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Foreword from the Vice-Chancellor and Principal 2 SARChI Chairs 26 Message from the Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research 3 – SARChI Chair on Sustainable Local (Rural) Livelihoods 27 Message from the Deans of Research 4 – Waste and Climate Change 28 Research Portfolio Organogram 7 – Sugarcane Biorefining 29 Productivity Units 8 National Research Foundation Rated Researchers 30 University Rankings 9 Established Researchers Research Centres – 2018 Top Published Researcher 39 – Centre for Pharmaceutical Policy and Evidence Based – Top Published Woman Researcher 40 Practice 11 – Top 30 Published Researchers 41 – The KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and 12 Sequencing Platform (KRISP) – Top Five Most Cited Researchers 42 Research Flagship Projects 13 Prolific Researchers 45 – The Optimal Child Growth and Development Emerging Researchers (OrCHID) Project 13 49
– The Big Data for Science and Society (BDSS) – Top 10 Young Published Researchers 49 Research Flagship Project 14 – Top 10 Published Students 53 – The Afrocentric Precision Approach to Control Health Epidemics (APACHE) Flagship Project 15 Doctoral Graduates 58 In-depth: New Research Developments UKZN InQubate 81 – The Discovery of the Gene that causes Alopecia 16 UKZN Library 82 – Indigenous Knowledge Systems – New Developments 17 UKZN Press 83 Research Highlights 18 – Titles Published by UKZN Press 83 Vice-Chancellor’s Research Award 24 A Focus on Grantsmanship 84 Women in Science Awards 25 Statutory Income 101
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1 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 QUALITY RESEARCH The Key to Prosperity for All FOREWORD: FOREWORD: AND PRINCIPAL AND VICE-CHANCELLOR VICE-CHANCELLOR The standing of any university is measured by the quantity and the quality of its research
healthy output of high quality research confirms that staff are UKZN’s Strategic Plan (2017-2021) is designed to extend and strengthen our leaders in their fields which in turn enhances public trust in research output and reputation to meet this challenge. the institution and boosts its overall standing in the eyes of The plan places a huge emphasis on research that goes beyond academic governments and private donors. A significance, taking into account increasing public and political expectations Furthermore, high impact research encourages heightened interaction with about the need for us to produce knowledge that benefits society today. In the private sector while helping to drive regional and national innovative other words, research must generate improvements in key categories such economic development. as the health, living conditions and the socio-economic prospects of our fellow citizens. And in the basic but highly important sphere of teaching and learning, the best results are usually obtained in a situation where a critical mass of Closely linked to this is the establishment of the four Research Flagships renowned researchers is involved. on African Health, Social Cohesion, Big Data and Informatics, and African Cities of the Future. Crucial is that each of the Flagships requires the kind of UKZN’s research ethos is already very strong and still on an upward ambition and creativity best met by multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary trajectory after a decade during which research outputs have doubled and approaches. there has been a significant increase in research-active staff. But we cannot rest on our laurels because research is at the heart of the academic project Neither the ills of this world nor the opportunities conform to disciplinary for universities throughout the world. boundaries – we have already seen that there is a striking ‘value added’ bonus when scientists and researchers are allowed to operate and interact It is also vital for UKZN to attract the best staff and students, secure new outside of their ‘silos’ rather than being confined to their specific discipline. sources of funding and win bids for externally solicited projects that are globally competitive and have enduring The Research Flagships were officially launched in 2018 and three projects meaning and impact. stemming from them are already being funded. I am confident that all four of the Flagship themes will soon power our research engine, driving UKZN’s Our University cannot thrive if we profile still higher! think we can escape or find shelter from the dynamics of our intensely My special thanks to our research staff and management for their sterling globalising world. We have to work in propelling UKZN’s research forward and for creating the conditions go out there and work hard to for further significant gains and advances. compete with the very best in Higher Education.
Professor Nana Poku Social African VICE-CHANCELLOR AND PRINCIPAL Cohesion Health
FOUR FLAGSHIPS African Cities of the Big Data Future Informatics
2 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 CHANCELLOR: RESEARCH RATED AMONG THE TOP MESSAGE: VICE- DEPUTY RESEARCH FLAGSHIPS 500 Scoring Early Wins for UKZN UNIVERSITIES Staff from a variety of Schools across all Colleges involved in new projects GLOBALLY
ood progress is being made in the area of the Research Flagship academics outside of their TOP TOP initiative established at UKZN late in 2018, with the first three disciplines, resulting in real projects up and running and making very satisfactory progress. academic engagement. 5 The projects are: An Afrocentric Precision Approach to Control IN AFRICA A number of top universities 4 HealthG Epidemics (APACHE); Big Data for Science and Society (BDSS); and IN SOUTH AFRICA globally are aligning a lot of Optimal Child Growth and Development – Building Thriving Communities their strategic initiatives to through Risk Reduction from Impacts of Nutrition, Environment and Social the SDGs and because UKZN’s Flagships initiative is basically aligned to those Constructs (OrCHID). goals as well, doors are being opened for the University in terms of institutions APACHE, which will leverage funding of more than R332m, links five different wanting to establish partnerships. objectives and five different proposals involving a large team of local and The emphasis of research at UKZN is going to be on quality – quality of journal international experts created to perform high-level science to guide health papers, graduates produced and of books published. We have done well in policies and provide a major health impact in South Africa. terms of quantity of research produced and getting academics to be research BDSS, with funding of over R77m, involves Big Data science, techniques and training active over the past 10 to 15 years, but now is the time to shift gear and in the initiative which has a multi-tiered approach aimed at creating a broad set of enhance the quality of research outputs. A number of instruments have been impacts across a wide range of disciplines and in several UKZN research flagships. introduced to promote quality with incentives to encouraging that behaviour.
OrCHID, which has nearly R20m in secured funding, seeks to optimise child A complementary drive is to get academics to expand their research outcomes, to growth and development through the use of technological advances in in addition, produce socio-economic impacts rather than just academic impact. risk characterisation and focused interventions on critical health outcomes On the subject of UKZN’s ranking as a higher education institution, the University addressing the challenges posed by the United Nations’ Sustainable has consistently maintained and in some instances improved its Development Goals (SDGs) involving poverty, health and wellbeing, education, global rankings, securing a position among the top three gender issues, and cities and communities. percent of more than 20 000 universities worldwide. The three projects, which involve staff from a variety of Schools across all Being in the top 400 or 500 universities globally, Colleges, have all reported good progress to date. in the top four in South Africa, and the top five in Africa is an achievement the University is proud of, There has been a healthy response from the University community to the Flagship although our goal is to do better. We fare very well initiative created to encourage and facilitate interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary on the majority of the about 18 world rankings, and transdisciplinary research which has socio-economic impact and relevance to consistently maintaining our position in the top 500 society and UKZN stakeholders with an emphasis on projects that are impactful, on most of them. implementable and boost economic growth and social upliftment. To be rated as a top 500 university is quite an There have been tremendous buy-ins in terms of the Flagships and one of the achievement taking into account that there are more reasons for that is the fact that they have been closely aligned to the SDGs which than 20 000 universities in the world which participate we tried to cluster into the four flagships – Social Cohesion; African Health; Big in the rankings. We obviously aim to improve Data and Informatics, and African Cities of the Future. and I think that in time, as the impact We have worked hard to break down the silos which existed in traditional research, of the various implementation and some of the positive comments received from researchers in reaction to this strategies we have instituted at include the fact that it encouraged them to engage with fellow academics and UKZN take effect, we will start researchers across all UKZN Colleges and Schools. That has been the first quick to see that improvement. win under the flagships projects with academics starting to speak to other
Professor Deresh Ramjugernath DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR: RESEARCH
3 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 UKZN RESEARCH OFFICE Improving Efficiencies and Building Research Capacity DEAN OF RESEARCH OF DEAN MESSAGE THE MESSAGE FROM The first cycle (2018-2021) of the University Capacity Development Programme (UCDP) – a Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) funded initiative – started in 2018, aimed at supporting the development of staff and students across all universities in South Africa to enhance critical teaching and learning as well as research skills.
esearch support grants, which targeted academic staff completing The Research Information Gateway (RIG) platform was launched in 2018 their PhDs, and research capacity development activities for both with all research outputs profiled in this report validated on the RIG system. staff and students, were undertaken by the Research Office and Furthermore, considerable effort was made to ensure that the research the four Colleges. In the area of support grants, 151 academics ethics online system was configured on RIG. wereR assisted with funding for research running expenses, teaching relief, Regarding research ethics, in 2018 the Human and Social Sciences Ethics editing services and statistical support. Committee (HSSREC) reviewed 2 234 new applications while the Biomedical A further 32 emerging researchers were granted local conference funding Research Ethics Committee (BREC) handled 740, the Animal Research Ethics and another 38 received international conference financial support. Office (AREC) 87 and the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) handled one new application. The research capacity development programme included the key research activities of UKZN continues its drive and commitment to build research capacity as scientific and proposal writing retreats well as improve research administration and management efficiencies as well as supervisor, grant writing and across the University to achieve its strategic goal of achieving excellence research career planning workshops. and high impact in research, innovation and entrepreneurship. More than 400 academics and 1 700 postgraduate students attended the retreats and workshops.
Professor Urmilla Bob DEAN OF RESEARCH
4 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 MESSAGES FROMMESSAGES THE
College Deans of Research Highlight Top Achievements COLLEGE DEANS OF of their Colleges RESEARCH College of Health Sciences (CHS) – Professor Michelle Gordon KwaZulu-Natal is at the epicentre of the “Quadruple Burden of Disease’” as mobility grants valued at R753 700. The UCDP also funded more than 15 confronting our country and the College of Health Sciences (CHS) is committed capacity building workshops for both staff and students in the College. to delivering quality research outputs which help The theme of the 2018 CHS Research Symposium was Innovation in Health find solutions to the health problems affecting our Sciences with a total of 77 oral abstract and oral poster presentations featured communities. on the day. Keynote presentations were given by the Research Flagship Pro- Once again, Professor Mahmoud Soliman was the Top Vice-Chancellors, with a special presentation on Entrepreneurship by Professor UKZN researcher, with Professors Benn Sartorius, Anil Fernando Albericio to encourage our researchers to commercialise their Chuturgoon and Sabiha Essack in the Top 20. innovations – a key area in UKZN’s and the College’s Strategic Plan.
A total of 75 doctoral students were awarded Highlights of our academics’ numerous achievements in 2018 included: their PhDs through the College in 2018. To • Dr Temba Ginindza (South African Principal Investigator) launched the assist with the enrolment and throughput of Multinational Lung Cancer Control Programme which received about R8m postgraduate students, the Research Office in funding from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation. The project, which awarded 419 postgraduate scholarships involves four countries – Kenya, Tanzania, the Kingdom of eSwatini and valued at more than R18 million. A further South Africa – aims to improve public access to early diagnostic services, R9 350 000 was spent on 62 postdoctoral treatment and care for lung cancer awards. • The World Health Organization (WHO) invited Professor Benn Sartorius of the Department of Public Health to provide expert assistance on its The University Capacity Development General Programme of Work Metrics Taskforce Programme (UCDP) grant assisted • Professor Salim Abdool Karim was awarded the prestigious Al-Sumait Prize 14 emerging researchers with seed for research contributions to African development funding for research projects as well
College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science (CAES) – Professor Kevin Kirkman CAES staff and students continued their tradition of leading the University in The 2018 Postgraduate Research Day continues to knowledge production with several noteworthy achievements. grow, with significant external support. The high quality presentations delivered at the Nine of the Top 10 UKZN researchers were from the College while a total of 20 event are a pleasing indication of quality were on the Top 30 list! postgraduate education. The future also looks very bright, with half of the Top 10 young researchers CAES is committed to UKZN’s strategic being from the College. research focus areas and two of its The College acquired three new South African Research (SARChI) Chairs. academics were appointed Pro Vice- Professor Onisimo Mutanga took up the existing Chair in Land Use Planning Chancellors to lead research focus areas and Development; Professor Cristina Trois was appointed as Chair for Waste – Professor Francesco Petruccione heads and Climate Change, and Professor Annegret Stark was appointed Chair in the Big Data and Informatics flagship Sugarcane Biorefining. while Professor Rob Slotow leads This brings the total number of SARChI Chairs hosted by the College to 11. the African Cities of the Future research flagship. The College now boasts four A-rated researchers – Emeritus Professor Barry Lovegrove, Professor Steve Johnson, Professor Fernando Albericio and Professor Craig Packer.
5 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 College of Humanities (COH) – Professor Pholoho Morojele The College of Humanities is busy making a positive impact on the social fabric the School Of Arts (6th), and Dr Lauren Dyll of the School of Applied Human of South Africa, Africa and beyond. Our steadfast commitment to facilitate Sciences (8th). the production of high quality research knowledge that provides the training The College is also dedicated to securing the next generation of academics and
RESEARCH ground for tomorrow’s leaders is unwavering. our postgraduate students were out there in front filling six slots – including COLLEGE DEANS OF OF DEANS COLLEGE
MESSAGES THE MESSAGES FROM In 2018 the College produced the highest number of postgraduate students the prime position – on the list of Top Published Student Researchers. Dr Yves at UKZN, in terms of throughput and graduations. One of our top academics, Nicholas Vanderhaeghen of the School of Arts was placed first; while the others Professor Christopher John Ballantine of the School of Arts, was placed eighth were Dr June Frances Dickie of the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics on the 2018 list of the Top 30 Most Published Researchers at the University. (2nd); Dr Stanley Osezua Ehiane of the School of Social Sciences (3rd); Mr Matt Meyer of the School of Built Environment and Development Studies (4th); Ms The College is committed to helping young Ncamsile Daphne Motsa of the School of Education (6th) and Dr Aaron Rwodzi academics realise their full potential of the School of Social Sciences (10th). and the following colleagues made us all proud by featuring among the Top Numerous other initiatives have begun and are aimed at assisting the College 10 Young Researchers: Dr Chammah address most of its challenges, which include ensuring staff and students Kaunda of the School of Religion, produce high quality research so vital in attracting external funding and Philosophy and Classics (4th); bolstering UKZN’s standing in international university ranking systems. Professor Thabo Msibi Under the leadership of our new Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nhlanhla of the School of Mkhize, concrete measures of a programmatic nature have been implemented Education (5th); with the goal being to respond to current issues facing research and knowledge Dr Claire Scott of production in the Humanities and Social Sciences Disciplines.
College of Law and Management Studies (CLMS) – Professor Harold Ngalawa CLMS hosted a lunch to honour staff members who graduated with PhDs, to Ruffin and Mkhize, who shared insights on innovative teaching and learning recognise Distinguished Teachers’ Award recipients Dr Msizi Mkhize and Professor techniques during the lunch, were applauded for the outstanding qualities that Fayth Ruffin, and to celebrate the milestone of the College graduating 71 doctoral earned them the prestigious award. candidates – the largest number in a single year in its history! In his address, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Head of the In our quest to achieve our goal of increasing the number of PhD graduates every College Professor Brian McArthur congratulated staff year, we put in place several interventions, including workshops on thesis and on their achievements. proposal writing, statistics and research methods as well as writing retreats. This year, 12 staff graduated with their PhDs and We provided PhD candidates with research grants which have gone a long way many others with Master’s degrees which means towards assisting those who would have otherwise have struggled to undertake they are also on their way towards acquiring their investigations. We also introduced refresher workshops for the College’s doctorates. higher degrees officers, improving their competency and professional standards.
