Dr Kobie Marais is a Psychiatric Nurse Specialist, who has worked as a ward sister, lecturer, personnel counsellor, nursing service manager, Director: Nursing practice, Director: Mental Health and is since 2019 the Director for Nursing Education and Training in the National Department of Health. She has supervised 5 Masters students as part time employee of University of Pretoria and is a member of the Speech, Hearing and Language therapies Board of the HPCSA.
Dr. Raseekele Charlotte Langa-Nee Mokgomo is a highly accomplished nursing professional and academic with a PhD in Quality Patient Care from the University of Limpopo. She currently serves as Manager for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) at the South African Nursing Council and previously held the position of Lecturer and Head of Nursing Education Institution at the Limpopo College of Nursing.
With extensive experience in healthcare quality assurance and nursing education, Dr. Langa has served on several important committees, including Maternal Mortality, Quality Assurance, Performance Standards, and Extended Management Committees. Her doctoral research focused on developing a model to ensure compliance with National Health Core Standards in public hospitals in Limpopo Province.
She is passionate about quality patient care, lifelong learning, professional development, counselling and mentorship, and has also contributed articles to Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA). Outside of her professional work, she enjoys motivational speaking, reading, writing, healthy living, and prayer.
In her faculty development role at the Centre for Health Science Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Dr Lizelle Crous is uniquely positioned to live her conviction that uplifting others enables them to grow, achieve and contribute meaningfully. A nurse educator whose PhD focused on developing clinical scholarship in specialist nurses, she conceptualises “scholarship in action” as collaboration, curiosity and critical questioning embedded in everyday practice. She advocates that empowered nurses do not accept practice at face value, but continuously inquire into the “why”, using dialogue, reflection and evidence to shape more thoughtful, sustainable ways of working and learning together.
Dr Mpho Moshime-Shabangu CAREER PROFILE Currently employed as Deputy Manager, Primary Health Care Services, Tshwane Health district. A Public health professional with more than 15 years working experience in public health services. Appointed as District Research Chairperson and NHI Coordinator. Academic achievements as follows, Diploma in Nursing Science, BTECH Degree in Occupational Health, BTECH Degree in Community Nursing and Administration, Masters Degree in Nursing, Masters Degree for Business Administration (MBA) and Doctoral Degree (PHD) Public Health. Previously worked as part time lecturer Tshwane University of Technology. Served as a member of Tshwane University of Technology, Academic Curriculum Review Committee, department of Environmental Health. Field supervisor for Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme (NICD).
Dr Mthembu is a Principal of the KwaZulu-Natal College of Nursing within the department of health. She is a Professional Nurse, Nurse Educator, Midwife, Mental Health Nurse, Community Nurse and Orthopeadic Nurse Specialist.
She has been lecturer in various nursing education institutions including the Durban University of Technology and University of KwaZulu-Natal.
She is currently a member of the 17th Nursing Council Board serving in Education, Impairment and Research Committees.
Dr Mthembu has been a fellow of the Sub-Saharan Africa FAIMER Regional Institute (SAFRI) and a recipient of the Foundation for the Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER).
Andile Mafilika is an innovative nursing leader and PhD candidate in Digital Health at University of the Western Cape, holding BCur, master’s in nursing education and a Middle Management Development Programme GIBS, University of Pretoria. As Campus Manager at Netcare Education, he directs strategic operations and fosters collaboration among industry, academia and regulators. Experienced in academic leadership, curriculum development and regulation, he aims to transform nursing education through digital health, evidence-based practice and innovation. His PhD develops national digital health strategy for South African nursing. An active researcher, he has published articles, contributed a book chapter and presented at conferences.
I have a total of 25 years of nursing experience in the fields of critical care nursing, education, management and research. I ventured into a unit manager role, eventually taking on Nurse Manager roles at 3 of the largest private healthcare groups in South Africa. I continued to pursue my formal studies throughout my career and completed the Diploma in critical care nursing, BCUR Nursing, Masters in Business Administration, Doctorate in Business Administration and Masters in Nursing. I have experience working abroad, taking on a senior management role in the nursing education and research department. I am currently the Campus Manager at the Netcare Education KZN Campus.
Professor Siedine Coetzee is the Tier 1 South African Research Chair in Nursing Science (SARChI, NRF). Her research focuses on nurse outcomes, specifically empirical measures of the practice environment and its influence on nurse outcomes, as well as the association between nurse and patient outcomes. An internationally recognized, NRF C-rated researcher, she has led numerous national and international collaborative projects, published extensively in leading journals, and contributed to books such as In Our Own Words: Nurses on the Frontline. A committed mentor, she has supervised over 35 master’s, doctoral, and postdoctoral researchers, while supporting the development of emerging health researchers across Africa.
Registered nurse with clinical including critical care, education and legal background. Currently employed at the South African. Nursing Council as a manager for Practice and Conduct. Primarily conduct investigations into unprofessional conduct of nurses this include management of nurses who are impaired mostly as a result of substance abuse.