Dr. Nkosinathi Maluleke

Nkosinathi Maluleke is a South African medical scholar and healthcare practitioner whose work engages critically with race, history, and structural inequities in health systems. Affiliated with a formerly white South African university shaped by the legacy of apartheid, Maluleke’s scholarship reflects lived and professional experience within institutions historically marked by exclusion and segregation.

The publication “The Global North Culture as a Palimpsest” in Healthcare Papers explores how colonial and apartheid legacies continue to influence contemporary healthcare structures. Drawing on reflections from Black South African physicians, the work examines systemic inequities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and situates them within broader global power asymmetries between the Global North and Global South.

Based on limited available publications at present, Maluleke’s research centers on health equity, post-apartheid transformation, and the socio-political dimensions of medical training and care delivery. The contribution highlights a strength in reflective, historically grounded analysis that connects personal narrative with structural critique, advancing conversations on justice and reform in global health.