Gugu Dlamini Foundation (GDF) is an organisation that exists to mitigate the impacts of HIV and AIDS as well as Gender Based Violence (GBV) through the implementation of health and GBV interventions in marginalised communities of Inanda, Ntuzuma and KwaMashu commonly referred to as “INK area”.

GDF is registered as a Non-Profit Organisation with the Department of Social Development and as a Public Benefit Organisation with the South African Revenue Services. It was established in 2010 by Mandisa Dlamini, the daughter of the late Gugu Dlamini, a woman stoned to death in Durban in 1998 for disclosing her HIV status. Since her death, Gugu Dlamini is one of the heroines celebrated nationwide for her braveness. In her honour, the eThekwini Municipality named the Durban Central park as GUGU DLAMINI park.