Women of the Year 2006 - Phetsile Kholekile Dlamini-Nkomo

Phetsile Kholekile Dlamini-Nkomo, the second of fi ve children, was born into a faithful, Adventist family in Swaziland. A rural farmer, Phetsile's father valued education and sent her to Mbukwane Seventh-day Adventist School, the first Adventist secondary school in Swaziland. In 1970, she completed a B.Sc. degree at the University of Lesotho, and then proceeded to the University of Ghana to study medicine. After completing her internship in Natal, South Africa, she joined the staff of Hlathikhulu Government Hospital, Swaziland, in 1976 and soon became its director. She also directed 22 rural clinics.

"Thereafter, Dr. Dlamini continued her specialization and obtained a master's degree in pediatrics in 1985 at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, and in 1986 a Fellowship Degree with the College of Physicians (pediatrics) in South Africa. Following her return to Swaziland in 1987, she began a private rural practice, bringing health and healing to thousands of infants and children. Six years later, recognizing her professional standing and community service, the Parliament of Swaziland secondarily (i.e., without standing for election) elected her to this august body. In 1996 Dr. Dlamini was appointed as the Minister for Health and Social Welfare," according to Percy Peters of Dialogue.

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