Our educators come from the wards of Charlotte Maxeke, the maternity rooms of Themba Hospital and the lecture halls of South Africa’s leading universities.
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
A registered nurse, qualified midwife and nurse educator with more than thirty years in South African healthcare, Mrs Nkuna founded Khanyisa Nursing School in 2002 with the simple goal of bringing qualified, dignified nursing care to every community she could reach. She holds an M.Cur. (Education) from the University of South Africa and serves on the boards of two regional health philanthropies.
“A nurse is the bridge between knowledge and kindness — and our duty as educators is to make that bridge sturdy.”
D.Litt. et Phil. (Health Sciences), UNISA. Former senior nurse manager at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital. Leads the school’s clinical placement programme and simulation strategy.
M.Cur. (Nursing Education), Wits. Twenty-two years in midwifery education. Oversees curriculum quality, assessment standards and lecturer development across campuses.
M.A. (Counselling Psychology), UCT. A Khanyisa alumna of 2010 who returned to lead student wellbeing, mentorship, and the bursary office.
Khanyisa’s academic teams are organised into six departments, each led by a clinical academic with extensive bedside and teaching experience.
Foundational biosciences, anchored to nursing-relevant clinical scenarios from day one.
Antenatal, intrapartum and paediatric care taught alongside midwives from Themba Hospital.
Community psychiatry and crisis care, with placements at Tara H. Moross and Witrand hospitals.
Outreach, HIV/AIDS care, TB management and chronic disease care across rural and urban contexts.
Safe medication administration with weekly simulation drills.
Evidence-based practice, biostatistics and the legal frameworks governing nursing in South Africa.
Across all five campuses, all registered with SANC and holding postgraduate qualifications in education.
In nursing science, midwifery education, community health and bioethics.
Senior nurses from partner hospitals who teach selected modules.
Including 9 of the 11 official languages of South Africa — bedside-ready.