This has helped to streamline the process from application for admission in our PhD programmes all the way to the examination of doctoral theses and candidates’ graduation.
6 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH PORTFOLIO RESEARCH PORTFOLIO ORGANOGRAM ORGANOGRAM
Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research Professor Deresh Ramjugernath
Pro-Vice Chancellor: Pro-Vice Chancellor: Social Cohesion African Health Professor Relebohile Professor Quarraisha Moletsane Abdool Karim
Pro-Vice Chancellor: Pro-Vice Chancellor: Research African Cities of the Pro-Vice Chancellor: Future Professor Salim Big Data and Abdool Karim Informatics Professor Rob Slotow Professor Francesco Petruccione
Director: Research Financial Services Mrs Noluthando Mngadi University Dean of Research Professor Urmilla Bob
Manager: Research and Financial Services Vacant Manager: Research Office Mr Wilondja Muzumbukilwa
Director: Intellectual Property and Commercialisation Director: Libraries and Mrs Suvina Singh Special Collections Ms Joyce Myeza
Project Manager InQubate Manager: Client Vacant Services Dr Roshni Pather
Director: UKZN Press Manager: Special Ms Debra Primo Collections and Core Services Dr Praversh Sukram
Manager: Library Information Services Dr Nonhlanhla Ngcobo
7 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 PRODUCTIVITY BEFORE DHET Notification for 2018
How are PUs calculated? Current Productivity 200 000 Category Units 180 000 Whole Book 120-600 160 000 Patent 80 140 000 Journal article 60 120 000 Graduated doctoral student 60
s 100 000 Staff who graduated with PU 60 80 000 doctoral degrees Creative contribution 60 000 50 (international) 40 000 Book editorial 30 20 000 Chapter in book 60 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Creative contribution (local) 15 PUs 82 147 93 071 106 137 116 475 127 395 138 094 159 508 173 361 173 415 Graduated full dissertation 16 master’s students The yearly increase in Productivity Units (PUs) was 13.3% , 14.0%, 9.7%, 9.4%, 8.4% , 15.5%, 9%, 0% Refereed conference respectively from 2010 to 2018. Overall, the increase in the number of PUs attained by UKZN research 10 increased by 111% over the nine-year period, from 82 147 in 2010 to 173 415 in 2018 (6 September 2019). proceedings Journal editorial 8 Graduated coursework master’s 8 The Research Office is the administrative centre of research students activities at UKZN and includes the Publications, Grants and NRF rating 60 -100 Awards, Ethics, and Finance and Contracts clusters. The following were among achievements in 2018: Number of productivity outputs processed in 2018 ✪ Grants and contracts worth R261 141 565, three were administered and processed by Item Number the Research Office. Journal articles submitted to DHET 2 655 ✪ The total amount of the NRF Grant was R184 051 705, 05. The College of Agriculture, Whole books submitted to DHET 15 Engineering and Science received R60 485 447, 47; the College of Health Sciences Book chapters submitted to DHET 209 R97 664 143, 43; the College of Humanities R27 961 978, 35; the College of Law and Conference proceeding contributions submitted 174 Management Studies R6 828 285, 24; and the Research Office R3 142 400. to DHET ✪ A total of 2015 applications for NRF grants were made, of which 1 551 were granted. Journal editorials 16 ✪ The total grant award from the Medical Research Council was R2 337 266. The College Book editorials 3 of Agriculture, Engineering and Science received R481 550; and the College of Health Patents granted 1 Sciences R1 855 716. Creative contributions 4 ✪ The Publications Cluster screened 6 695 items including 3 864 journal articles; 195 journal Staff who graduated with doctoral degrees 48 and book editorials; 62 books; 303 chapters in books, 369 conference proceedings, 1 854 Publishing research staff (in DHET categories) 1 351 masters and doctoral graduates, and 48 staff who graduated with PhDs. African researchers 330 ✪ Four ethical committees process ethical applications – they are the Animal Research Ethics Female researchers 660 Committee (AREC); the Biomedical Research Ethics Committee (BREC), the Human and Social Doctoral degrees awarded 503 Sciences Research Ethics Committee (HSSREC), and the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC). The AREC reviewed 87 new applications, BREC 740, HSSREC 2234 and IBC 1. Masters degrees awarded 1 351 Prolific researchers 161 ✪ Number of SARChI Chairs: 17 Emerging researchers 76 ✪ Number of African researchers: 330 NRF-rated researchers 297 ✪ Number of female researchers: 660 NRF A-rated researchers 6 ✪ Number of NRF-rated researchers: 297 NRF (100) awarded 10 ✪ Number of NRF A-rated researchers: 6 NRF (60) awarded 41 ✪ Number of patents granted: 1 SARChi Chairs 17
8 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 UNIVERSITY RANKINGS Table 1: UKZN’s world position in Rankings organisations which source data for some indicators directly from UKZN Ranking Organisation 2019/20 2018/19 2017/18 2016/17 2015/16 2014/15 2013/14 2012/13 2011/12 Rankpro 579 503 600+ Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 401-500 501-600 401-500 401-500 401-500 401-500 401-500 401-500 401-500 Times Higher Education (THE) World University 401-500 401-500 401-500 501-600 401-500 351-400 351-400 rankings Times Higher Education (THE) Young University 85 83 Rankings QS World University Rankings (QSWUR) 801-1000 751-800 701-750 651-700 551-600 501-550 501-550 551-600 601+ QS University Rankings: BRICS 85 80 72 68 60 60 QS Graduate Employability Rankings 301-500 301-500 301-500 Greenmetric World University Rankings 657 559 348 328 294 244 179 139 Clarivate Analytics (from 2015) – Data provider for 638 U.S. News Best global and Round University rankings
Table 2: UKZN’s world position in Rankings organisations which do not source data directly from UKZN Ranking Organisation Data Source 2019/20 2018/19 2017/18 2016/17 2015/16 2014/15 2013/14 2012/13 2011/12 Center for World University Web of Science 424 402 445 467 478 459 Rankings Times Higher Education Elsevier, Teaching (THE) Emerging Economies indicators from THE 49 41 58 46 47 45 University Rankings World submission US News Best Global Universities (from 2015) – UKZN Clarivate 338 336 336 346 435 Data sourced from Clarivate submission Analytics submission Webometrics Ranking of Google 624 641 675 652 717 830 World Universities CWTS Leiden Ranking Web of Science 391 418 436 447 609 643 466 Round University Ranking – UKZN Clarivate Data sourced from Clarivate 434 427 443 572 475 455 441 476 418 submission Analytics submission URAP – University Ranking by Incites and Web of 349 349 369 369 404 444 444 480 Academic Performance Science
NUMBER OF CREATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS 48 1 351 330 660 PUBLISHING STAFF GRADUATED WITH AFRICAN FEMALE RESEARCH STAFF DOCTORAL DEGREE (IN DHET CATEGORIES) RESEARCHERS RESEARCHERS
503 1 351 76 DOCTORAL 161 DEGREES MASTERS DEGREES EMERGING AWARDED PROLIFIC RESEARCHERS AWARDED RESEARCHERS 6 10 41 17 297 NRF A-RATED SARCHI NRF-RATED RESEARCHERS NRF NRF CHAIRS RESEARCHERS (100) AWARDED (60) AWARDED
9 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 WHOLE JOURNAL PATENT GRADUATED ARTICLE DOCTORAL BOOK STUDENT 120-600 80 60 60
CREATIVE CONTRIBUTION (INTERNATIONAL) 30 STAFF GRADUATED BOOK WITH DOCTORAL DEGREE EDITORIAL 60 50
CHAPTER CREATIVE IN BOOK CONTRIBUTION 16 15 (LOCAL) GRADUATED FULL DISSERTATION 60 MASTERS STUDENTS REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS GRADUATED JOURNAL NRF RATING COURSEWORK 10 8 EDITORIAL 60 -100 8MASTERS STUDENTS
174 2 655 15 209 CONFERENCE JOURNAL ARTICLES WHOLE BOOKS BOOK CHAPTERS SUBMITTED TO DHET SUBMITTED TO DHET PROCEEDINGS SUBMITTED TO DHET CONTRIBUTIONS SUBMITTED TO DHET
JOURNAL BOOK PATENT 16 EDITORIALS 3 EDITORIALS 1GRANTED
10 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 RESEARCH CENTRES RESEARCH CENTRES Centre for Pharmaceutical Policy and Evidence Based Practice UKZN boasts various Research Centres where investigative and interdisciplinary work is done in diverse fields. Researchers and scientists at these Centres are at the forefront of cutting-edge work which has seen UKZN establish itself as an internationally respected research-led university.
he UKZN’s Centre for Pharmaceutical Policy and Evidence Based Suleman hopes the collaboration will provide training opportunities for Practice has been designated as an official Collaborating Centre WHO member states in the field of pharmaceutical policy, pharmaco- of the World Health Organization (WHO) at least for the next four economics, the rational use of medicines, pharmacy training and evidence- Tyears. based practice. The new Centre is headed by internationally-renowned Professor in the Currently there are more than 800 WHO collaborating centres in over 80 Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences Fatima Suleman, who was the Prince member states working with the Geneva-based health organisation in areas Claus Chair of Development and Equity for the theme Affordable (Bio) such as nursing, occupational health, communicable diseases, nutrition, Therapeutics for Public Health at Utrecht University in The Netherlands from mental health, chronic diseases and health technologies. 2016 to 2018. Suleman also chairs the South African National Medicines Suleman, who is also a strong supporter of more transparency within the Pricing Committee. global pharmaceutical industry, noted that South Africa had lent official “Medicine should not be a luxury commodity – it is a public health right,” support to a recent WHO Assembly resolution on transparency in medicine said Suleman, a long-standing advocate for affordable and equitable access pricing that was proposed jointly by Italy, Spain, Brazil, South Africa, Egypt, to medicines for public health. Malaysia, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey.
Members of the new WHO Collaborating Centre include Mr Andy Gray, “There’s something in the system of medicine pricing that is broken and we Professor Sabiha Essack, Dr Frasia Oosthuizen, Dr Velisha Perumal-Pillay and need to really look at that and figure out how we can fix it,” she said. Dr Varsha Bangalee. Suleman cited the example of insulin, which has been used to treat diabetes The Centre will work with the WHO and other countries to promote patients for nearly 100 years. Yet a century later, insulin remained expensive affordable access to quality, safe and effective medicines, vaccines, and poorer patients still faced tough choices on whether to pay for insulin diagnostics and other medical devices as well as providing technical advice treatment or their next meal. and assistance when requested. Ebola patients, likewise, had contributed towards the development of It will also conduct evidence-based pharmaceutical policy analysis treatment drugs but were still expected to pay and strengthen conceptual innovation in curriculum and pedagogy in for treatment. pharmaceutical sciences.
Professor Fatima Suleman who heads the new Centre for Pharmaceutical Policy and Evidence Based Practice, an official collaborating centre of the World Health Organization.
11 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 RESEARCH CENTRES The KwaZulu-Natal Research and Innovation Sequencing Platform (KRISP) – RESEARCH CENTRES RESEARCH Medical Rebels Reversing the Brain Drain Sporting long, surfer-style hair, Professor Tulio de Oliveira’s enthusiasm to tackle a wide range of African health challenges shines through in his eyes, voice and expansive hand movements.
e are rebels! We want to change the status quo and to create KRISP team and provide them with an attractive environment to produce a scientific environment in South Africa (SA) and Africa that high level science. really drives innovation to the highest level of science-tech “This is what we are doing to reverse the brain drain and also create a and reverses the brain drain, exclaims de Oliveira, director brain gain, by offering the same opportunities as some of the top research Wof UKZN’s KwaZulu-Natal Research and Innovation Sequencing Platform centres in the world.” (KRISP). Quite apart from investigating life-threatening human viruses and diseases The platform was set up officially in 2017 to produce and analyse data at such as HIV, TB, dengue, zika, chikungunya and yellow fever, the KRISP team the same speed and quality as the top genomics centres in the world and has also embarked on a separate project that will for the first time sequence to capacitate the next generation of scientists in South Africa. and analyse human whole genomes on African soil. “We are very ambitious and have published over 120 papers, including “This is the first award from the SA Medical Research Council which has 15 articles in top journals such as Science, Nature and The Lancet,” said de committed R8m to fund this project. The focus of the project is on the Oliveira. “We would like our researchers to be able to keep doing this – identification of human genetic variation that can protect children from again and again and again. developing HIV,” he said. “But beyond this, we also want to drive innovation that gets out into the “This study will sequence and analyse a large number of genomes on the market so that it can be used to impact and improve the health of people African continent for the first time. In addition to identifying the genetics across the continent,” said de Oliveira, a Brazilian-born bioinformatician basis of protection to HIV, this project will set the benchmark for future who moved to SA in 1997. genomic research in Africa by developing the whole genome sequence He received his BSc from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and (WGS) protocols and bioinformatics workflows.” his MSc and PhD degrees through UKZN’s Nelson R Mandela School of KRISP has also partnered with Stanford University in the United States on Medicine, was a Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Oxford, a global innovation programme known as: SPARK GLOBAL: Translational and has been awarded a Royal Society Newton Advanced Scientists Without Borders, which aims to ensure that Durban is in a position Fellowship. to seize the opportunities and manage the challenges of rapid advances in De Oliveira and his research team – strategically located technology such as artificial intelligence, robotics and biotechnology. close to the epicentre of the HIV/TB epidemic – are armed “The objective of this collaboration is to allow these technologies to get with a modern array of genetic sequencing and analytic to the market and benefit the population in South Africa,” said de Oliveira. tools to gather information they hope to use to stop further transmission. Lastly, KRISP is not limiting these technologies to the medical field -- it has created Genomics Africa to provide affordable gene sequencing services to He recalled that at the outset, the KRISP record Africa’s wild animal and plant biodiversity levels. team identified top researchers who already had relationships http://www.krisp.org.za with SA. The objective was to encourage them to join the Dr Clinton Veale and Dr Veron Ramsuran conducting research in the KRISP Laboratory. Professor Tulio de Oliveira
12 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 RESEARCH FLAGSHIP PROJECTS RESEARCH FLAGSHIP The Optimal Child Growth and Development PROJECTS (OrCHID) Project
All children need bare essentials such as food and water, however, the business of nurturing healthy children depends on a much wider range of factors – including clean air, healthy food and the love and support of fathers as well as mothers.
o help ensure that the country’s children have the best possible involves potential changes to the genetic code of children through exposure chance of growing into healthy and productive adults, UKZN to environmental pollution or malnutrition by ‘switching off’ certain genes has launched an innovative, multi-disciplinary research project but without altering DNA. known as OrCHID – an acronym for Optimal Child Growth and Naidoo said while some families were genetically predisposed to developing TDevelopment. asthma, for example, prolonged and regular exposure to industrial fumes While the acronym has nothing do with pretty flowers, the project could could lead to more children developing asthma and passing on this help ensure that the coming generation blossoms more fully, so says vulnerability to their children and grandchildren. Professor Rajen Naidoo, senior UKZN Occupational and Environmental So far, the University has injected R2.5 million into the initial three-year Health specialist who is also the Principal Investigator for the venture. project, which will also involve two existing cohorts – the Mother and Naidoo explained that the broad scope of the project was on how Child in the Environment (MACE) cohort that looks at ambient pollution society brings up children with the focus on four specific areas – poverty, and child respiratory health in the South Durban urban area, and a second epigenetics, pollution and nutrition. rural cohort known as Sonke in northern KwaZulu-Natal that focuses on pesticide exposures. “We want to create a multidisciplinary study that brings all the different aspects together instead of them being broken up into silos,” said Naidoo. The project falls under the overall leadership of Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim, one of the world’s leading HIV/AIDS researchers in her Apart from physical factors, it would also involve social scientists examining capacity as UKZN Pro Vice-Chancellor of the African Health: Saving Lives the structure of households, including the involvement of fathers in Research Flagship. supporting and nurturing children. The purpose of this Flagship is to reduce the leading causes of death in It would also involve the Department of Dietetics and Human Nutrition to South Africa and the continent and to develop new solutions to assist provide further scientific understanding around healthy and affordable food. governments reduce mortality rates. Another key aspect of the research would be on the influence of environmental and industrial pollution and epigenetics. Epigenetics
At the launch of the OrCHID research project are (from left) Professor Kesh Govender, Professor Rajen Naidoo, Professor Anil Chuturgoon and Professor Deresh Ramjugernath.
