About Mimi

Ms. Mhlaba serves as our Strategic Partnerships, building and strengthening partnerships that address the social and structural factors shaping young people’s health and wellbeing.

Her role focuses on leveraging partnerships to strengthen programme sustainability and expand opportunities for youth empowerment, ensuring that initiatives remain responsive to the health needs and realities of young people and their communities. She is currently a Fellow of the Wits and Edinburgh Sustainable African Futures (WESAF) Doctoral Programme, undertaking her doctoral studies in Psychology, with a focus on youth mental health.

This programme is committed to developing early-career African researchers whose work is locally grounded, responsive to societal challenges, and capable of contributing beyond academia. Ms. Mhlaba is committed to bridging research and community practice to advance equitable and sustainable improvements in young people’s wellbeing.