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.