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Tribute to Prof Tshimbi Mathivha
The news of Prof Tshimbi’s untimely death shocked all who were
closely associated with her and also the wider cardiology and
medical community.
Tshimbiluni Mavhangu Mathivha was born in Limpopo,
South Africa in October 1961. She graduated with an MB ChB
from the University of Natal Medical School (Nelsen R Mandela
School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal) in 1985. In
1992 she graduated as a Fellow of the College of Physicians
of South Africa. Following this, she decided to pursue a career
in cardiology and joined the cardiology training programme at
Wentworth Hospital. During a subsequent year of training under
Dr Celia Oakley at the Hammersmith Hospital in London, she
acquired considerable experience in clinical cardiology and
echocardiography.
Tshimbi was appointed by the then Minister of Health,
Dr M Tshabalala-Msimang as a member, executive member and
vice chairperson of the Medicines Control Council, which she
served with dignity. In February 2003, she was appointed head of
Cardiology at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital and the Faculty
of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Pretoria.
She actively participated in matters of the School of Medicine
and served with dedication on numerous committees.
Tshimbi treated all people with dignity and never had malice
or said an ill word of anyone. She only saw the good in people,
and this is what we will remember. She joined the Department of
Cardiology at a critical time in its history, and was able to build
it and get it re-accredited. She started training fellows in cardiol-
ogy and her efforts did not go unnoticed. In 2008 she received
the CEO of Steve Biko Academic Hospital award, which goes to
someone who has contributed exceptionally to the hospital.
We will miss her contribution to our joint institution (hospital
and university). We will miss her warm, dignified personality,
her service to patients and the manner in which she interacted
with us all. She had so much more that she wanted to achieve.
May she rest in peace.
J Ker (jun)
University of Pretoria
