SPEAKER · LEADERSHIP COACH · SABC BROADCASTER
Leading the Leaders.
Coaching the Coaches.
Dr Tebelele is a speaker, leadership coach and SABC broadcaster, helping communities, companies and campaigns turn knowledge into everyday action.
700K+
followers on TikTok & Facebook
20 Years
in medicine & community health
SABC
Umhlobo Wenene FM & Mpuma Kapa TV
MBA
Leadership, University of Liverpool
Level 1
B-BBEE · 100% Black-owned
About Aphile Communications
Founded in 2012 by Dr Mthembeni Tebelele, Aphile Communications and Stakeholder Managers (Pty) Ltd brings together medicine, leadership and strategic communication. Dr Tebelele holds an MBChB from IYunivesithi Walter Sisulu and an MBA in Leadership from the University of Liverpool, and is a trained life coach and respected HIV clinician. Our purpose: to empower communities with health knowledge they can understand and use.
Our Team
Led by Dr Tebelele, each area of our work has its own champion.
FOUNDER & CEO · OVERALL LEAD
Dr Tebelele
Oversees all Aphile programmes, and personally leads Men's Health and Sexual & Reproductive Health education (obesity, VMMC and sexual dysfunctions), alongside leadership coaching and SABC broadcasting.
How we can work together
Health Talks
Workplace wellness days, community outreach and church and school programmes: men's health, sexual and reproductive health, HIV and chronic conditions, explained simply.
Leadership & Coaching
Keynotes, leadership development and coaching for teams, boards and emerging leaders. Dr Tebelele's MBA specialisation in Leadership (University of Liverpool) brings a leadership lens to every talk he gives.
Campaigns & PR
Social media partnerships and health campaigns that reach communities across radio, TV, TikTok and Facebook.
Driven by Dr Tebelele's passion for marketing and branding, inspired by his late MBA supervisor, Professor Mehraz Boolaky.
MEN'S HEALTH · SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION
Men's health, talked about openly
Dr Tebelele leads our men's health and sexual and reproductive health education, breaking the silence on the topics men find hardest to raise.
Obesity
Weight, heart and metabolic health
VMMC
Voluntary medical male circumcision
Sexual dysfunctions
Confidential, judgement-free guidance
WOMEN'S HEALTH ADVOCATE
Dr Thembisa Dumse
BSc, MBChB (Walter Sisulu) · Dip HIV Man (SA)
Dr Dumse is a medical doctor with a diploma in HIV management who co-runs the family practice in North End, Gqeberha. She champions cervical cancer prevention and performs thermal ablation onsite at the practice, alongside digital colposcopy and HPV self-screening. She helped introduce these approaches at the 2026 Eastern Cape provincial Women's Day celebrations.
"No woman should die of a preventable cancer."
Consulting rooms
471 Govan Mbeki Street, North End, Gqeberha
Weekdays 08:00–18:00 · Saturdays & public holidays 08:00–13:00 · Sundays closed
CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION · IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AQUITY INNOVATIONS
Screen. See. Treat.
Close to home.
Together with Aquity Innovations, we support the WHO strategy to end cervical cancer, bringing HPV self-screening, digital colposcopy and thermal ablation to women in our communities.
WHO 90-70-90 GOAL
90% of girls vaccinated against HPV by age 15 · 70% of women screened by 35 and again by 45 · 90% of women with cervical disease treated
01 · SCREEN
A private HPV test you can take yourself. Dr Tebelele leads community mobilisation and education on HPV self-screening.
02 · SEE
Digital colposcopy lets the doctor look closely at the cervix.
03 · TREAT
Thermal ablation removes abnormal cells before they become cancer. Dr Dumse performs it onsite.
Ask us about cervical screening. Call Dr Dumse's rooms: 076 913 1044
BY BOOKING ONLY · DOCTOR-LED
Weight Loss & Obesity Clinic
Led by registered dietitian Renique van der Vyver, our multidisciplinary team (MDT) programme helps you lose weight safely and keep it off, with your personal diet plan and coaching, plus medical care from Dr Tebelele where it's right for you.
Thursdays & Fridays · 09:00–12:00
Dr M M Tebelele Inc · 4 Mthunyelo Street, KwaDwesi, Gqeberha · Tel 041 485 4260
#KnowYourNumbers
Renique van der Vyver
Programme Lead · Registered Dietitian, RV Dietetics
Full health check
Weight, BMI, waist and blood pressure
Blood tests
Sugar (HbA1c), kidney, liver and thyroid
Medical treatment
Prescribed and monitored by your doctor
Monthly MDT follow-up
Diet plan and exercise coaching
Your MDT
Renique van der Vyver · Lead
Registered Dietitian, RV Dietetics · 082 080 8634
Dr Tebelele
Medical doctor · MBChB, MBA
Our work in pictures
On air & online
Umhlobo Wenene FM
SABC health & motivation programmes
Mpuma Kapa TV
Health talk on regional television
TEAM APHILE · FOREVER LIVING
Forever products & business opportunity
Order Forever Living products or ask about joining the Aphile Forever Business Team. Our team coordinator will help you.
Miss Thulani Totyi
Assistant Manager, Forever Living
Book a talk, campaign or consultation
Tell us about your event or organisation and we'll come back to you. We're available weekdays, 08:00–19:00.
info@aphile.co.za · WhatsApp 071 325 7023 · Gqeberha, Eastern Cape