13 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 RESEARCH FLAGSHIP PROJECTS Big Data for Science and Society (BDSS) PROJECTS Research Flagship Project RESEARCH FLAGSHIP FLAGSHIP RESEARCH Big data is a field where “extremely large” data sets can be analysed using advanced computers to reveal patterns, trends, and associations – especially about human behaviour and interactions. UKZN has launched a new R9 million research initiative in this arena drawing disparate research disciplines together in a project known as Big Data for Science and Society (BDSS).
here are three Principal Investigators: Professor Kavilan Moodley together and attempt to bring our different paradigmatic approaches to a (Astrophysics), Professor Maheshvari Naidu (Geospatial common or shared social problem,” said Naidu. Humanities) and Professor Onisimo Mutanga (Earth Observation). “Colleagues who otherwise rarely meet intellectually, or share coffee, have TMutanga quipped that his team would look down on the Earth, come together to listen and co-learn through diverse disciplinary and Moodley’s students would look up to the heavens, and Naidu’s team would domain-based lenses. There is a clear sense of disciplinary boundaries focus on what was going on at ground (social) level. becoming a bit more porous. All of this will in turn cascade down through the cohort of post-doctoral and doctorates we co-supervise.” “The Big Data project comes at a time when there is a drastic revolution in the production and free access to Earth Observation (satellite) data,” In the astrophysics arena, Moodley and his team are currently involved in said Mutanga, “For the first time, this data can now be obtained at very several big data astronomy projects, including MeerKAT/SKA and HIRAX. high resolution with frequent revisits to facilitate changes in the Earth’s The HIRAX project would collect up to 6.5 Terabits of data per second – resources over time. This therefore creates huge data sets that require comparable to all of Africa’s current international bandwidth – over a four- storage capacity, processing and dissemination. year survey period. Because of the large volumes of data collected, this “The interdisciplinary approach engrained within the project provides created a significant challenge, necessitating the development of novel a platform to tap into astrophysics techniques for image processing, techniques to collect, compress and analyse this data. computer science and statistics for machine learning and social sciences to “The project aims to leverage the work done by the astrophysics team facilitate risk assessments for a holistic early-warning model to assist rural members on these big data sets in collaboration with colleagues from other farmers,” he said. disciplines,” said Moodley. “The goal is to inspire the development of new Naidu also emphasised the drawing together of disparate disciplines, big data techniques and generate scientific and socially-impactful results providing opportunities to harness big data to develop early-warning based on the novel applications of big data techniques.” systems for flood and drought, as well as geo-mapping to plot the spread of informal settlements.
“For me this is exciting, as social scientists such as myself and natural scientists such as Professor Mutanga and Professor Moodley, are able to sit
The Big Data for Science and Society leadership team (from left) Professor Onisimo Mutanga, Professor Kavilan Moodley and Professor Maheshvari Naidu.
14 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 RESEARCH FLAGSHIP PROJECTS RESEARCH FLAGSHIP The Afrocentric Precision Approach to PROJECTS Control Health Epidemics (APACHE) In contrast to a one-size-fits-all approach, “precision medicine” is a fairly recent development in disease treatment that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle for each person.
or example, a person who needs a blood transfusion is not given oesophageal, breast and cervical cancer, this project aims to provide unique blood from a randomly selected donor. Instead, the donor’s blood insight into the genotypic characterisation of South African cancers. type is matched to the recipient to reduce the risk of complications Niesler’s focus will be on establishing new Zebrafish models for human FThe new UKZN Afrocentric Precision Approach to Control disease and toxicology studies. Health Epidemics (APACHE) Research Flagship project will follow an “Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are freshwater fish which have gained prominence interdisciplinary approach that will focus on delivering the right medication over the past two decades as an increasingly relevant and powerful to the right patient, delivering the right intervention to the right population biological model,” she said. “As they exhibit high degrees of similarity to at the right time, and thirdly, bringing innovations to the market that can human anatomy, gene expression and disease progression, these aquatic impact disease management. model organisms are used to model a range of human diseases.” The Principal Investigators of the project are Drs Donrich Thaldar and Pillay’s focus will be around the development of novel vaccines and rapid Clinton Veale, and Professors Manormoney Pillay, Tulio de Oliveira, and diagnostics for tuberculosis (TB) which remains the leading cause of death Carola Niesler. from an infectious disease worldwide. Thaldar will oversee investigations into the ethical and legal dimensions She said there was an urgent need to develop more effective vaccines to of gene editing technologies such as CRISPR-Cas9. He hopes that studies provide immune protection for adolescents and adults as well as a rapid under his leadership will provide health researchers with clarity on how to point of care test that could be applied at primary health care facilities. navigate the South African gene editing legal and ethical space. De Oliveira, director of the KZN Research and Innovation Sequencing “The extant South African law on health research often simply mimics or Platform (KRISP), is leading the Precision Medicine and Public Health project adapts European ethical and legal thought. Human gene editing provides to understand the HIV, TB and cancer epidemics in Africa. In the first year of us with an excellent opportunity to start to decolonise and Africanise our APACHE, KRISP has published over 30 papers, including high-profile ones in ethical and legal thinking,” said Thalder. the journals Nature and Lancet, which have brought many new technologies Veale’s role is to help develop platforms which find new ways of inhibiting to the market. cancer cell growth. This part of the APACHE project is also being developed with Drs Richard Given the disproportionate burden of triple-negative breast cancer Lessells and Veron Ramsuran as well as Professors Benn Sartorius and Frank (TNBC) in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as the significant impact of prostate, Tanser who have both moved to the United Kingdom but are still working closely with KRISP and UKZN to allow their knowledge to stay in South Africa.
Dr Clinton Veale and Dr Veron Ramsuran (Primary Investigators on the APACHE Project) preparing for a grant presentation.
Because Zebrafish (Danio rerio) exhibit high degrees of similarity to human anatomy, gene expression and disease progression, these freshwater fish can be used to model a range of human diseases.
15 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 IN-DEPTH: NEW RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS The Discovery of the Gene that causes
DEVELOPMENTS DEVELOPMENTS Alopecia
IN-DEPTH: NEW RESEARCH RESEARCH NEW IN-DEPTH: Inspired by the love and advice of her mother, Professor Ncoza Dlova has been hailed for her recent research breakthrough on permanent hair loss among African women.
lova, who is the Dean of UKZN’s School of Clinical Medicine, “With this discovery, we can say there is a possible genetic link and that hair collaborated with a group of international scientists from grooming is probably an environmental trigger or it aggravates CCCA,” she Israel, the United States, Germany and France and published an said. article in the New England Journal of Medicine about a potential The condition had previously been linked to the use of damaging chemical geneticD link to one of the most common causes of permanent hair loss in products on the hair as well as the use of hot combs or straighteners. women of African ancestry. “We found that women who were predisposed to CCCA and constantly The seven-year study, which involved women from Durban and North used some of the above hair-treatment grooming practices and products, Carolina in the United States, suggests that there may be an underlying presented with severe CCCA as early as the age of 25 years old. We therefore genetic cause for a condition known as Central Centrifugal Cicatricial advocate for minimal manipulation in those who are affected (carriers) Alopecia (CCCA), which presents clinically as a central area of progressive or family members of affected individuals. This can be done by making and irreversible hair loss on the crown and expanding to the periphery. To attempts to keep hair natural and to avoid chemicals and traction inducing the lay person this condition can be easily labelled as female pattern hair hairstyles. loss as it closely resembles it in its presentation and location. “I think we need to acknowledge and accept who we are, and also realise The discovery of this genetic condition has also reinforced calls to women to that although we are one human race, our hair and skin is unique and needs avoid aggressive and damaging hair grooming treatments using chemicals to be handled in a manner that takes cognisance of such unique features or traction and historical hot combing. These practices have been shown and not be influenced by what we see on social media, TV, magazines and to aggravate and accelerate the progression of hair loss in those who are celebrities. We need to instil confidence and reassure our children from a affected by CCCA. young age and reinforce the notion that we Dlova grew up in Mthyolo, a small village near King William’s Town in the are the best and most beautiful in our Eastern Cape. She attended local primary schools before moving to Inanda natural skin and hair,” said Dlova. Girls Seminary in Durban for her matric and was awarded her PhD by UKZN in 2015 for her study entitled: Ethnic Skin and Hair Disorders in Professor Ncoza Dlova KwaZulu-Natal.
“My mother, Nonqaba Magatyeni Dlova, died at the age of 94 and was a great inspiration to me. She said I should never give anyone permission to undermine what I am capable of and that no matter where I am, I should try to make a positive difference in the lives of the people around me,” said Dlova.
“As the first African dermatologist in KwaZulu-Natal, and the second African female dermatologist in South Africa, I decided to specialise in dermatology in response to the lack of qualified African dermatologists who understand the skin, hair and cultural needs of the African patient.”
Her previous published studies on hair loss among African women helped to spur the more recent international research collaboration on potential genetic links to CCCA.
16 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 IN-DEPTH: NEW RESEARCH IN-DEPTH: NEW RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS DEVELOPMENTS Indigenous Knowledge Systems – New Developments Modern medical practices mean the bulk of South Africa’s births take place in hospitals and not in familiar, nurturing home environments.
owever, according Professor Hassan Kaya, Director and Research healthcare communication, given the trust relationship they have earned Leader for the DSI-NRF Centre in Indigenous Knowledge within their families and local communities, across gender and generations. Systems (CIKS), traditional birth attendants (TBAs) or traditional Their wide knowledge of traditional medicines and healing systems, midwives play a significant role in primary healthcare. comprising both herbal and spiritual dimensions, is culturally acceptable, H accessible and affordable – and that is the nub of the advantage of TBAs The attendants are the first point of call in rural communities for sexual and within the primary healthcare system,” he said. reproductive healthcare. Yet, says Kaya, the practice suffers widespread marginalisation. While the patients do not generally consider the practices unsafe, TBAs face a range of challenges further compounding their marginalisation. These In light of the stigma involved, UKZN in partnership with the Department of include the shortage or delay of ambulances in responding to call-outs; ill Science and Innovation hosted an inaugural conference earlier this year on treatment suffered at the hands of modern healthcare workers when TBAs the critical role TBAs play in both South Africa and most other developing take the mother and child to the hospital, and the lack of compensation for countries. As Western knowledge and healthcare systems have dominated their work. the medical landscape, the knowledge, belief systems and practices tend to be marginalised. “However, people oriented to Western healthcare systems consider practices by TBAs as unsafe, hence the importance of formally and professionally This is despite their importance in primary healthcare, especially in remote recognising their knowledge and practices as a discipline of competence,” areas where health services are under-resourced. said Kaya. Kaya says the two-day gathering of TBAs from across South Africa and The CIKS promotes the democracy and complementarity of knowledge cultures, sought to identify ways to map their knowledge and skills systems in the global knowledge economy to mitigate the limitations of acquired through lived experiences and from their ancestors. The objective each knowledge system for improved public healthcare. was to develop norms and standards against which their competencies as a discipline could be assessed, formally recognised, promoted and protected. This is the first step towards formally recognising the discipline.
“The TBAs, including grandmothers and relatives, play a significant role in
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17 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS Full articles can be found at: 2018 https://www.ukzn.ac.za/media-publications-reports/ukzn-ndabaonline/
Researchers discover Genetic Markers UKZN Professor Identifying HIV Sufferers likely to Progress Named Among 13 Faster to AIDS-related Illnesses International Soil Scientists to “Watch Globally”
UKZNdabaOnline, Vol 6, Issue 1 Professor Pardon Muchaonyerwa.
Professor Pardon Muchaonyerwa has been named by Food Tank – in honour of World Soil Day – as one of 13 soil scientists to watch globally. Muchaonyerwa, who has researched soil ecosystem functions and health, and sustainable agriculture across several African countries for Dr Veron Ramsuran and Dr Vivek Naranbhai. the past 15 years, is currently a member of the Soil Science Society of The study, which highlights the importance of early HIV testing and South Africa (SSSSA) and the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS). antiretroviral treatment, was published in the prestigious journal Science. It sheds new light on how specific human genes can lead to the faster progression of AIDS-related illnesses in people living with HIV who are not African Centre for Crop Improvement Launches on treatment. Book Celebrating 15-Year Milestone UKZNdabaOnline, Vol 6, Issue 1 UKZN’s African Centre for Crop Improvement (ACCI) celebrated, in Pietermaritzburg, the launch of a book titled, African Centre for Crop Improvement, The New Breed: Training the Next Generation of African Plant Safe Water Supplies Radically Reduce Parasitic Breeders, in Africa. The publication was edited by the ACCI’s Professor Mark Laing and Professor Hussein Shimelis, together with Ms Shelagh Infection – Research Finding McLoughlin. The increased supply of safe water UKZNdabaOnline, Vol 6, Issue 2 in a rural KwaZulu-Natal community has significantly reduced the chances of children contracting parasitic disease, according to the results of research by UKZN and the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) scientists published in the respected eLife journal. The study in the uMkhanyakude district in northern KwaZulu-Natal demonstrated that increased provisions of safe water Professor Frank Tanser. over a period of seven years led to an eight-fold decrease in the risk of children becoming infected with urogenital schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia. This impact is substantially greater than previous results have suggested. Professor Mark Laing (left) and Dr Joe DeVries at the book launch. UKZNdabaOnline, Vol 6, Issue 5
18 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 Life Sciences Research gets Ford Wildlife Foundation Vehicle
Professor Colleen Downs of the School of Life Sciences on the Pietermaritzburg campus and her research team received a Ford Ranger from the Ford Wildlife Foundation (FWF). The vehicle will support research being done by Downs and her team on a number of topics related to terrestrial vertebrates and changing land use, among others.
