Sinethemba is currently a Mellon Foundation and Centre of Excellence scholar completing her PhD in Medical Humanities and Psychology at the Wits Institute of Social and Economic Research (WiSER). In 2010 she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to complete her Master's in Drama Therapy at New York University. Sinethemba has lectured in Drama, Applied Drama and Drama Therapy at The University of Witwatersrand and University of Pretoria.