Rev. Dr Lehlohonolo J. Mathibe is registered with the South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC) as a pharmacist. In addition to a B.Pharm degree (obtained from the University of the North, now called the University of Limpopo), he holds a master’s degree in clinical pharmacology (M.ClinPharm) from the University of Natal (now called the University of KwaZulu-Natal, UKZN), master’s degree (MSc) in evidence-based healthcare from the University of Oxford in England, and a doctorate (PhD) from UKZN. He started working as a lecturer in the Department of Experimental & Clinical Pharmacology, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of Natal in 2001.
Since then, he has supervised postgraduate research projects and delivered pharmacology lectures to nursing, medical, optometry, dental therapy, pharmacy and nutrition students who pursued their studies with UKZN. At UKZN – he was a member of the College of Health Science’s Transformation Committee (2021/22); at the School (Faculty) level), he was a member of the Research Ethics and Higher Degrees Committee (REHDC); and a research coordinator for the Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences (DoPS 2020/21). Currently, Rev Mathibe serves as:
Academic Leader (Head of Pharmacy & Responsible Pharmacist), Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UKZN – and a member of the School of Health Sciences Management Committee.
A member of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Provincial Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee (PTC). This committee advises the MEC for Health in KZN on the rational use of medicines.
A member of the Expert Working Committee of the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA). This committee was tasked with the formulation of a legal framework for the control and commercialisation of traditional medicines in South Africa.
An Executive Committee Member (Board of Directors) of the South African Society for Basic and Clinical Pharmacology.
CEO and Pharmacists for Excellence and Compassion Today (PECOT) Chairperson.
National Treasurer – the South African Society for Basic and Clinical Pharmacology
A member of the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR) – Translational (Cancer Pharmacology) Section (from June 2024)
His main research interests include laboratory-based and clinical work in pharmaco-economics, pharmacovigilance, evidence-based medicine, breast cancer and investigation on pure compounds isolated from indigenous southern African medicinal plants. His research findings have been published in national and international peer-reviewed journals.
Lehlohonolo is a husband, a father to three children, an ordained minister of religion (priest) in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa (and holds a Bachelor’s degree in theology, BTh), an Ex-Official Commissioner Oaths and a registered marriage officer with the Department of Home Affairs in the Republic of South Africa.
Research Interests
List of Publications
Recent Publication (past ten years only):
Viloshini Krishna Manickum, Lehlohonolo John Mathibe. COVID-19 Vaccine Wastage in Private and Public Healthcare Facilities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. International Health. 2024; 0: 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihae056
Singh L, Bangalee V, Ramasir S, Mathibe L J. Adverse effects associated with Kanamycin, Amikacin, Capreomycin and Bedaquiline – a VigiAccessTM African Health Science. 2024;24(2). 62-70. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v24i2.8
Ziyanda Nzayini, Andile Dlungele, Lehlohonolo Mathibe. Nurse Practitioners’ Confidence Level as Stewards of Antimicrobial Therapy at Rural Healthcare Settings in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. British Journal of Pharmacology 180, Issue S1; 605 – 606. Published peer-reviewed World Pharmacology Congress, Glasgow, Scotland. 2023, (Conference Abstract). https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bph.16108
Dlungele A.P, Mathibe L J. Implementation of antimicrobial stewardship programmes in private healthcare settings in Africa: A scoping review. Health SA Gesondheid. 2023: 28 (0). https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v28i0.2104
Gabela NC, Bhadree S, Mathibe L J. Costs of Managing Castrate Resistant Metastatic Prostate Cancer Patients at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital. South African Journal of Surgery 2021, 59(4), 176-178. http://sajs.redbricklibrary.com/index.php/sajs/article/view/3327
Singh L, Mathibe L J, Bangalee V. The Efficacy of Bedaquiline versus Kanamycin in Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis: A Systematic Scoping Review. Health SA Gesondheid 2021, 26(0); a1708. https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v26i0.1708
Mathibe L J, Zwane NP. Unnecessary antimicrobial prescribing for upper respiratory tract infections in children in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. African Health Sciences 2020, 20(3); 1133-1142. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v20i3.15
Tlhakudi P, Mathibe L J. Management of stable angina pectoris in private healthcare settings in South Africa. CardioVascular Journal of Africa 2018, 29 (4); 237-240. http://www.cvja.co.za/onlinefirst/DOI-10-5830-CVJA-2018-020.pdf (This publication was awarded 1st Prize, as the South African Society for Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (SASBCP) Best Publication 2018 (clinical pharmacology category), at the 53rd Annual SASBCP Conference held in Pretoria, South Africa from 5th – 7th October 2019)
Mathibe L J, Botha J, Naidoo S. Effects of Z-venusol, Isolated from Gunnera perpensa, on IL-6 and cAMP Activity in Human Breast Cancer Cells In Vitro. South African Journal of Botany 2017, 108; 96-99.
Mathibe L J, Botha JH, Naidoo S. Z-venusol, from Gunnera perpensa, Induces Apoptotic Cell Death in Breast Cancer Cells In Vitro. South African Journal of Botany 2016, 102; 228-233.
Mathibe L, Botha JH, Naidoo SN. Apoptotic Effects of Z-venusol, from Gunnera perpensa, on Breast Cancer Cells In Vitro. Southern African Journal of Infectious Diseases 2015, 30 (Suppl 1); S10. (Published peer-reviewed conference abstract)
Mathibe L J. Implications of Methodist Clergies’ Average Life Span and Missional Lessons Learned from Obituaries of Deceased Ministers. HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 2015, 71 (3). Art. 2920, 8 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ hts.v71i3.2920