UKZNdabaOnline, Vol 6, Issue 2 Professor Colleen Downs and her research team with Ford Wildlife Foundation representatives at the research vehicle handover.
Genital Inflammation Reduces Efficacy of Tenofovir Gel: Study Sheds New Light on Why Topical PrEP Effectiveness Varies in Women
NRF grant winners (from left) Dr Nontobeko Eunice Mvubu, Dr Oliver Zishiri, Ms Seipati Mokhosi, Dr Matthew Adeleke and Dr Karen Pillay.
Thuthuka Grant Awards for Five Researchers
Five researchers in the School of Life Science’s Biotechnology cluster on Dr Lyle McKinnon and Dr Lenine Liebenberg. the Westville campus have been awarded National Research Foundation A new study by scientists at the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research (NRF) Thuthuka Grants to support their work. Dr Oliver Zishiri and Dr in South Africa (CAPRISA), published in Nature Medicine, shows that genital Matthew Adeleke of the Genetics Discipline, Dr Nontobeko Eunice Mvubu inflammation significantly reduces the effectiveness of tenofovir gel in of Microbiology, PhD candidate Ms Seipati Mokhosi and Dr Karen Pillay preventing HIV infection in women. These findings indicate that both of Biochemistry received grants for their work in the fields of antibiotic genital inflammation and adherence need to be addressed to improve resistance, infectious diseases in poultry production, virulence in tuberculosis, the effectiveness of topical pre-exposure prophylaxis strategies for HIV neurobiochemistry, nanotechnology and magnetotactic bacteria. prevention in women. UKZNdabaOnline, Vol 6, Issue 7 UKZNdabaOnline, Vol 6, Issue 6
College of Health Sciences Launches Infections Diseases Research Programme
Tackling Infections to Benefit Africa (TIBA) – an Africa-led, multi-disciplinary research programme – has been launched by the College of Health Sciences at the Mgedula Primary School in Ingwavuma in northern KwaZulu-Natal. “The project explores and draws lessons from ways different African health systems tackle infectious diseases,” said TIBA co-Deputy Director and SA team leader, Professor Moses Chimbari of UKZN’s Discipline of Public Health. UKZNdabaOnline, Vol 6, Issue 7
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Researchers Discover New Test to
Detect Malaria UKZNdabaOnline, Vol 6, Issue 9 UKZN researchers have published details of a new malaria diagnostic test which detects a new form of malaria – Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi). The College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science’s Professor Dean Goldring, conducted the research with Dr Robert Krause, who did the investigations as part of his PhD thesis. “This is the first test that can detect a unique protein from the parasite using an antibody,” said Goldring. “We have identified a unique malaria protein called PMT, short for phosphoethanolamine-N methyl transferase.”
Professor Roland Schulze (left) receiving his award from the Head of Siemens Belgium, Dr Anders Hellberg. Prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for Renowned UKZN Hydrologist
UKZN Hydrology Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Associate in the Centre for Water Resources Research (CWRR) Professor Roland Schulze received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the African Utility Week Industry Awards, which recognise energy and water influencers in Africa. Dr Rob Krause (left) and Professor Dean Goldring setting up a malaria detection Schulze was selected winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award by a test in the laboratory. panel of 22 international judges.
UKZNdabaOnline, Vol 6, Issue 27 Quadriplegic Archery System – World-Leading Innovation
Official launch of the Hirax telescope project by the Minister of Science and Technology, Ms Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane. New Radio Telescope to Probe Dark Energy and Mysterious Radio Flashes Deft archery system designers (from left, back) Mr Matthew Harcus, Professor Glen Bright, Mr Darron Tarr, Mr James Collins and Mr Tyrone Bright and (front) South Africa launched a multimillion rand global project in radio astronomy Miss Lindelwa Dlamini, Mr Clinton Eccles and Miss Michaela Geytenbeek. that will conduct ground-breaking research and developments in UKZN’s Discipline of Mechanical Engineering is developing an archery astrophysics while building on existing excellence in the country. Jointly system which allows a quadriplegic to draw, aim and fire a compound funded by UKZN and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) bow. Final-year Engineering students are researching and developing the through the National Research Foundation (NRF), HIRAX will be a compact concept which has more unique features than common “para-friendly” radio telescope array of 1 024 six-metre dishes that will map about a third archery systems. of the sky during its four years of observation.
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20 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim becomes First Female Recipient of the Prestigious 2018 Ward Cates Spirit Award The prestigious 2018 Ward Cates Spirit Award was presented to honorary professor at UKZN and Associate Scientific Director of CAPRISA Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim at the Annual HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) meeting held in Washington. The award was handed over to Abdool Karim by the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Dr Anthony Fauci, and co-Chairs of the HPTN Dr Myron Cohen and Dr Wafaa El-Sadr. The first woman recipient of the award, Abdool Karim was recognised for her “outstanding commitment to and leadership in health as a right, internationally and domestically; scientific excellence and her magnanimity in mentorship and support”. At the National Institutes of Health in the United States (from left) Dr Wafaa El-Sadr, Dr Myron Cohen, Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim and Dr Anthony Fauci. UKZNdabaOnline, Vol 6, Issue 28
Lecturer Awarded Research-for-Cure Academy Fellowship Award UKZN lecturer and HIV Pathogenesis Programme researcher Dr Paradise Madlala was awarded the IAS/Abivax Research-for-Cure Academy Fellowship prize during the 2018 AIDS Conference held in July. This prize is awarded to an outstanding Fellow from the Research-for-Cure Academy based on their engagement with 2017, their collaborative spirit during the research project and continued engagement in the field of HIV cure. Madlala’s current research work focuses on the mechanisms of reactivation of latently infected cells, harbouring transcriptionally silent but replication-competent proviruses. Dr Paradise Madlala was awarded the IAS/Abivax Research-for-Cure Academy Fellowship Prize during the AIDS Conference held in July this year. UKZNdabaOnline, Vol 6, Issue 43
UKZN Ups the Ante in Research Endeavours
In a move to strengthen its research outputs and become a world-class and cutting-edge institution, UKZN launched its four research flagships in September, 2018. The flagships comprise Social Cohesion led by Professor Relebohile Moletsane; African Health headed by Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim; Big Data and Informatics led by Professor Francesco Petruccione; and African City of the Future headed by Professor Rob Slotow.
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Scenes from the official launch of UKZN’s research flagships.
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New Vision for SARChI Chair in Lecturer and Students Trace the Land Use Planning and Management Universe’s Origins
Dr Cynthia Chiang at the PRIZM telescope on Marion Island.
Professor Onisimo Mutanga. Senior astrophysics lecturer at UKZN’s Astrophysics and Cosmology Research Unit Dr Cynthia Chiang has returned from Marion Island, situated halfway between Antarctica and South Africa, where she upgraded the The National Research Foundation (NRF) appointed UKZN’s Professor PRIZM radio telescope. The telescope, built by Chiang and her astrophysics Onisimo Mutanga as the South African Research Chair in Land Use students, is being used to detect traces of the first stars that “turned on” in Planning and Management. The work of this Chair focuses on protection the universe. and enhancement of environmental assets and natural resources through UKZNdabaOnline, Vol 6, Issue 36 studying trends in land-use/cover patterns as well as productivity of natural systems over a large spatial extent. Mutanga has been a member of the Discipline of Geography in the School of Agricultural, Earth and Naicker Flies Environmental Sciences (SAEES) since 2005, and served as Acting Dean and Head of the School. Named among the best scientific contributors in Africa, UKZN Flag High he holds an NRF B-rating, has authored more than 120 publications, and Once Again has supervised more than 16 PhD and 28 masters students.
UKZNdabaOnline, Vol 6, Issue 51 The youngest Associate Professor at UKZN’s College of Health Sciences, Professor Tricia Naicker, has won the 2018 NRF Research PhD Student Wins Excellence Award for Early Career Prestigious Young and Emerging Researcher in South Africa. The award acknowledges Investigator outstanding research excellence Award by current Thuthuka grant holders. “I feel really honoured to have won in this category as I initially struggled to get a Thuthuka UKZNdabaOnline, Vol 6, Issue 50 Grant. I kept trying with support Dr Yogandree Ramsamy from Professor Gert Kruger and Professor Thavi Govender,” said Professor Tricia Naicker, who was awarded Doctoral student Dr Yogandree Ramsamy was awarded the 2018 Institute an elated Naicker. “It was not the 2018 NRF Research Excellence Award Mérieux-ICAN Young Investigator Award in recognition of her research for Early Career and Emerging Researcher expected as competition is very into antimicrobial resistance (AMR). “I am very excited and proud to have in SA. high at national level,” she added. represented South Africa, Africa, KwaZulu-Natal and UKZN as part of the UKZNdabaOnline, Vol 6, Issue 56 NHLS-UKZN joint staff in receiving this prestigious award. It was a great honour to receive it for UKZN, the NHLS and South Africa,” said Ramsamy.
22 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 R56m Injected into Strengthening Africa’s Health Research
Professor Fatima Suleman.
UKZN’s Professor Fatima Suleman, together with colleagues from Professor Salim Abdool Karim. the Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Uganda, the University of Ibadan in Nigeria and Stellenbosch University in South Africa, are recipients of a share of a Fogarty grant worth about R56 Prestigious Prize for AIDS Researcher million for health research. Suleman is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Renowned AIDS researcher Professor Salim Abdool Karim of UKZN was Sciences at UKZN; a multiple Principal Investigator of the Developing awarded the prestigious Al-Sumait Prize for research contributions to Research, Innovation, Localisation and Leadership in South Africa; African development. The prize – R6,9 million and a gold medal – was Chairperson of the National Medicines Pricing Committee in the handed to Abdool Karim by the Amir of Kuwait at a ceremony in Kuwait National Department of Health; Prince Claus Chair in Development held on 5 December. The prize “recognises the best studies, scientific and Equity at Utrecht University and Adjunct Assistant Professor projects, applied research, and innovative initiatives that have a significant (2009-) and Global Practitioner in Residence at Drake University, impact and lasting influence on advancing progress to economic and social Iowa, in the United States. development in Africa”.
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Over R9 Million in Grants to College of Humanities
UKZN was awarded about R9.3 million in grants by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for two Projects in the College of Humanities. The first institutional project in the category of International Higher Education and Strategic Projects (IHESP) titled Humanizing Space: Towards an African Spatial Humanities, was awarded R8,5 million. This project on spatial mapping will be implemented over a five-year period. The second project with a grant value of R830 000, titled Promoting African Scholarship through Arts, will be implemented over a three-year period to support artists in residencies.
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UKZN academics heading two Mellon Projects (clockwise from left) Professor Nobuhle Hlongwa, Professor Stephen Mutula, Professor Nogwaja Zulu, Professor Maheshvari Naidu and Professor Ernest Khalema.
23 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 Vice-Chancellor’s Research Award
Professor Yin-Zhe Ma dreamed of becoming a researcher from an early age but his light-bulb moment came during a public lecture that got his heart beating faster. RESEARCH AWARD RESEARCH VICE-CHANCELLOR’S VICE-CHANCELLOR’S athematics and physics were Ma’s favourite subjects as a “You cannot see dark matter but it makes up nearly 26% of the universe, school boy in China. His regular class lessons in these subjects compared to just 4% of atomic matter we can see. So it’s a bit like having were not exactly dull – but they fell far short of satisfying his a party. If there are only two people you can’t have a great party – but intellectual hunger. because of dark matter it is as if there are another 10 dark, invisible people M who help to hold the party together.” He wanted bigger challenges, so he started reading more advanced textbooks and participating in physics olympiads. In contrast, dark energy – which makes up nearly 70% of the universe – was “something completely different and more mysterious”. “I knew I wanted to do research, but I was not quite sure what,’ said Ma, who is now Associate Professor at UKZN’s Astrophysics and Cosmology Research After the Big Bang nearly 14 billion years ago, the massive explosive forces Unit (ACRU). He is also the 2018 recipient of the Vice- Chancellor’s Research which produced galaxies would be expected to lose momentum and to Award which recognises outstanding research achievements among collapse through gravity – yet dark energy appeared to be a repulsive force researchers aged under 40. which was responsible for the continued, exponential expansion of the universe. Back in China, soon after he enrolled as an undergraduate student at Nanjing University in 2002, Ma began attending a series of weekly public Ma likens astrophysics and cosmology researchers to ‘soldiers’ on the front lectures, including one on cosmology and “dark energy” by Professor Tan Lu line of discovery. While such knowledge might have little current utility for from the Purple Mountain Observatory. earthlings, he believes there should always be space for a small fraction of researchers to pursue their curiosity in pure science. “That was the lecture that enthralled me, my heart started to beat faster. After that, I would visit Prof Lu regularly to prepare myself for the future.” His advice to science students is to narrow their focus and pour energy into research that excites them. After graduating at Nanjing, Ma moved to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing for his masters, the University of Cambridge for his PhD and then “You have to like what you are doing. It is not just a job to generate a salary,” the University of British Columbia, the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics he said. in Manchester and finally to UKZN as a senior lecturer in 2015. For more information on the Astrophysics & Cosmology Research His research is focussed on observational and theoretical cosmology to Unit (ACRU), please visit: https://acru.ukzn.ac.za/ understand the fundamental laws of the universe and uncovering the nature of dark energy and dark matter. While dark matter is invisible, it nevertheless has weight and gravity.
Professor Yin-Zhe Ma
24 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 WOMEN IN SCIENCE AWARD Women in Science Awards
Occupational therapist Professor Pragashnie Govender realises her profession is not sharply visible within the broader medical field, so being a prize winner in the 2018 SA Women in Sciences Awards (WISA) was humbling but equally reflective of the importance of Occupational Therapy (OT) research.
ovender was first runner-up in the Humanities and Social Mentorship plays a key role in her academic career and in the past six years, Sciences category of the awards organised by the Department 21 postgraduate students have secured their qualifications under her of Science and Technology. supervision. GAn associate professor and academic leader of research in the She has published 37 journal articles and is also the principal investigator School of Health Sciences at UKZN, Govender has a passion for research on two self-initiated interdisciplinary projects – one on integrating specifically where the outcomes are tangibly translated for the communities decentralised training of health professionals in KwaZulu-Natal and the in which she operates. other a study considering early detection of adverse neuro-development trajectories and outcomes in infants for early intervention. She recognises especially qualitative research in highlighting the demand for OT in today’s society and has been personally spurred on to achieve “Early detection of adverse developmental issues leads to early greater depths within science and research following her WISA award interventions. By identifying these developmental concerns including which also led to her being a member of a panel on SABC-TV’s Morning Live disabilities as young as possible, OT practitioners can offer and provide addressing the achievements of women in science. appropriate interventions,” she said, adding it was critical to ensure people lived the fullest quality of life possible. With a special interest in paediatric OT, she was previously one of the first 13 recipients of the South African Medical Research Council’s National Health Govender says research opens pathways for developing Scholars Programme in 2013 and won the National Research Foundation interventions at a range of levels, but given that Award for the Next Generation Researcher in the women’s category in 2016. the profession has a wide breadth and scope and continues to develop in terms of research evidence, Govender also completed the sub-Saharan African (SAFRI-FAMIER) it is also vital to demonstrate how OT can play an Fellowship (Health Professions Education) in 2018 and won an international active role in society by benefiting the clients it award for being an outstanding OT Researcher. serves.
