Revd Nobuntu Penxa-Matholeni is an ordained Baptist minister and an academic and scholar whose work focuses on questions of ethics, community and social justice in African contexts. She holds a master’s degree in clinical pastoral care and counselling, specialising in HIV and Aids, and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of the Western Cape. She has worked at several NGOs and foundations – including PATCH, which supports child survivors of rape, and the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation. Today she is a lecturer in pastoral care at Stellenbosch University.
Nobuntu is the founder of Hope and Future Ministries, which supports the education of girls in disadvantaged communities. She currently serves as the vice-chairperson of the CABSA board, contributing to national faith-based HIV and Aids advocacy and leadership. Nobuntu has been recognised across the continent for her contributions, including receiving the Amba Oduyoye Award for championing African religion.
“Inclusive health management is essential in addressing the complex and unequal realities that shape health outcomes across African contexts. I am deeply committed to approaches that centre dignity, lived experience and community voices in health systems. Serving on the ACIHM board excites me because it creates space to advance more just, responsive and inclusive health practices.”
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