Kathleen Froneman is a registered nurse and senior lecturer specialising in Nursing Education, with a scholarly focus on presence, reflective practice, and transformative learning in health professions education. She is based at the North-West University (NWU) School of Nursing, where she teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students and serves as Programme Leader for the Postgraduate Diplomas in Nursing. Her work is grounded in community engagement and centres on facilitating presence as a transformative approach to healthcare, education, and research.

Prof Daleen van der Merwe completed both a master’s and a PhD in Food Science from the University of the Free State while working as a researcher at the Agricultural Research Council – Grain Crops Institute. She has been the programme leader of the master’s and PhD in Consumer Sciences since 2008. Her research focuses on consumer information sources and information acquisition, mainly supporting informed, healthy decisions. Her current work has a strong interest in consumers from a health perspective.