Professor Pragashnie Govender
25 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 CHAIRS INITIATIVE CHAIRS SOUTH AFRICAN RESEARCH RESEARCH AFRICAN SOUTH
SOUTH AFRICAN RESEARCH CHAIRS INITIATIVE (SARChI) South African Research Chairs funded by the NRF in 2018
NAME OF RESEARCH CHAIR CHAIR HOLDER
Evolutionary Biology Professor Steven Johnson
Gravitating Systems Professor Sunil Maharaj
Systems Biology of HIV/AIDS Professor Thumbi Ndung’u
Quantum Information Processing and Communication Professor Francesco Petruccione
Fluorine Process Engineering and Separations Technology Professor Prathieka Naidoo (interim Chair)
Waste and Climate Change Professor Cristina Trois
Economic Development Professor Pranitha Maharaj
Applied Poverty Reduction Assessment Professor Oliver Mtapuri (interim Chair)
Land Use Planning and Management Professor Onisimo Mutanga
Rural Agronomy and Development Professor Paramu Mafongoya
Gender and Childhood Sexuality: Violence, Inequalities and Schooling Professor Deevia Bhana
Proteolysis in Homeostasis, Health and Disease Professor Theresa Coetzer
Ecosystem Health and Biodiversity in KZN and the Eastern Cape Professor Colleen Downs
Antibiotic Resistance and One Health Professor Sabiha Essack
Indigenous Knowledge Systems Professor Fanie Van Heerden
Sugar-cane Biorefining Professor Ann Stark
Sustainable Rural Livelihoods Professor Betty Mubangizi
26 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 SOUTH AFRICAN RESEARCH
SARChI Chair on Sustainable Local (Rural) CHAIRS INITIATIVE Livelihoods PROFESSOR BETTY MUBANGIZI In the era of rapid global economic expansion, South Africa’s sustainable cities and towns of the future will also need thriving rural areas.
ural and urban areas are both complementary and interdependent responsibilities by national government and an insufficient share of the and smart cities of the future will require thriving and sustainable national budget. rural areas, according to Professor Betty Mubangizi, Chair of the She suggested that only 10% of nationally raised funds were allocated to newly-established South African Research Chairs Initiative on local government and many rural-based municipalities were unlikely to SustainableR Local (Rural) Livelihoods. ever generate the same level of revenue as large cities through property Funded through the Department of Science and Technology and the rates or marking up electricity and other service charges. National Research Foundation, the Chairs are designed to attract and retain While local municipalities did not get enough funding through the national excellence in research and to encourage innovation at public universities. budget, there were, nevertheless, several opportunities for them to work Mubangizi said the overall aim of her Chair was to support a fulfilling and more effectively and efficiently. more meaningful way of living for rural communities through appropriate “We have seen many service delivery protests – sometimes due to policy implementation practices. ineffective communication systems which create anger and mistrust – so As rural communities rely mainly on farming, they need land, a suitable part of the Chair’s research work will involve an understanding of where the climate, appropriate infrastructure, finance to buy seeds and access to current blockages in service delivery are and how this can be improved.” markets and modern farming techniques. Mubangizi acknowledged that rural farmers were under increasing But beyond some of these essential needs, the social and economic success economic pressure in a globalised world dominated by larger-scale of such communities is fundamentally determined by a functional public commercial operations. service system. Yet she still sees space in the future for smaller farmers, partly supported by Sixty-eight percent (68%) of the world’s population is projected to live in larger commercial farmers with shared interests in protecting a common urban areas by 2050, says the United Nations. “In Africa, thriving ‘smart landscape and natural resources of water and soil. cities of the future’ will largely depend on smarter and more sustainable “I believe there is a lot we can learn from the rural populace in terms of living a rural areas because the rural-urban nexus is both complementary and rich life, through managing with less. Development has many definitions – but interdependent but also un-reciprocal and exploitative,” said Mubangizi. it does not always have to be about constant expansion, or about how many “So we need to encourage people to value the opportunities that will new rooms, appliances and fancy vehicles continue to exist in rural communities by providing services such as are owned by a family. Sometimes, less education, road infrastructure and better access to modern agriculture is more.” technology.”
But this could only be achieved by improving the capacity of Professor Betty Mubangizi rural-based municipalities. Mubangizi said it had become clear to her that these municipalities had been assigned too many
27 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 Waste and Climate Change PROFESSOR CRISTINA TROIS In the year since her appointment as the South African Research Institute Chair (SARChI) at UKZN in Waste and CHAIRS INITIATIVE CHAIRS Climate Change, Professor Cristina Trois has redoubled her efforts to establish research and development initiatives SOUTH AFRICAN RESEARCH RESEARCH AFRICAN SOUTH that focus on the impact of waste and the mitigation of the impacts.
nternational collaboration includes project partnerships with bodies in removal using Berea red sand and red mud. the United Kingdom, Greece, Malawi, France and Italy while the Chair A further project is the rehabilitation of landfills and treatment of leachate provides for 24 postgraduate students of whom four are completing using algae and energy crops while examining the management of garden, their honours while one is engaged in a post-doctoral degree. I food and agricultural waste. “The scope of the research is to develop innovative ways for the valorisation “A really interesting project includes research into the use of abattoir waste, of waste as a resource beyond the conventional techniques of recycling, paper-mill sludge and used tyres for the manufacture of ‘green concrete’,” waste-to-energy, composting and anaerobic digestion,” Trois said. she said. Resultant projects include the innovative use of garden refuse, pine bark Three PhD students and one MScEng completed their research projects in and compost as a carbon source for the bio-denitrification of high strength 2018. leachates or effluents, the use of biogenic waste or food waste for the bio-denitrification of landfill leachate in anoxic beds, the use of sands and mining waste for the treatment of ground water in permeable reactive barriers and bio-rotor for metal extraction, nitrate, sulphate and phosphate
Professor Cristina Trois
28 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 SOUTH AFRICAN RESEARCH
Sugarcane Biorefining CHAIRS INITIATIVE PROFESSOR ANNEGRET STARK Co-funded by the Sugar Milling Research Institute, the National Research Foundation and UKZN, the SARChI Chair in Sugarcane Biorefining was established in 2018.
he Chair and its collaborators take a multidisciplinary approach The research income of the Chair in 2018 was about R2,5m. in addressing various research questions which arise along the Four master’s students graduated through the Research Chair in 2018 with sugarcane value chain. degrees in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Economics. Their topics TA team of about 20 students, postdoctoral fellows and young are, says Stark, indicative of the interdisciplinary nature of the research academics conducts research in chemical engineering, chemistry, material done by the Chair and are made possible by collaboration with numerous science and economics – a solid investment in the much-needed training colleagues at UKZN. of our future generation of scientists and engineers, providing a broad The students were: Mr Warwick Thomson, who investigated the economic knowledge base in Industrial Biorefining. potential of the bio-based polymer (plastics) industry in South Africa; Mr “We carry out market analysis and process economic studies to determine Frederick Chikava, who devised a recovery strategy for biobutanol, which which products could be produced and marketed in South Africa and is a platform chemical for sugarcane biorefineries; Mr Kylan Guest, who beyond,” said Professor Annegret Stark, SARChI Chair in Sugarcane developed an Aspen Plus® model of a sugar mill to which biorefinery Biorefining. “We run several projects in which sugarcane or sugar mill processes can be appended, and Mr Lerish Singh, who synthesised residues are investigated for the manufacture of novel materials, while and characterised trisaccharides occurring in sugar mill streams which others focus on process design and optimisation. Further research will sometimes cause problems in a mill’s operation. determine the environmental and socio-economic effects of future biorefinery activities.”
Professor Annegret Stark with her team of young researchers and students.
29 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION A-RATED RESEARCHERS NRF-RATED RESEARCHERS NRF-RATED
Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim Professor Fernando Albericio
Professor Jacques Grosset Professor Steve Johnson
Professor Barry Lovegrove Professor Craig Packer
30 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 Professor Barry Lovegrove Awarded NRF-RATED RESEARCHERS NRF A-rating Professor Barry Lovegrove has received an A-rating from the National Research Foundation for his research, which includes climate change and hibernation in small animals.
f humans ever travel as far as the planet Mars, they could pick up time) and torpor (a shorter form of hibernation lasting less than 24 hours). He some very useful energy-saving tips from Madagascan tenrecs – small argues that hibernation is an ancient metabolic response, perhaps as old as Imammals related to elephants, says Lovegrove. 250 million years, and that it is not, contarary to what northern hemisphere biologists believe, an adaptation to extreme cold at high latitudes. The Emeritus Professor at UKZN’s School of Life Sciences was recognised recently among the country’s leading scholars for his research in the field Lovegrove has noted a growing interest in this research field, including of evolutionary physiology. The National Research Foundation’s A-rating possible applications for astronauts to travel further into space in a state of accolade is awarded only to researchers “unequivocally recognised by their induced hibernation to conserve energy and water. peers as leading international scholars in their respective fields and for the Lovegrove is also an authority on the biology of the deserts of southern high quality and impact of recent research outputs”. Africa. “I gave a talk at the recent 10th Oppenheimer Research Conference In addition to his decades of academic research, Lovegrove has also written titled Living Deserts: 30 Years of Change. I wanted to share some of the or co-authored three books, including the Living Deserts of Southern Africa, dramatic changes that have occurred in the deserts of southern Africa over which he is currently revising. the past three decades. Climate change and its effects, especially on the succulents in the Karoo, was a sad but necessary message. They say I caused His latest book, Fires of Life (Yale University Press), tells the story of the some folk in the audience to cry. Well, they had something to cry about – evolution of endothermy – the 300-million-year journey from the cold- what is happening is frightening,” he said. blooded ancestors of birds (dinosaurs) and mammals (“mammal-like reptiles”) to warm-blooded descendants, such as humans. http://bit.ly/2piH3z3
Lovegrove’s research career has focused on understanding the evolution of metabolic diversity in birds and mammals, including research on hibernation (reducing metabolism and body temperature for months at a Professor Barry Gordon Lovegrove (left) is congratulated by South African billionaire and philanthropist, Mr Nicky Oppenheimer, after speaking on Living Deserts: 30 Years of Change which was selected as the best presentation at the 10th Oppenheimer Research Conference.
