Siphiwe Mndaweni

Chief Executive Officer, Office of Health Standards Compliance

Siphiwe Mndaweni is Chief Executive Officer of Office of Health Standards Compliance, in the role since October 2017.

The Office of Health Standards Compliance is the statutory regulator that inspects public and private health establishments against national norms and standards. In 2025/26 it inspected 975 establishments, 762 public and 213 private.

In the job

  1. The OHSC reported that it inspected 975 health establishments in the 2025/26 financial year, 762 public and 213 private. Source

  2. Mndaweni told a Cohsasa panel that weak leadership and governance were behind poor quality in public hospitals, drawing on OHSC inspection findings. Source

Career before

  1. Chief Director, Strategic Health Programmes, KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health
  2. Deputy Director-General, District Health Services, KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health
  3. Chief of Party, URC USAID TB Programme
  4. Deputy Chief of Party, Right to Care EQUIP Programme

Education

BA in Biology, Knox College, Illinois; Master's in Medical Science (Microbiology) and MBChB, Medunsa; postgraduate diploma in Health Systems Management and Executive Leadership and Master's in Public Health, University of Pretoria

Sources

  1. ohsc.org.za
  2. dev.ohsc.org.za
  3. static.pmg.org.za
  4. pressportal.co.za

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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