Dr. Judy Dlamini is a true embodiment of determination and excellence. As the founder of the Mbekani Group, she has revolutionised the healthcare industry in South Africa. Dr. Dlamini’s expertise and vision have led to the establishment of several healthcare facilities, providing accessible and quality healthcare to underserved communities. Furthermore, she actively promotes gender empowerment and education, inspiring countless aspiring entrepreneurs to dream big. She is currently a chancellor at Wits University.
Dr Judy Dlamini is a medical and academic doctor, business woman, author, and philanthropist. She is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Mbekani Group, which has been in business for 25 years, Wits University Chancellor, co-founder, sponsor and trustee of Mkhiwa Trust, her family’s PBO used for social upliftment, focusing in rural development, health and education; and founder of Female Academic Leaders Fellowship NPC, a PBO for developing a pipeline of black women leaders in academia. She chairs the board of Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, GBVF Response Fund and is a director of SA SME Fund. Her Doctoral thesis investigated the intersection of race, gender and social class in women CEOs’ career progression and strategies for gender transformation at leadership level. She is the former Chairman of Aspen Pharmacare Limited, former board member of Anglo-American plc, Discovery Holdings Ltd, Woolworths Holdings Ltd, and Northam Platinum. She is a published author of ‘’Equal but Different”, “The Other Story” and “Grow to be Great”. She is the recipient of the African Economy Builder Lifetime Achiever Award for 2016 amongst several other awards, the most recent being the UNISA Leadership In Practice Award 2018, 2019 BBQ Platinum award, 2019 Gender Mainstreaming Role Model – Beacon of Africa award, 2019 EY World Entrepreneur, Lifetime Achiever award recipient . She received honorary Doctorates in Business from the Nelson Mandela University in 2018 and University of Kwa-Zulu Natal in Economics in 2019. Published Articles: The South African Journal of Psychology on 23 January 2020, entitled ‘Social justice and psychology: conjunction in a time of peril’ and Critical Psychology on 30 November 2020, entitled ‘GBV Twin Pandemic to COVID-19’.