31 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 NRF-Rated Researchers A-Rated Researchers TITLE SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL Professor Abdool Karim Quarraisha CAPRISA Professor Albericio Fernando Chemistry and Physics NRF-RATED RESEARCHERS NRF-RATED Professor Grosset Jacques HE Health Sciences Professor Johnson Steven Dene Life Sciences Professor Lovegrove Barry Gordon Life Sciences Professor Packer Craig Chemistry and Physics
College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science TITLE SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL Professor Adali Sarp Engineering Professor Afullo Tomas JO Engineering Professor Ajibade Peter Adewale Chemistry and Physics Dr Akerman Matthew Chemistry and Physics Professor Albericio Fernando Chemistry and Physics Professor Ariatti Mario Life Sciences Professor Baboolal Dharmanand Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Dr Baiyegunhi Lloyd Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Bala Muhammad Chemistry and Physics Professor Bau Sheng Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Professor Beckett Richard Peter Life Sciences Dr Bertling Isa Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Bezuidenhout Carel Nicolaas Engineering Professor Birke Tesfaye Kidane Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Bob Urmilla Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Dr Booysen Dr Irvin Noel Chemistry and Physics Professor Bright Glen Engineering Dr Brown Mark Life Sciences Professor Bucher Martin Chemistry and Physics Dr Bytebier Benny LG Life Sciences Professor Carranza Emmanuel John Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Dr Carrasco Nicola Life Sciences Professor Carsky Milan Engineering Dr Chaplot Vincent Life Sciences Dr Chenia Hafizah Yousuf Life Sciences Dr Chetty Naven Chemistry and Physics Dr Chiang Hsin Cynthia Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science Professor Chimonyo Michael Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Chuturgoon Anil Health Sciences Dr Clulow Alistair Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Coetzer Theresa Helen Life Sciences Dr Demlie Bekele Molla Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Dorrell David Engineering Professor Downs Colleen Thelma Life Sciences
32 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 NRF-RATED RESEARCHERS continued... College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science TITLE SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL Dr Drosopoulos Georgios Engineering Dr Eloka-Eboka Andrew Engineering Dr Finch Jemma Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Finnie Jeffrey Franklin Life Sciences Professor Friedrich Holger Bernhard Chemistry and Physics Dr Gebreslasie Micheal Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Gebreyohannis Ayalneh Bogale Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Dr Goswami Rituparno Mathematics Statistics and Computer Science Professor Govender Saneshan Engineering Professor Govinder Keshlan Sathasiva Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Dr Green Andrew Noel Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Dr Gubba Augustine Plant Pathology Professor Gueguim Kana GK Evariste Bosco Life Sciences Dr Hansraj Sudan Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Dr Harinarain Nishani Engineering Professor Hart Robert Clynton Life Sciences Professor Hill Trevor Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Dr Hilton Matthew James Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Professor Hughes Jeffrey Charles Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Dr Islam M Shahidul Life Sciences Dr Iwarere Samuel Engineering Dr Jachowski David Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Johnson Steven Dene School of Life Sciences Professor Jonnalagadda Sreekantha Babu Chemistry and Physics Dr Juergens Andreas Life Sciences Professor Kirkman Kevin Life Sciences Professor Konrad Thomas Chemistry and Physics Professor Koorbanally Neil Chemistry and Physics Dr Kulkarni Manoj Life Sciences Professor Laing Mark Delmege Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Latif Abdalla Life Sciences Professor Leach Peter Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Dr Lokhat David Engineering Professor Lovegrove Barry Gordon Life Sciences Dr Ma Yin-Zhe Chemistry and Physics Dr Mabhaudhi Tafadzwanashe Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Dr Macdonald Angus Life Sciences Professor Mace Richard Lester Chemistry and Physics Dr Maguire Glenn Chemistry and Physics Dr Magwaza Lembe Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Maharaj Sunil Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Professor Martincigh Bice Chemistry and Physics Professor Massamba Fortune Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Dr Matthews Alan Chemistry and Physics Professor Meikap Bhim Charan Engineering Dr Mewomo Oluwatosin Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science
33 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 continued... College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science TITLE SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL Dr Misra Saumitra Kumar Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Modi Albert Thembinkosi Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Mola Genene Tessema Chemistry and Physics Dr Moodley Brenda Chemistry and Physics
NRF-RATED RESEARCHERS NRF-RATED Professor Moodley Kavilan Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Professor Muchaonyerwa Pardon Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Dr Mudhara Maxwell Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Mukaratirwa Samson Life Sciences Professor Mutanga Onisimo Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Dr Naidoo Yougasphree Life Sciences Professor Naidoo Gonasageran Life Sciences Dr Niesler Carola Ulrike Life Sciences Professor Nyamori Vincent Onserio Chemistry and Physics Dr Odindi John Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Dr Ojwach Otieno Stephen Chemistry and Physics Professor Olaniran Ademola Olufolahan Life Sciences Dr Owaga Bernard Omond Chemistry and Physics Professor Packer Craig Chemistry and Physics Professor Pammenter Norman William Life Sciences Dr Peerbhay Kabir Yunus Life Sciences Professor Pegram Geoffrey Guy Sinclair Engineering Dr Pellicane Giuseppe Chemistry and Physics Professor Petruccione Francesco Chemistry and Physics Professor Pillay Balakrishna Life Sciences Professor Proches Serban Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Ramjugernath Deresh Engineering Professor Ray Subharthi Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Dr Robertson-Andersson Debrah V Life Sciences Professor Robinson Ross Stuart Chemistry and Physics Professor Rodrigues Bernardo Gabriel Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Professor Rouget Mathieu Jean Francois Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Savage Michael John Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Dr Scharler Ursula Michaela Life Sciences Professor Schmidt Stefan Life Sciences Dr Schoeman Corrie Life Sciences Professor Scogings Peter Life Sciences Professor Seebregts Christopher Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Professor Shimelis Hussein Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Dr Shuttleworth Adam Life Sciences Professor Sibanda Precious Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Dr Sibanda Mbulisi Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Dr Sieben Erwin Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Sievers Leroy Jonathan Chemistry and Physics Dr Sinayskiy Ilya Chemistry and Physics Professor Singh Moganavelli Life Sciences
34 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 NRF-RATED RESEARCHERS continued... College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science TITLE SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL Dr Siwela Mthulisi Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Slotow Robert Hugh Life Sciences Professor Smithers Jeffrey Colin Engineering Professor Stark Annegret Engineering Dr Stirk Wendy A Life Sciences Dr Stone Robert Douglas Life Sciences Professor Stopforth Riaan Engineering Professor Stretch Derek Dewey Engineering Professor Tame Mark Chemistry and Physics Professor Tapamo Jules-Raymond Engineering Dr Tesfay Samson Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Thandar Ahmed Suleman Life Sciences Professor Trois Cristina Engineering Dr Ukpong Aniekan Magnus Chemistry and Physics Dr Van der Niet Timotheus Life Sciences Professor Van Heerden Fanie Retief Chemistry and Physics Professor Van Staden Johannes Life Sciences Professor Van Zyl Werner Ewald Chemistry and Physics Dr Vanak Abi Tamim Life Sciences Professor Venkataraman Sivakumar Chemistry and Physics Professor Viriri Serestina Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Dr Willows-Munro Sandi Life Sciences Professor Workneh Tilahun Seyoum Engineering Professor Xu Hongjun Engineering Professor Zegeye Edilegnaw Wale Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Zewotir Temesgen Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science
College of Health Sciences TITLE SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL Dr Abbai Nathlee Clinical Medicine Professor Abdool Karim Quarraisha CAPRISA Professor Arvidsson Per Health Sciences Dr Azu Onyemaechi Okpara Clinical Anatomy/Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences Professor Bhimma Rajendra Clinical Medicine Professor Brysiewicz Petra Nursing and Public Health Dr Chetty Verusia Physiotherapy Dr Chiliza Bonginkosi Psychiatry Professor Chimbari Moses Public Health Dr Clarke Damian Luiz Clinical Medicine Professor Das Gobardhan D Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences Dr Dlova Ncoza Dermatology Professor Essack Sabiha, Y Health Sciences Professor Garcia de la Torre Beatriz Health Sciences Dr Gordon Michelle HIV Pathogenesis Programme Professor Govender Thirumala Pharmacology
35 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 continued... College of Health Sciences TITLE SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL Dr Govender Pragashnie Occupational Therapy Professor Govender Thavendran Health Sciences Professor Gqaleni Nceba Nursing and Public Health Professor Grosset Jacques HE Health Sciences NRF-RATED RESEARCHERS NRF-RATED Dr Hardcastle Timothy Health Sciences Dr Herbst Abraham Jacobus Africa Centre Professor Hickner Robert Health Sciences Dr Honarparvar Bahareh Pharmacology Dr Karpoormath Rajshekhar Pharmacology Professor Kruger Hendrik Gerhardus Health Sciences Dr Kvalsvig Jane Dene Nursing and Public Health Dr Mabandla Musa Vuyisile Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences Professor Mackraj Irene Laboratory Medicine and Medical Science Professor Madiba Thandinkosi Enos Clinical Medicine Dr Mann Jaclyn Wright Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences Professor Masekela Refiloe Paediatrics and Child Health Dr Mashamba-Thompson Tivani Nursing and Public Health Dr Mashige Khathutshelo Health Sciences Professor McKune Andrew James Health Sciences Professor Mody Girish M Clinical Medicine Professor Moodley Dhayendre Clinical Medicine Professor Moodley Jagidesa Clinical Medicine Dr Moshabela Mosa M Nursing and Public Health Professor Naicker Thajasvarie Kisten Laboratory Medicine and Medical Science Professor Naicker Tricia Pharmacy Professor Naidoo Kovin Optometry Professor Naidoo Datshana Clinical Medicine Dr Naidoo Saloshni Nursing and Public Health Professor Naidoo Rajen N Clinical Medicine Professor Ncama Purity Nursing and Public Health Dr Owira Peter Pharmacology Professor Pillay Deenan African Centre for Health and Population Studies Dr Pillay Manormoney (Cookie) Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences Professor Pillay Anthony Behavioural Medicine Dr Rodseth Reitze Nils Anaesthetics Professor Ross Andrew Family Medicine Professor Sartorius Benn Nursing and Public Health Professor Satyapal Kapil Sewsaran Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences Dr Singh Shenuka Dentistry Professor Soliman Mohmoud Elsayed Health Sciences Professor Suleman Fatima Health Sciences Professor Tanser Frank Courteney Africa Centre Professor Taylor Myra Nursing and Public Health
36 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 NRF-RATED RESEARCHERS College of Humanities TITLE SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL Dr Akintola Olagoke Applied Human Sciences Professor Alant Jacob Willem Arts Professor Amin Nyna Education Professor Balcomb Anthony Religion, Philosophy and Classics Professor Bansilal Sarah Mathematics Education Dr Bate Stuart Religion, Philosophy and Classics Dr Bertram Carol Anne Education Professor Bhana Deevia Education Professor Buthelezi M Thabisile Education Professor Collier John D Religion, Philosophy and Classics Professor Collings Steven John Applied Human Sciences Professor De Meyer Bernard Albert Marcel Sylvain Arts Dr Dempster Edith Education Professor Denis Philippe Marie Berthe Raoul Religion, Philosophy and Classics Professor Dimitriu Ileana Arts Professor Draper Jonathan Alfred Religion, Philosophy and Classics Professor Durrheim Kevin Locksley Applied Human Sciences Professor Ebrahim Mohsin AF Religion, Philosophy and Classics Dr Garaba Francis Social Sciences Dr Gopal Nirmala Applied Human Sciences Dr Govender Desmond Wesley Education Professor Govender Nadaraj Education Professor Haddad Beverley Gail Religion, Philosophy and Classics Professor Hilton John Laurence Religion, Philosophy and Classics Professor Hiralal Kalpana History Professor Hlongwa Nobuhle Arts Professor Hoskins Ruth School of Life Sciences Professor Hugo Wayne Education Dr John Vaughn Education Dr Keith-van Wyk Helen Religion, Philosophy and Classics Professor Khan Sultan Social Sciences Professor Koopman Adrian Humanities Professor Leeb-Du Toit Juliette Arts Dr Magidimisha Hangwelani Hope Built Environment and Development Studies Professor Maharaj Pranitha Built Environment and Development Studies Professor Malaba Mbongeni Arts Professor Mare Paul Ggerhardus Built Environment and Development Studies Professor Marschall Sabine Social Sciences Dr Matolino Bernard Religion, Philosophy and Classics Professor McCracken Donal Patrick Applied Human Sciences Dr Moore Candice Social Sciences Dr Mottiar Shauna Human and Social Sciences Professor Msibi Thabo P Education Professor Mtapuri Oliver Built Environment and Development Studies Dr Naidu Uma Maheshevari Social Sciences
37 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 continued... College of Humanities TITLE SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL Dr Narsiah Inbersagran Social Sciences Professor Ojong Vivian Social Sciences Professor Parle Julie Social Sciences Professor Penumala Pratap Kumar Religion, Philosophy and Classics
NRF-RATED RESEARCHERS RESEARCHERS NRF-RATED Professor Petersen Inge Applied Human Sciences Dr Pillay Guruvasagie (Daisy) Education Dr Pillay Kathryn Social Sciences Dr Pithouse-Morgan Kathleen Jane Education Professor Ramrathan Prevanand/Labby Education Dr Raniga Tanusha Applied Human Sciences Professor Samuel Micheal Education Dr Settler Federico Religion, Philosophy and Classics Dr Singh Shakila Education Professor Sooryamoorthy Radhamany Social Sciences Professor Spurrett David Philosophy, Religion and Classics Professor Stiebel Eelyn Alexandra Lindy Arts Professor Stilwell Christine Social Sciences Professor Stobie Cheryl Arts Dr Sutherland Catherine Built Environment and Development Studies Professor Teer-Tomaselli Ruth Elizabeth Applied Human Sciences Professor Turner Noleen Sheila Arts Dr Van Der Walt Charlene Religion, Philosophy and Classics Dr Van Laren Linda Education Professor Wedekind Volker Education Professor West Gerald O Religion, Philosophy and Classics Professor Zeller Jochen Klaus Arts
College of Law and Management Studies TITLE SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL Professor Brijball Parumasur Sanjana Management, IT and Governance Professor Devenish George Law Dr George Gavin Accounting, Economics and Finance Dr Govender Irene Information Systems and Technology Professor Hoctor Shaun Vaughn Law Dr Hoque Muhammad Graduate School of Business and Leadership Professor Kidd Michael Antony Law Professor McQuoid-Mason David Jan Law Professor Mubangizi Betty Claire Management, IT and Governance Professor Naude Micheline Juliana Alberta Management, IT and Governance Dr Ngalawa Harold Accounting, Economics and Finance Professor Reddy Purshotta-Masivanar Management, IT and Governance Dr Ruggunan Shaun Denvor Management, IT and Governance Professor Stainbank Lesley June Accounting, Economics and Finance Dr Van Niekerk Brett Management, IT and Governance Professor Williams Robert C Law
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Top Published Researcher PROFESSOR MAHMOUD SOLIMAN Top UKZN researcher Professor Mahmoud Soliman is harnessing the power of computers to develop new drugs to treat HIV, TB and cancer.
pace Odyssey movie fans will have watched those invariably tense medicinal effects. This helps us understand the drug’s mechanism of actions scenes where a space craft carefully docks with a mother ship in at molecular level,” he explained. outer space. An error of just a few millimetres during this precision Soliman said new computational tools such as molecular docking and process can make all the difference between success and failure. S virtual screening could save large amounts of money and time during the Now imagine you are a miniature traveller, swimming through a massive drug discovery process. labyrinth of veins, capillaries and arteries within the human body. You are “Instead of performing blind lab experiments – this was the conventional searching for the precise spot in the body to deliver a new drug treatment method in the past which was quite costly – one can now be guided by that could make the difference between life and death. computational estimations that can minimise random wet lab testing. This Unfortunately, explains Professor Mahmoud Soliman, researchers cannot area of drug design is called ‘computer-aided drug design (CADD)’, ” he said. miniaturise themselves to undertake such a quest. However, by harnessing Soliman established the first CADD research unit at UKZN in 2012 and since the power of super-fast computers and other new technologies, medical then, his unit has published more than 170 research articles and graduated researchers can simulate such scenarios to get a clearer picture of tiny more than 30 master’s and PhD students. molecular structures and chemical interactions within our bodies – and thereby calculate optimal strategies to “dock” a new drug treatment at The Egyptian-born scientist obtained his PhD from the University of Bath in precisely the right spots. the United Kingdom before joining UKZN in 2011. He published 27 research articles in 2018 – making him the Top Published Researcher for the second Soliman noted that most chemical compounds (drugs) either suffer from consecutive year. He was also the Top Published Male Researcher in 2018 poor absorption in the gastrointestinal tract, don’t reach the site of action and has also been in the Top 30 list for the last five years. By mid-October or have undesirable side effects because they may target more than one 2019, he and his students had published another 39 articles! site in the body.
“In simple terms, we use the power of super computers to simulate how http://soliman.ukzn.ac.za/ drugs interact with the receptors/enzymes in our body and produce their
New computational tools such as molecular docking and virtual screening could save Computational technology allows researchers large amounts of money and time during the to study complex chemical and genetic drug discovery process. interactions in new drug treatments.
Professor Mahmoud Soliman 39 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 Top Published Woman Researcher PROFESSOR COLLEEN DOWNS ESTABLISHED ESTABLISHED RESEARCHERS Top Woman Researcher at UKZN for the fifth consecutive year!
rofessor Colleen Downs of the School of Life Sciences on the Recent examples of research emanating from students of the ‘Downs’ lab’ Pietermaritzburg campus is one of the University’s most prolific include a study on how invasive plant species are scattered by birds; the researchers, frequently listed among the Top 10 and Top 30 long-term effects of radio-tagging African tiger fish, or the upsides and published researchers. She has been the University’s Number One downsides of people interacting with vervet monkeys in suburbia. PWoman Researcher every year from 2009 to 2012 and again from 2014 to They have also studied the ecology of rivers and the impacts of human 2018. development and climate change on biodiversity across the landscape – She has written or co-authored more than 300 peer-reviewed papers and especially in the forested areas of Durban and the South Coast. supervised more than 100 postgraduates, also encouraging more women Downs is a keen birder and, for the past 22 years, has organised the annual to pursue careers in science. Cape Parrot Big Birding Day to monitor the endangered population of the “I don’t do it on my own – that’s for sure!” she commented following her country’s only endemic parrot species. most recent accolade. She also heads the NRF Research Chair in Ecosystem Health and Biodiversity “I am supervising or co-supervising more than 30 students at the moment. in KZN and the Eastern Cape. She is a Fellow of the International They are the lucky ones who go out into the field to do the research while Ornithologists’ Union, an advisory board member of National Geographic’s much of my time is spent in the office nowadays, which includes raising CRE Review Committee, and Associate Editor of the journals: the African funds and arranging travel logistics.” Journal of Ecology, Urban Ecosystems, and Ibis.
