EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
Dr Siphiwe Mndaweni
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Mndaweni has commendable knowledge of public healthcare. She holds a BA Degree in Biology from Knox College, Illinois, USA; a Master’s in Medical Science Microbiology from Medunsa; MBCHB from Medunsa; a Management Development Course for Healthcare Professionals from both Wits Business School and Duke University; post-graduate Diploma in Health Systems Management and Executive Leadership from the University of Pretoria and a Masters in Public Health from the University of Pretoria.
Dr. Mndaweni’s career and leadership journey is imbued and manifests itself in several entities she worked for. Her previous roles and positions include amongst others, Deputy Director-General: of District Health Services, KwaZulu-Natal, Department of Health, Chief Director: of Strategic Health Programmes, KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health; Chief of Party, URC USAID TB Programme and Deputy Chief of Party of the Right To Care EQUIP Programme.Dr Mndaweni’s professional accomplishments include amongst others, notable management of the overall implementation of the HIV, TB, Maternal and Child Health Programmes and district health services in the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Department of Health. She also brings a wealth of experience in public health policy development and program implementation from several African countries she supported.
Dr. Mathabo Mathebula
Chief Operations Officer
Dr. Mathebula is a transformational professional and leader, passionate about health care. Her vision is to see all health establishments improve in the provisioning of quality healthcare. She is a Medical Doctor and holds various certificates and qualifications in health management, including a master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Witwatersrand. She worked as a Medical Officer at numerous hospitals of different levels of care within the City of Tshwane.
Dr Mathebula’s management career started at 1 Military Hospital where she headed the General Outpatient department for three years, thereafter, she held the position of a Medical Manager for
almost four years at the then Pretoria Academic Hospital, now Steve Biko Academic Hospital. Subsequently, Dr Mathebula held the position of Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Steve Biko Academic Hospital for over nine years where she was a member of the Research Ethics Committee at the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Health Sciences. Whilst in the position of the Deputy CEO of
Steve Biko Academic Hospital, she was seconded to the position of Acting Chief Executive Officer of Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital for 18 months. In 2019, she was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Steve Biko Academic Hospital, after having been an Acting CEO since 2017. One of her career highlights is leading a nationally recognised quality assurance health
establishment.
Mr Julius Mapatha
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Mapatha has over 29 years of working experience, which started in 1994. During his working life, he has occupied various technical and leadership positions covering the areas of finance, accounting, risk management and general management. This experience has been acquired in various sectors including mining, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs), non-governmental organisations, as well as trade and investment promotion.
Ms. Winnie Moleko
Executive Manager: Health Standards Design, Analysis and Support
Ms. Moleko is a highly experienced professional nurse with a Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery (Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital). She also holds various degrees in Community Nursing Science, Nursing Education, and Nursing Administration (MEDUNSA); Master’s in Education (MeD) for Primary Health Care (University of Manchester –UK); Post Graduate Diploma in HIV/AIDS Management (University of Stellenbosch); Advanced Course in Health Management (Foundation for Professional Development (FPD) and YALE University) and MPHIL (HIV/AIDS) with University of Stellenbosch.
Ms Moleko worked at Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (WRHI formerly RHRU) for 18 years and her last position was Technical Head, Health Systems Strengthening. In May 2011 she was seconded to the National Department of Health as a Quality Improvement: Senior Technical Advisor to assist with quality improvement/quality assurance work. In this, she had a critical role in the establishment of the Office of Health Standards Compliance as an independent entity. She gained extensive QI knowledge and expertise in coaching and mentoring with the Quality Assurance Project and Institute for Health Care Improvement.During this period (2001 -2003), Winnie was actively involved in the organization and development of standards, training, and facility self-assessment of Youth Friendly Services in Africa in Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, and Lesotho with International Planned Parenthood Federation of Africa Region (IPPFAR). This work included the publication of Standards for Youth Care: A Guide to Youth Friendly Services with Dickson Tetteh K, W Moleko, and Mpangile G, (2002). While at RHRU, published Quality of Care Self-Assessment Tool: Standards to improve the quality of HIV and related health services at primary health care facilities: Melanie Pleaner and Winnie Moleko (2010).
Mr Tsokodi Ntsoane
Executive Manager: Corporate Services
Mr Ntsoane has 26 years of management experience, including five (5) years spent in middle management and 21 years as a senior manager in the Department of Health. He operated in the broad Human Resources (HR) space as well as general administration in terms of executive support.
In HR, he has been exposed to all workstreams, i.e. HR Resource Administration/Management, HR Planning and HR Strategy, Labour Relations, and Human Resource Development. He has also overseen Organization Design (OD) during the realignment of the department’s organogram and oversight of Employee Wellness programmes. Mr Tsoane’s major strengths lie in general HR management (i.e., the employee life cycle and HR policy and practice development) and labour relations (especially stakeholder management). As such, he has worked as an employer lead negotiator for the Eastern Cape Department of Health (ECDoH) for many years.In his role as the HRD Chief Director, he has:
· Guided the Training Planning Processes (Skills Indaba, Workplace Skills Plans, Annual Training Reports;
· Managed Partnerships between the ECDOH and four local universities in the province and four others outside the province, i.e. University of Cape Town, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), University of Western Cape and Stellenbosch (MOA’s/MOU’s, Governance Committees); and
· Responsible for the EMS & Nursing College (Strategic Planning, Governance Systems, Accountability at Oversight).
Mr Ntsoane implemented major HR Projects, including:
– Targeted Recruitment Project valued at R317 million- in support of the Provincial Medico-Legal Strategy;
– Implementation of all OSDs in the province – for Medical Personnel, Nurses, Emergency Services Personnel, Pharmacists, Social Workers, and Engineering categories;
– Oversaw the process of Development and Consultation on New Organizational Structures in the ECDoH; and
– Multilateral and Bilateral Agreements on education, training, and research between ECDoH and the four local universities; and Registrar Training with the Western Cape Government and universities Walter Sisulu University, University of Cape Town, and Stellenbosch University.