg-based research institute. He also served as South Africa's ambassador to Oman from 2003 to 2008 and then the United Arab Emirates from 2008 to 2012. Nguyenya said Dr. Omar had also worked for various private and public entities, including Maropa Communications and GCIS, Government Communications and Information System, and held a PhD in sociology from WITS University. I would like to congratulate Dr. Abba Omar for his appointment as well as thank the outgoing chairperson of the SANAC trust, Dr. Ayanda Ann Saliba for his invaluable contribution to the work of the South African National AIDS Council trust, said Mabusa. Dr. Omar will assume his duties with immediate effect.