OHSC BOARD

At the time of her retirement, Ms Mchunu served as Registrar and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the South African Nursing Council, having previously held positions such as Deputy Registrar and Executive Manager for Education and Training. In this regulatory role, she led the development of numerous regulatory and macro-policy frameworks, implemented key internal systems including accreditation and continuous professional development systems, and managed inspectorate functions. She spearheaded critical national and international stakeholder engagements and played a pivotal role in establishing the SADC Nursing Regulatory Forum, promoting regional collaboration and expertise sharing in nursing regulation.

Ms Mchunu has also held senior nursing education roles across colleges and universities, facilitating undergraduate to postgraduate programmes for approximately 18 years. She later served as Director of Nursing within the Office of the Chief Nursing Officer at the National Department of Health, where she contributed to aligning public college curricula with higher education standards and facilitated the development of the National Policy on Nursing Education and Training.

Her governance experience includes service on multiple councils and boards, including the interim Council of the University of Limpopo during its de-merger, and substantive councils such as Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University and the South African Nursing Council. She currently serves as a member and Vice-Chairperson of the Board of the Office of Health Standards Compliance.

LMs Santho currently owns and operates San2med Pharmacy, managing branches in Bloemfontein and Edenburg since 2018. She previously served as Deputy Director for ARV Pharmaceuticals at the Free State Department of Health (2006–2018) and has held roles as Research Pharmacist at FARMOVS Clinical Research Organisation and Pharmacy Manager at Group 4 Max Security Prison. She began her career completing her internship and community service at Pelonomi Hospital.

Her governance experience spans national pharmacy and health organisations, including membership of the South African Pharmacy Council (2008–2013) where she chaired the Committee of Informal Inquiry, the South African Nursing Council (2013–2018), and the Executive Council of the Community Pharmacists Sector of the Pharmaceutical Society of South Africa (2018–2020). She currently serves as a board member of the Office of Health Standards Compliance, with terms from 2023–2025 and continuing from 2026 to the present.

Outside her professional work, Ms Santho is a dedicated family person and enjoys agro-processing as a chilli grower.

He ensures accurate and sufficient documentation and continuity of policies, provides advice and resources to the board on governance issues, and assists in fulfilling fiduciary duties. Mr Yawa sits on the TAC’s board of directors, and SANAC TB steering committee, and is part of the PLHIV Sector TB Task team and the Chief Accounting Officer of a Project called Ritshidze, a consortium of five organisations. He has served in the Nelson Mandela Metro Municipality as a proportional representative councillor, where he has stepped down to commit himself full-time to the TAC to date.

She holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) from the University of Cape Town, a Postgraduate Diploma in Management Practice from Henley Business School, a Diploma in Anaesthetics, and a Master of Medicine in Public Health from the University of the Witwatersrand. She is also a Fellow of the College of Public Health Medicine of South Africa.

With over two decades of experience across clinical medicine, public health, health policy, and quality improvement, Dr Timothy has held leadership roles in clinical policy development, health technology assessment, strategic risk management, and quality improvement. Her work focuses on strengthening accountability, transparency, and measurable quality improvement within health systems.

Dr Timothy serves as an Alternate Director and Clinical Advisory Board member of Health Quality Assessment and is a member of Discovery Health’s Risk and Clinical Executive Committees. She has also contributed to national health policy through her previous roles on the Council for Medical Schemes Industry Technical Advisory Panel and the National Department of Health Ministerial Expert Review Committee for the National Essential Medicines List.

Dr Lourens has more than three decades of experience across academia, public health services, and the private healthcare sector in South Africa. She recently held national nursing leadership responsibilities within the private healthcare environment and previously served in senior academic and programme management roles at Stellenbosch University, where she coordinated postgraduate programmes in nursing education and nursing management and supported multidisciplinary clinical training initiatives for healthcare professionals.

Earlier in her career, Dr Lourens held leadership roles in quality management and occupational health within Western Cape Government Health. She has also contributed to academic and professional training through roles at Cape Peninsula University of Technology and through service within district health services associated with the Cape Winelands District Council.
She holds a Doctorate in Public Healthcare Management from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, a master’s degree in nursing, and several postgraduate qualifications in nursing education, occupational health nursing, and health services management. Her work focuses on health systems strengthening, nursing leadership, and organisational development within the public healthcare sector.

Dr Carter currently serves as a Senior Technical Advisor on Health System Strengthening at the Clinton Health Access Initiative. Prior to this, he held the position of Deputy Director-General in the National Department of Health, where he was responsible for national hospital policy formulation, norms and standards, national emergency medical services policy, and the national human resources for health strategy. During this time, he also served as a member of the Governing Council of the International Hospital Federation.
Earlier in his career, Dr Carter served as Acting Country Director and Technical Director at I-TECH (International Training and Education Center for Health) South Africa. He has extensive experience in hospital leadership, having served for 13 years as a Hospital Chief Executive Officer, including at Groote Schuur Hospital, Tygerberg Hospital, and Paarl Hospital.
Dr Carter also served as Director of District Health for the West Coast/Winelands district in the Western Cape. His clinical career spans 23 years across tertiary, regional, and rural district hospitals, as well as private general practice.
He has further contributed to national and global health initiatives, including serving as a consultant to the National Department of Health on COVID-19 hospital readiness and response, and as a member of the World Health Organization task team on “Making hospitals fit-for-purpose: a triple imperative for people, health systems, and sustainable development”, as well as the WHO AFRO Expert Panel on Hospital Policy.

Following his medical career, Dr Mtukushe pursued legal studies, completing both an LLB and an LLM in Banking Law. After completing his articles, he was admitted as an attorney in 2020 and subsequently joined the Bar two years later. He currently practises at the Johannesburg Society of Advocates, where his legal practice spans several areas of law, with a particular focus on commercial law, health and medical law, as well as private, public, and administrative law. He is also a qualified and accredited mediator.
In addition to his professional work, Dr Mtukushe contributes to the activities of the South African Bone Marrow Registry, a non-profit organisation and the only unrelated stem cell registry in Africa accredited by the World Marrow Donor Association. Through this involvement, he supports initiatives aimed at recruiting bone marrow donors and facilitating access to stem cell transplantation for patients across Africa and internationally.

Outside of his professional commitments, Dr Mtukushe enjoys sports and values spending time with his family.