Bonang Sylvia Mhlekwa

Miss

Bonang Sylvia Mhlekwa

Lecturer

EMAIL
mhlekwab@ukzn.ac.za

TELEPHONE
031 206 7310

BIOSKETCH
Education
  • PhD fellow: University of Cape Town
  • Msc in Occupational therapy: Witwatersrand University
  • Occupational Therapy: UOFS (University of the Free State)
My occupational therapy practice has been geared toward mental health issues and paediatric management. I have been helping clients to regain remnants of their professional and personal lives in order to reintegrate into their different communities through use of different occupational therapy intervention modalities.  My main objective throughout my clinical years was to provide evidence-based treatments cantered around the skilful application of therapies to ensure and encourage a maximal recovery and optimal use of learned skills for my clients in their different environments.As a result, I was awarded a 1 Military Hospital Clinical Achievement Award in for the 2024: This award is presented to a professional in recognition of exceptional leadership, service and a passion for excellence. Through the professionals’ actions and contributions, the nominee must have made 1 Military Hospital an outstanding hospital.I have been an external examiner at the University of Sefako Makgatho since 2023 for their final year undergraduate students. This entailed, but not limited to, evaluating, moderation of examination question papers and a memorandum as well providing a critique of their oral and practical presentations.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
  1. Autism in adolescents and adults
  2. Role of occupational therapists in Integration of mental health users in the community
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
  1. Mhlekwa BS, Franzsen D, Koch L. The needs of individuals with autism spectrum disorder when transitioning into the labour market. South African Journal of Occupational Therapy. Vol 53 No1, April 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17159/2310-3833/2023/vol53n1a3