Our Leaders

Dr. Mary Hlalele heads up Health Services/Centre for Palliative Learning. Dr. Mary Hlalele provides leadership for the development and implementation of SLCH strategic objectives, designed to offer quality palliative care services to patients/families, while ensuring effectiveness of related education programs. A medical graduate of Lagos University, with post-graduate qualifications in PHC (education), Dr. Mary Hlalele is an accomplished PHC clinician and educator; studied Social Entrepreneurship at GIBS. An ardent life long learner, Dr. Mary Hlalele has recently acquired a qualification in Palliative Care Specialisation from the University of Colorado. Dr. Mary Hlalele was awarded a Kellogg Leadership Fellowship, designed and implemented integrated community-based health care programs, received several awards for her contribution in health and leadership; is Founder Member of the Tropical Institute of Community Health in Development – Kenya, and has served on the UN Secretary General’s Millennium Development Goals project. She delivers with passion for promoting social equity as a means of improving the well-being of marginalised communities.

Michelle leads Outreach Services for the organisation which includes Psychosocial Services, Spiritual Care, Bereavement support and Volunteer services for St Luke’s Combined Hospices. A qualified Social Worker, her experience of 27 years includes the NGO, Grant Making, Disability, Substance abuse, Education sectors and Private Practice. She is task driven with a focus on building and sustaining internal and external partners; Quality Assurance; Monitoring and Evaluation; innovating internal systems, and promotes a community of practice through team work. Mentoring and coaching in the workplace further augments the development of both vocational identity and occupational commitment. She has a strong belief in the sharing of best practices with a focus on professional and personal development. Her tertiary education includes post graduate qualifications in the fields of social work and education. She is a qualified Assessor with the ETDP Seta and Educator with SACE who enjoys facilitation and training as she is a people’s person. In her free time she loves to be active with a passion for the fitness industry and sports. Michelle is a ‘go-getter’ who loves challenges and new experiences. She is married and encourages her 2 daughters to be strong and independent women.

Heading the divisions of Finance and Retail, Feerouza keeps her eye on the finances for the organisation, maximizing the various governance process and systems. In addition, Feerouza, looks after our Retail division which includes overseeing our charity shops and our Distribution Centre. Feerouza completed a Comm Accounting Degree at NMMU. She passed the SAIPA Professional Exam and is registered as a Professional Accountant(SA) and a Professional Tax Practitioner(SA). Over the past 23 years, she has gained applicable versatile experience and expertise in the Accounting, Audit, Retail, Automotive and Facilities Management sectors. Her purpose in life is to give back and make a difference in communities. This is done both within the workplace and in her personal life. Feerouza expands her experiences whilst giving back to the communities. But mere one example is that she was a Mrs. Universe SA Finalist in 2019 standing for abuse against women and children. Apart from spending quality time with my family, she volunteers her services as Events Coordinator for the Summer Greens Neighborhood Watch and as Vice Chairperson of the Woodbridge Primary School Governing Body.

As Head of People and Support Services, Michelle holds the keys to Human Resources, Payroll, Marketing and Events, IT and Operations/Logistics for St Luke’s Combined Hospices. Her career includes 32 years of extensive experience across all Human Resources functionalities with specialist job profiling-, recruitment-, assessment- and employee relations and performance management. This is supported by strong project management ability achieving agreed goals; innovative approach to creating new systems/processes in addition to enhancing current practices; ability to contribute effectively both strategically as well as operationally to agreed goals; sound understanding of the value drivers within an organization; and grounded leadership skills demonstrated within tertiary-, under graduate-, postgraduate- and formal employment levels. In her free time, Michelle is an adventure junky, craves travelling and loves spending time with animals of all sizes in their natural environment. Michelle is married and has one doggie child – Murphy.