Welcome to SAGES
SAGES aspires to be the driving force in gastroenterology in South Africa and to contribute constructively
to the development of the discipline on the African continent, with the primary aim of improving the health
of those suffering from disease of the gastrointestinal tract. It therefore wishes to assume a dominant role
in the region for the generation and dissemination of scientific knowledge, which serves as the intellectual
basis for gastroenterology. It strives to enhance the status of gastroenterology as a discipline, while
promoting high standards of professionalism of gastroenterologists. It recognises the need to foster
intellectual and social diversity within the society.