Dr Molepo Tzaneen Contact Details

Dr Maketo Molepo is an orthopaedic surgeon in Tzaneen, admitting at Mediclinic Tzaneen. He is one of a small number of orthopaedic surgeons serving the Mopani district, so the practice draws referrals from well beyond the town.

Official contact channels

Rooms: 076 763 7286
Mediclinic emergency number: 084 124, for emergencies only.
No landline and no email address are published.

That single number is a mobile, and it is the only contact route the practice publishes. This is normal for specialist practices in smaller South African towns, where the rooms run on a mobile rather than a switchboard, but it has practical consequences: expect it to go to voicemail while the surgeon is operating, and do not rely on it out of hours. If you cannot get through, Mediclinic Tzaneen, where he admits, can take a message for the rooms.

What this organisation provides

Orthopaedic surgery – the surgical and non-surgical treatment of bones, joints, ligaments, tendons and muscles.
Typical scope includes fractures and trauma, joint replacement of the hip and knee, arthroscopic surgery, sports injuries, and degenerative joint disease.
Qualifications published by Mediclinic: MBChB, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2007; FC Orth (SA), Colleges of Medicine, 2017; MMed (Orthopaedics), University of Pretoria, 2018.
Admits at Mediclinic Tzaneen.

An acute fracture is an emergency department matter, not a rooms appointment. Go to a hospital casualty unit, where the injury can be X-rayed and stabilised; the orthopaedic surgeon is called in from there. Rooms appointments are for follow-up, for planned surgery and for chronic joint problems.

Address and operating information

Rooms: Hall 13, Ivory Tusk Lodge, Douglas Street, Tzaneen, 0850
Postal address: Postnet Suite, Tzaneen, 0850
The consulting rooms are at a Douglas Street address rather than inside the hospital, so the rooms and the hospital where he operates are two different places. Check which one your appointment letter names.
Consulting hours are not published. Surgeons run theatre lists on set days and consult on others, which is why a mobile may go unanswered for hours at a time.
HPCSA registration number: MP0682322
Practice number: 0280000762636, which your medical scheme needs for claims and authorisations.

Support and escalation routes

Bring the actual X-rays, CT or MRI images, not only the radiologist report. Orthopaedic decisions are made off the images, and arriving without them commonly costs a second appointment.
Planned orthopaedic surgery needs pre-authorisation before admission, and joint replacements are among the procedures schemes scrutinise most closely, often with a co-payment or a designated-hospital condition. Confirm the authorisation, the hospital and the expected shortfall in writing, remembering that the surgeon, the anaesthetist and the hospital bill separately.
Complaints about professional conduct or standard of care go to the Health Professions Council of South Africa on 012 389 9300. Scheme disputes go to the Council for Medical Schemes after the scheme’s own appeal.

Sources

Mediclinic Southern Africa doctor directory profile for Dr Maketo Molepo, mediclinic.co.za, read 5 September 2026 – speciality, rooms and postal addresses, the single published telephone number, qualifications, HPCSA registration number, practice number and admitting hospital.
HPCSA published switchboard number, hpcsa.co.za.