Very broadly, her research centres around the physiology, behaviour, She was recently elected as an Honorary Fellow of the American ecology and conservation of southern Africa’s terrestrial vertebrates – land- Ornithological Society and is currently President of BirdLife SA. based animals with backbones which include mammals, birds, reptiles, At a personal level, Downs is celebrating the recent accomplishments of her amphibians, and fish. daughters: Victoria Wood, appointed Head Girl of St Johns DSG for 2019, and Emmi Wood, named as a member of the SA U-21 Canoe Polo team, at the tender age of 16.
Professor Colleen Downs
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Top 30 Published Researchers RESEARCHERS
NO. TITLE SURNAME FIRST NAME COLLEGE SCHOOL 1 Professor Soliman Mahmoud Elsayed Soliman Health Sciences Health Sciences 2 Professor Srivastava Viranjay Mohan Agriculture, Engineering and Science Engineering 3 Professor Inambao Freddie Liswaniso Agriculture, Engineering and Science Engineering 4 Professor Friedrich Holger Bernhard Agriculture, Engineering and Science Chemistry and Physics 5 Professor Downs Colleen Thelma Agriculture, Engineering and Science Life Sciences 6 Professor Shimelis Hussein Agriculture, Engineering and Science Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences 7 Dr Mewomo Oluwatosin Tope Agriculture, Engineering and Science Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science 8 Professor Ballantine Christopher John Humanities Arts 9 Professor Sartorius Benn Kurt Daniel Health Sciences Nursing and Public Health 10 Professor Chimbari Moses John Health Sciences Nursing and Public Health 11 Professor Viriri Serestina Agriculture, Engineering and Science Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science 12 Professor Xu Hongjun Agriculture, Engineering and Science Engineering 13 Professor Mohammadi Amir Hossein Agriculture, Engineering and Science Engineering 14 Professor Jonnalagadda Sreekantha Babu Agriculture, Engineering and Science Chemistry and Physics 15 Professor Van Staden Johannes Agriculture, Engineering and Science Life Sciences 16 Professor Chimonyo Michael Agriculture, Engineering and Science Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences 17 Professor Essack Sabiha Yusuf Health Sciences Health Sciences 18 Professor Albericio Fernando Agriculture, Engineering and Science College Administration Office 19 Professor Mutula Stephen Law and Management Studies Management, Information Technology and Governance 20 Professor Mutanga Onisimo Agriculture, Engineering and Science Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences 21 Professor Ajibade Peter Adewale Agriculture, Engineering and Science Chemistry and Physics 22 Professor Moodley Jagidesa DVC (Research) Research 23 Professor Chuturgoon Anil Amichund Health Sciences Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences 24 Professor Laing Mark Delmege Agriculture, Engineering and Science Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences 25 Professor Workneh Tilahun Seyoum Agriculture, Engineering and Science Engineering 26 Professor Motsa Sandile Sydney Agriculture, Engineering and Science Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science 27 Professor Mars Maurice Health Sciences Nursing and Public Health 28 Professor Sibanda Precious Agriculture, Engineering and Science Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science 29 Professor Muzindutsi Paul-Francois Law and Management Studies Accounting, Economics and Finance 30 Dr Magwaza Lembe Samukelo Agriculture, Engineering and Science Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences
41 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 RESEARCHERS TOP FIVE MOST CITED CITED MOST FIVE TOP
TOP FIVE MOST CITED RESEARCHERS
NO. TITLE SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL 1 Professor Sartorius Benn Nursing and Public Health 2 Dr Chiang Hsin Cynthia Maths, Statistics and Computer Science 3 Professor Naidoo Kovin Health Sciences 4 Professor Tanser Frank Nursing and Public Health 5 Professor Mola Genene Tessema Chemistry and Physics
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Professor Benn Sartorius RESEARCHERS
spatial epidemiologist now based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Professor Benn Sartorius has a strong interest in identifying health disparities in space-time, both in South Africa and globally, to help reduce Ainequality and improve progress towards relevant Sustainable Development Goals. With a research focus on the burden of disease and associated determinants, he is an honorary full professor at UKZN’s School of Nursing and Public Health, and an affiliate professor at the University of Washington in the United States.
Sartorius joined the Scientific Council for the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) project in 2015 which is an initiative providing tools to quantify health loss from diseases, injuries and risk factors to boost health systems by eliminating disparities. The research estimates all-cause and cause-specific mortality, morbidity and associated risk factors attributed to age, sex, geography and year through consistently improving analytical approaches.
Annual GBD study updates are prepared at country and a sub-national levels to inform health policy debates and decision- making by authorities and are thus critical resources for global and country policy makers. “It is an honour to be involved in high impact research locally and through the GBD initiative and hopefully the large number of citations received is testament to its uptake by policy makers to improve their populations’ health,” said Sartorius. “Access to healthcare is everyone’s right and identifying disparities can identify vulnerable sub-populations requiring further assistance. Achieving equity is what drives my research.”
Professor Kovin Naidoo
n eye test and glasses can make all the difference in helping people get jobs and assist in breaking the poverty cycle yet the simple intervention is denied to many folk – it is this conundrum that drives UZKN’s Professor Kovin Naidoo Ain his life’s work “Uncorrected refractive error (lack of eye examinations and glasses) is the world’s leading cause of blindness and vision impairment,” said Naidoo. “It impacts on an adult’s ability to work and on a child’s ability to learn, thus enhancing poverty.”
He said short-sightedness was reaching alarming proportions globally with half the population destined to have the affliction by 2050.
An Associate Professor of Optometry in UKZN’s School of Health Sciences, visiting Professorial Fellow at the University of New South Wales in Australia, and Adjunct Professor at Salus University in Philadelphia in the United States, Naidoo says the poor carry the largest burden if they are not able to see properly. Consequently, his professional life has been dedicated to delivering eye care to the needy and undertaking research to help address these pertinent public health issues.
Naidoo vehemently believes research should not be geared to achieving key performance indicators but to rather impact and improve people’s lives.
“There is a lot of research that never applies to people’s lives in a significant way or does not influence thinking and further development. Being highly cited affirms my own research is relevant and making a difference,” he added.
43 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 Professor Frank Tanser
nfectious disease epidemiologist Professor Frank Tanser is a founder member of UKZN’s Africa Centre for Population Health – now known as the Africa Health Research Institute. In the past 20 years, his research has designed interventions to drive back the HIV/AIDS epidemic and consider its consequences in the hardest-hit communities.
RESEARCHERS I Holding an H-index of 49, he has published 180 papers in journals, including Science, Science Translational Medicine, Nature, TOP FIVE MOST CITED CITED MOST FIVE TOP PLOS Medicine, ELife, The Lancet (five papers) and has been cited more than 17 700 times.
Tanser was awarded the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) gold medal, among the country’s most prestigious annual awards, for his contributions in HIV and tuberculosis research and was recently presented with the Royal Geographical Society Back Award for applied research, making an outstanding contribution to developing national or international public policy.
Previously with UKZN’s School of Nursing and Public Health and now based at the University of Lincoln in England, a deeply honoured Tanser acknowledges he accepts recognition on behalf of his “excellent team of researchers and collaborators” underpinned by his “incredible family support”.
His pivotal work has provided insight into the epidemic’s key drivers, informing sub-Saharan prevention and treatment efforts. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) roll-out research has triggered wide-reaching changes in government policy on how South African treatment programmes are designed and implemented, while a seminal study published in Science was inaugural in showing how nurse-led and decentralised HIV programmes in rural areas can reduce transmission.
Tanser has raised more than R550 million in external research funding.
Professor Genene Mola
rofessor Genene Mola of the School of Chemistry and Physics strongly believes that energy should be derived mainly from renewable sources such as the sun, wind and water. PA new solar cell energy technology is in the process of maturing for the energy market based on plastic materials and Mola says advantages over the traditional silicon-based solar cells include low device fabrication costs, flexibility, its light weight and semi-transparency. However, research is still in progress to improve the power conversion efficiency and address the instability of the polymer molecules.
“This solar cell technology can be used by painting glass windows and walls of your home as well as other surfaces,” said Mola. “Currently, there are prototypes in many parts of the world and progress is being made – and any steps achieved towards reducing carbon dioxide emissions are vital for modern society,” he said, adding that harnessing one hour of solar emissions on Earth can meet the global electricity requirements for a year.
The challenge comes in storing and distributing the energy on demand.
Commenting on his placement among the University’s Top Five Most Cited researchers, Mola says it is encouraging to learn the work he undertakes is being recognised and considered within the broader academic sphere.
“The investment into the new science laboratory in a partnership between the University, the National Research Foundation and the Department of Science and Innovation, and our work are making a difference,” he added.
44 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 PROLIFIC RESEARCHERS PROLIFIC RESEARCHERS
Research Portfolio TITLE SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL Professor Moodley Jagidesa Research Professor Ramjugernath Deresh Research
College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science TITLE SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL Professor Adali Sarp Engineering Professor Afullo Thomas Joachim Odhiambo Engineering Professor Ajibade Peter Adewale Chemistry and Physics Professor Albericio Fernando College Admin Office: AES Professor Baiyegunhi Lloyd James Segun Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Bright Glen Engineering Professor Chimonyo Michael Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Cooper James Andrew Graham Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Domanska-Zelazna Urszula Maria Engineering Professor Dorrell David George Engineering Professor Downs Colleen Thelma Life Sciences Professor Friedrich Holger Bernhard Chemistry and Physics Professor Ghosh Sushant Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Dr Giraldi Filippo College Admin Office: AES Professor Green Andrew Noel Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Gueguim Kana Evariste Bosco Life Sciences Professor Hansraj Sudan Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Professor Inambao Freddie Liswaniso Engineering Professor Islam Shahidul Life Sciences Professor Jewitt Graham Paul Wyndham Engineering Professor Johnson Steven Dene Life Sciences Professor Jonnalagadda Sreekantha Babu Chemistry and Physics Professor Koorbanally Neil Anthony Chemistry and Physics Professor Laing Mark Delmege Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Lin Johnson Life Sciences Dr Magwaza Lembe Samukelo Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Maharaj Sunil Dutt Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Professor Martincigh Bice Susan Chemistry and Physics Professor Massamba Fortune Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Professor Meikap Bhim Charan Engineering Dr Melesse Sileshi Fanta Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Dr Mewomo Oluwatosin Tope Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Professor Modi Albert Thembinkosi College Admin Office: AES
45 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 continued... College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science TITLE SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL Professor Mohammadi Amir Hossein Engineering Professor Mola Genene Tessema Chemistry and Physics Dr Moodley Brenda Chemistry and Physics Dr Moodley Kuveneshan Engineering PROLIFIC RESEARCHERS RESEARCHERS PROLIFIC Professor Motsa Sandile Sydney Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Dr Moyo Thomas Chemistry and Physics Professor Muchaonyerwa Pardon Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Dr Mudhara Maxwell Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Mukaratirwa Samson Life Sciences Professor Mutanga Onisimo Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Naidoo Sershen Life Sciences Professor Naidoo Gonasageran Life Sciences Professor Nyamori Vincent Onserio Chemistry and Physics Dr Odindi John Odhiambo Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Dr Odindo Alfred Oduor Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Ojwach Stephen Otieno Chemistry and Physics Professor Olaniran Ademola Olufolahan Life Sciences Professor Owaga Bernard Omondi Chemistry and Physics Professor Petruccione Francesco Chemistry and Physics Dr Pillay Narushan Engineering Dr Pillay Paranjothi Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Professor Ramroop Shaun Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Dr Ryan Sadie Life Sciences Professor Shimelis Hussein Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Sibanda Precious Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Dr Sibiya Julia Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Dr Singh Parvesh Chemistry and Physics Professor Sithole Bishop Bruce College Admin Office: AES Professor Siwela Muthulisi Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Srivastava Viranjay Mohan Engineering Professor Tapamo Jules Raymond Engineering Dr Tesfay Samson Zeray Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Van Heerden Fanie Retief Chemistry and Physics Professor Van Staden Johannes Life Sciences Professor Venkataraman Sivakumar Chemistry and Physics Professor Viriri Serestina Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Professor Workneh Tilahun Seyoum Engineering Professor Xu Hongjun Engineering Professor Zegeye Edilegnaw Wale Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Zewotir Temesgen Tenaw Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science
46 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 PROLIFIC RESEARCHERS College of Health Sciences TITLE SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL Professor Aldous Colleen Michelle Clinical Medicine Dr Azu Onyemaechi Okpara Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences Dr Bruce John Lambert Clinical Medicine Professor Brysiewicz Petra Nursing and Public Health Professor Chimbari Moses John Nursing and Public Health Professor Chuturgoon Anil Amichund Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences Professor Clarke Damian Luiz Clinical Medicine Professor Coutsoudis Anna Nursing and Public Health Professor Essack Sabiha Yusuf Health Sciences Professor Garcia De-La-Torre Beatriz Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences Professor Govender Thirumala Health Sciences Dr Hardcastle Timothy Craig Clinical Medicine Professor Karpoormath Rajshekhar Health Sciences Dr Kong Victor Clinical Medicine Professor Kruger Hendrik Gerhardus Health Sciences Professor Mabandla Musa Vuyisile Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences Dr Maharaj Sonill Sooknunan Health Sciences Professor Mars Maurice Nursing and Public Health Dr Mashamba-Thompson Tivani Phosa Nursing and Public Health Dr Moodley Vanessa Raquel Health Sciences Professor Moshabela Matlagolo Mosa Nursing and Public Health Professor Mtshali Ntombifikile Gloria Nursing and Public Health Professor Naicker Thajasvarie Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences Professor Naidoo Mergan Nursing and Public Health Dr Naidoo Rowena Health Sciences Dr Naidoo Kogieleum Nursing and Public Health Professor Ncama Busisiwe Purity College Admin Office: HS Professor Ndung'U Peter Thumbi Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences Dr Oosthuizen Frasia Health Sciences Dr Owira Peter Mark Oroma Health Sciences Professor Pillay Mershen Health Sciences Professor Ross Andrew John Nursing and Public Health Professor Sartorius Benn Kurt Daniel Nursing and Public Health Professor Scott Richard Ernest Nursing and Public Health Professor Singh Shenuka Health Sciences Dr Skelton Adam Arnold Health Sciences Professor Soliman Mahmoud Elsayed Soliman Health Sciences Professor Tanser Frank Courteney Nursing and Public Health Professor Taylor Myra Nursing and Public Health Professor Van Wyk Jacqueline Marina Clinical Medicine
47 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 College of Humanities TITLE SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL Professor Ballantine Christopher John Arts Professor Bansilal Sarah Education Professor Bhana Deevia Education Professor De Meyer Bernard Albert Marcel Sylvain Arts
PROLIFIC RESEARCHERS PROLIFIC Professor Denis Philippe Marie Berthe Raoul Religion, Philosophy and Classics Dr Dyll Lauren Eva Applied Human Sciences Professor Hilton John Laurence Religion, Philosophy and Classics Dr Kaunda Chammah Judex Religion, Philosophy and Classics Professor Khoza Simon Bhekimuzi Education Professor Maharaj Pranitha Built Environment and Development Studies Professor Manik Sadhana Education Dr Mkhatshwa Elijah Johan Arts Dr Moore Candice Eleanor Social Sciences Professor Morojele Pholoho Justice College Admin Office:HUM Dr Mtshali Khondlo Phillip Thabo Social Sciences Professor Mudaly Vimolan Education Dr Muthuki Janet Muthoni Social Sciences Professor Muthukrishna Anbanithi College Admin Office: HUM Professor Naidu Uma Mahesvari Social Sciences Dr Nsibirwa Zawedde Social Sciences Professor Smit Johannes Andreas Religion, Philosophy and Classics Professor West Gerald Oakley Religion, Philosophy and Classics Professor Zeller Jochen Klaus Arts
College of Law and Management Studies TITLE SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL Dr Blackmore Andrew Craig Law Professor Brijball Parumasur Sanjana Management, Information Technology and Governance Dr Chummun Bibi Zaheenah Graduate School of Business and Leadership Dr Gibbs Andrew Robert Law Dr Govender Kaymarlin Management, Information Technology and Governance Professor Govender Krishna Kistan Management, Information Technology and Governance Professor Hoctor Shannon Vaughn Law Professor Hoque Muhammad Ehsanul Graduate School of Business and Leadership Professor Mcarthur Brian Walter Management, Information Technology and Governance Professor Mcquoid-Mason David Jan Law Professor Migiro Stephen Oseko Graduate School of Business and Leadership Dr Mutambara Emmanuel Graduate School of Business and Leadership Dr Mutereko Sybert Management, Information Technology and Governance Professor Mutula Stephen Management, Information Technology and Governance Professor Muzindutsi Paul-Francois Accounting, Economics and Finance Dr Naidoo Vannie Management, Information Technology and Governance Professor Nzimakwe Thokozani Ian Management, Information Technology and Governance Professor Pelser Theunis Gert Graduate School of Business and Leadership Professor Phiri Maxwell Agabu Management, Information Technology and Governance Dr Sibanda Rosemary Graduate School of Business and Leadership Mr Swales Lee Jay Edwin Law Dr Thaldar Donrich Willem Law Professor Wissink Henry Frank Management, Information Technology and Governance
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EMERGING RESEARCHERS Top 10 Young Published Researchers (under 40)
NO. TITLE SURNAME FIRST NAME COLLEGE SCHOOL 1 Professor Srivastava Viranjay Mohan Agriculture, Engineering and Science Engineering 2 Dr Magwaza Lembe Samukelo Agriculture, Engineering and Science Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences 3 Professor Muzindutsi Paul-Francois Law and Management Studies School of Accountancy, Economics and Finance 4 Dr Kaunda Chammah Judex Humanities Religion, Philosophy and Classics 5 Professor Msibi Thabo Perceviarence Humanities Education 6 Dr Scott Claire Humanities Arts 7 Dr Pillay Narushan Agriculture, Engineering and Science Engineering 8 Dr Dyll Lauren Eva Humanities Applied Human Science 9 Dr Lokhat David Agriculture, Engineering and Science Engineering 10 Professor Moshabela Matlagolo Mosa Health Sciences Nursing and Public Health
Professor Viranjay Mohan Srivastava
rofessor Viranjay Srivastava began his research with the basics of double-gate MOSFET during his master’s degree and extended this into the novel work of cylindrical surrounding double-gate MOSFET for his doctorate. PWorking within the School of Engineering, Srivastava collaborates with other researchers in a research group where each member’s contribution furthers the progress in the fields of Microelectronics and Nanotechnology. This includes smart antenna, metamaterial and various applications of communication technology.
