Dr Vabaza Contact Details

Dr Welamaza Vabaza is a urologist at Lenmed Kathu Private Hospital in the Northern Cape. Kathu is a mining town in the Kalahari, and a resident urologist there is regionally significant – the alternative for most of that catchment is Kimberley or Bloemfontein, several hours away.

Official contact channels

Rooms: 065 076 6455, published by Lenmed as +27 65 076 6455.
Email: drwelaurology@gmail.com – the practice address, on a free mail domain.
No landline is published. The mobile above is the only telephone route the practice gives, which is common for a newer specialist practice in a small town. Expect voicemail while he is operating.

A caution when reading the Lenmed website. Its pages carry a footer listing every hospital in the group with its own number – Durban, Randburg, Ladysmith, Botswana, Mozambique and others. Those belong to other facilities in other provinces and countries. The only number for this practice is the one above.

There are other practitioners named Vabaza, in different professions and provinces: a family practitioner at Mount Ayliff and a dentist in Gqeberha, both in the Eastern Cape. Their details are not listed here because no first-party source for either could be confirmed, but the speciality on your referral letter will tell you which one you need.

What this organisation provides

Uro-oncology – cancers of the urinary tract and male reproductive system, including prostate, bladder, kidney and testicular cancer.
Urinary stone disease, which matters in a hot, dry mining region where dehydration is an occupational reality and stones are correspondingly common.
Urinary tract infections, including recurrent and complicated infection.
Male sexual and reproductive health.
Qualifications published by Lenmed: MBChB (University of KwaZulu-Natal), MMed (University of Pretoria), FC Urol (SA).

His published background is unusually detailed for a directory profile: raised in Mthatha, undergraduate training at the Nelson Mandela School of Medicine, internship at the Newcastle Madadeni hospital complex, community service at Bevan Goqwana health centre serving rural Qumbu, and specialist training from 2020 under the University of Pretoria.

Address and operating information

Room 01, Ground Floor, Lenmed Kathu Private Hospital, Kathu, Northern Cape
The rooms are on the ground floor of the hospital itself rather than in a separate medical suite.
Consulting hours are not published. Specialist rooms run by appointment during weekday business hours, with theatre lists on separate days.
Lenmed does not publish HPCSA registration numbers in its doctor directory. To confirm a practitioner is registered and in good standing, contact the Health Professions Council on 012 389 9300.

Support and escalation routes

Bring prior scans and stone-analysis results. For recurrent stones the composition of a previous stone changes prevention advice entirely, and that report is easily forgotten at referral.
Surgery and day procedures need scheme pre-authorisation before the date, and the surgeon, the hospital and any anaesthetist bill separately. Ask what the shortfall will be, and whether Kathu is a designated hospital on your plan – in a small town the network question decides the co-payment.
Complaints about professional conduct or standard of care go to the Health Professions Council of South Africa on 012 389 9300. Scheme disputes, including refusals on Prescribed Minimum Benefit cancer treatment, go to the Council for Medical Schemes after the scheme’s own appeal.

Sources

Lenmed Hospital Group doctor profile for Dr W Vabaza, lenmed.co.za, read 5 September 2026 – speciality, qualifications, special interests, room and hospital address, telephone number, practice mailbox and biography.
Directory listings confirming separate Vabaza practitioners – a family practitioner at Mount Ayliff and a dentist in Gqeberha – whose details are not reproduced.
HPCSA published switchboard number, hpcsa.co.za.