Dr Abongile Makuluma attended Cambridge High School (East London, Eastern Cape) where she was the Dux Scholar, and matriculated with five distinctions in 2003. She attained her medical degree, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) from the University Cape Town (UCT) in 2009, with distinctions in Public Health and Psychiatry. She undertook her medical internship at the East London Hospital Complex (comprising of Frere and Cecilia Makhiwane Hospitals) and community service at Worcester Hospital (Western Cape) in the Emergency and Trauma department. Dr. Makulima worked as a medical research officer at UCT’s Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), general and emergency medicine in the state and private sector before working in mental health. She's currently practising at Netcare Akeso Milnerton.
