Transforming the South African healthcare system through executive-level training and leadership development

Mr. Ndlovu, an auditor by profession, was part of the first ASELPH Fellows cohort at the University of Fort Hare and graduated with a Masters in Public Health in September 2018. He also holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and an Honours degree in Business Management from the University of Fort Hare. He currently works in the Eastern Cape Department of Health as Director of Hospital Services, Finances, and Grants, as well as serving as a coordinator for the Eastern Cape National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot. 

Mr. Ndlovu believes that ASELPH provides a platform with which we can positively transform the healthcare of our country. 
He gives back to the ASELPH program by serving as an emerging faculty member.

Mrs. Ntokozo Mkhize graduated cum laude with a nursing degree from UNISA. She went on to join the Department of Health working as an Assistant Director of HIV/AIDS programmes and then worked her way to become CEO of Dunstan Farrell TB Hospital and later Turton Community Health Centre.  A year after starting the ASELPH program at the University of Fort Hare, she was promoted to Director of District Health Services for her entire district. Mrs. Mkhize now manages a budget of approximately R2billion. 

With increased skills and capacity gained from ASELPH, she has made meaningful contributions towards strengthening service delivery. The course has equipped her to translate policy into action by forming a provincial team to develop turn-around-strategies in critical areas within her district.