“My group members are my motivation. We are efficiently designing creative model devices and technologies suitable for mobile handset technology that will reduce the size of the devices while boosting their capacity and signal strength,” he said, indicating the technology will also reduce radiation emissions from mobile handsets.
Srivastava has seven post-doctoral fellows and 11 doctorate and nine masters students within his research group.
49 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 Dr Lembe Magwaza
n a world where millions go to bed hungry, Dr Lembe Magwaza says the solution lies in reducing postharvest losses to boost food security.
“It is disheartening to invest in crop production only for food not to reach consumers because of poor postharvest handling TOP 10 YOUNG YOUNG 10 TOP I practices,” said Magwaza. “The world does not need to increase crop production, it needs to minimise postharvest waste.”
PUBLISHED RESEARCHERS PUBLISHED His research within the School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences consequently considers ways for maintaining food at suitable temperatures and humidity levels and controlling postharvest pathogens – and then applying the high-tech solutions that can work for small and emerging farmers.
One solution is a solar energy-based evaporative cooling system that can preserve tomatoes for six days longer than usual.
Lembe says being recognised among the University’s Top 10 Young Researchers reflects acceptability for his work among the science community within his discipline. Equally, given his background, he believes he can be an inspiration for more young Black students to realise their potential.
Professor Paul-Francois Muzindutsi
rofessor Paul-Francois Muzindutsi’s research into financial markets, financial risk management, time series analysis of macroeconomic variables, investment analysis and development economics embodies the changing dynamics within Pthe South African finance and investment landscape. “Research is critical to understanding the financial models and how individual and institutional decisions affect the stock markets and investors,” said Muzindutsi, an Associate Professor of Finance in the School of Accounting, Economics and Finance.
“Modern technology has made investment possible to a new generation of individual investors who come with new risk factors that may not be captured by our existing financial models. Thus, continuous research is crucial to identify how the current models can be either adapted or replaced with new ones better reflecting the new trends in finance and investment,” said Muzindutsi.
Passionate about researching and teaching in Higher Education, he says combining the two elements to supervise young researchers is a particularly rewarding element of his work.
Being recognised among the Top 10 Young Researchers means his hard work is being acknowledged and it also inspires him to achieve even greater heights. Dr Chammah Kaunda
cademically obsessed” Dr Chammah Kaunda finds writing “some kind of opium”, intrinsically linked to thinking, the means by which to de-stress... “A “I always wrestle with ideas – every thought matters. Some seem injudicious, but all great ideas emerge within the chambers of minds as raw material,” said Kaunda.
Now working as a world Christianity and Theology professor at Yonsei University in South Korea, Kaunda was an honorary lecturer in the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics at UKZN.
He follows up his “seemingly vague ideas” only to be “shocked they evolve into rational and impeccable” ones, and this is his motivation to continue writing.
Since reading for his PhD in 2013, Kaunda has authored more than 75 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and recently submitted three edited books to leading publishers.
He manages his writing by focusing on issues about which he is wholly passionate.
“This recognition strengthens my belief in myself that, with God’s help, all things are possible.”
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Professor Thabo Msibi TOP10 YOUNG
ean and Head of the School of Education Professor Thabo Msibi considers himself privileged for being recognised for his academic potential after arriving as an undergraduate student at UKZN.
Given the necessary mentorship at a time when the University was actively seeking recognition as a research-driven D institution, Msibi knew he had to quickly demonstrate his academic abilities.
“I am a scholar and a teacher,” said Msibi. “Being among the Top 10 Young Researchers at UKZN adds gravitas to the decisions that have placed me in senior positions despite my age,” he said.
Msibi was named as the youngest Dean in South Africa when at the age of 34 he was appointed to his current position at the University. He was also recently awarded a P-rating by the NRF, making him the first South African scholar to receive the honour.
Msibi is unashamedly ambitious and driven to achieve further recognition. Firing his passion is the pursuit of excellence as he strives to make an impact on the lives of those around him.
Equally critical is his pursuit for social justice as he seeks a society where equality, freedom and dignity abound and people can become what they most ardently desire.
“The narrative should be diversity rather than sameness,” he said.
Dr Claire Scott
orking across the Disciplines of Media and Literary Studies in the College of Humanities, Dr Claire Scott believes an interdisciplinary approach offers a wealth of research opportunities in South Africa today. WHer book: At the Fault Line, published by UKZN Press (2018), explores whiteness and White identity through the lens of literary journalism, at a time in post-apartheid South Africa when social identities remain highly contested.
Scott recognises race and racism often dominate the national discourse, but contends that White South Africans must rethink their stories, redefine their positions in society and reimage their narratives of identity and belonging.
“Research generates new ways of thinking and creates the space for debate and dialogue. It is the opportunity to investigate and interrogate our social lives and bring to light our assumptions and subconscious beliefs,” she said.
Scott’s current interest lies in researching how moments of social crisis are represented through various cultural and media texts.
Dr Narushan Pillay
hile reading for his PhD under the supervision of Professor Hongjun Xu in the College of Agriculture, Engineering and WScience, Dr Narushan Pillay acquired his supervisor’s specific research philosophy and methodology. It has been a philosophy to which he has continued subscribing in his role as an academic in the School of Engineering where he has worked since 2009. He previously earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in wireless communications from UKZN and worked for the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
“Being recognised among the Top 10 Young Researchers at UKZN demonstrates my career progress and provides further motivation to improve the quality of work I am doing. Equally important is my hope that this recognition will inspire other young researchers,” said Pillay.
It is into this philosophy that Pillay aims to continue evolving the concept he has of reality as he pursues his interests in physical wireless communications, including multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems for next generation networks.
51 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 Dr Lauren Dyll
s a young mother to two sons, Dr Lauren Dyll recognises spending quality time with her family and producing substantial research demands good time management and a passion for academia.
“I take advantage of research opportunities, maintaining links with national and international universities through
TOP 10 YOUNG YOUNG 10 TOP A conference presentations and joint projects and assist masters and doctoral candidates under my supervision to present at
PUBLISHED RESEARCHERS PUBLISHED conferences,” said Dyll, reflecting that is a means of producing quality scholars.
Based in the College of Humanities, she has substantial respect for the work produced by other researchers and is thus humbled to be on the Top 10 Young Researchers list.
“Personally and professionally the recognition affirms my focus is timely and on track and the numerous hours I have invested in my work have been worthwhile. I remain inspired to produce work that contributes to critical indigenous research methodologies across the fields of culture, media and communication,” she said.
Dr David Lokhat
ynamic chemical engineer David Lokhat wears multiple hats – researcher, teacher, academic leader and president of the SA Institution of Chemical Engineers – and vehemently believes these elements intersect to advance the Dprofession locally. Lokhat’s recognition on the Top 10 Young Researchers list is the culmination of the dedication shown by his students, support staff and collaborators in advancing knowledge.
Instrumental in this achievement is human capital development as students show initiative for contributing to society, he says.
His research interests include process intensification in energy and water and ways in which humanity can reduce its environmental footprint. More critically is grasping opportunities for boosting employability by developing skills the market demands.
Lokhat, who is attached to the College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, wants his research reflected internationally to highlight South Africa’s achievements.
“Research is my way of engaging with young minds; watching their development and paying forward or backwards for the opportunities I have received to achieve success in my career,” he concludes.
Dr Matlagolo Mosa Moshabela
s a Medical doctor specialising in Family Medicine, Dr Matlagolo Mosa Moshabela was consistently troubled by the knowledge that when patients entered the healthcare system, it was typically too late and they had waited too long. APassionate about his patients, Moshabela strove to tackle barriers of access to healthcare – including socio-economic and socio-cultural factors – instrumental in precipitating poor healthcare engagement.
“The outcome was an interest in viewing healthcare from a people’s perspective – a mind-shift from focusing on disease to rather concentrating on the person and optimising their health to boost their quality of life,” he said.
Working predominantly in rural communities, he is driven by the rich tapestry inherent in cultural practices and the ability to draw out individual stories that will ensure community members realise their potential.
UKZN granted Moshabela – who is attached to the College of Health Sciences – permission to undertake a Wellcome Trust Fellowship Research grant between 2015 and 2018, and he believes the recognition in being placed among the Top 10 Young Researchers is the culmination of the support he garnered from a diverse range of people who made that undertaking possible.
52 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 EMERGING RESEARCHERS
Top 10 Published Students NO. TITLE SURNAME FIRST NAME COLLEGE SCHOOL 1 Dr Vanderhaeghen Yves Nicholas Humanities Arts 2 Dr Dickie June Frances Humanities Religion, Philosophy and Classics 3 Dr Ehiane Stanley Osezua Humanities Social Sciences 4 Mr Meyer Matt Humanities Built Environment and Development Studies 5 Dr Ogbuisi Ferdinard Udochukwu Agriculture, Engineering and Science Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science 6 Ms Motsa Ncamsile Daphne Humanities Education 7 Dr Singh Dhawan Agriculture, Engineering and Science Engineering 8 Mr Izuchukwu Chinedu Agriculture, Engineering and Science Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science 9 Dr Mwadzingeni Learnmore Agriculture, Engineering and Science Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences 10 Dr Akpotu Samson Oghenemauro Agriculture, Engineering and Science Chemistry and Physics Dr Rwodzi Aaron Humanities Social Sciences
Dr Yves Vanderhaeghen Dr June Dickie
everal years ago seasoned journalist – now r June Dickie has been involved in Editor of the The Witness newspaper in translations of the Bible since 1990, Pietermaritzburg – Dr Yves Vandenhaeghen Dworking with the Mwani team in S northern Mozambique for 23 years and with decided he wanted a break from the deadline- other language teams in Ethiopia and Nigeria. driven world of newspapers and media creation Dickie embodies the principle of life-long and analysis. learning, reading for her master’s degree in the So with his wife embarking on doctoral study United States when she was 50 years old and for in what has translated into another bonding a PhD in the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics at UKZN a decade later. moment for their marriage, Vandenhaeghen quit working to read for his own three-year full-time PhD with UKZN’s School “Mozambique provided experience to work cross-culturally and empirically,” of Arts. Through media reports published in Die Beeld, his research work said Dickie. “I always bring in the voice of ‘ordinary people’ and how they interpret or translate Biblical texts – something not common among sought understanding on how Afrikaners were representing themselves in scholars, particularly in South Africa, meaning my work has been fairly the new dispensation in South Africa. widely distributed.” His research revealed a moral rehabilitation of a nation in disgrace, following Often feeling isolated in her work, Dickie says this recognition is a personal the fall of apartheid with the outcome showing a community repositioning encouragement and the potential stepping stone for finding a new position itself as new victims excluded from the broader South African society. once she completes her postdoctoral studies in April next year. “Rich and meaningful Biblical poetry can help others, giving hope and “I never expected to return to media but the stint in academia has generated healing. I am motivated to explore new ways for people to interact with an interesting lens and a new level of enjoyment through which I can the text.” function within South Africa’s press,” he said.
53 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 Dr Stanley Ehiane Dr Ferdinard Ogbuisi
igerian-born researcher Dr Stanley Ehiane igerian-born Dr Ferdinard Ogbuisi holds a PhD in International Relations, a arrived in South Africa in 2015 to NMaster’s degree in Political Science, a Master Nread for his PhD at UKZN’s School of of Business Administration degree, a postgraduate Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science. Diploma in Educational Management and several Education has been a driving force in his life for short-course qualifications. EMERGING RESEARCHERS EMERGING as long as he can remember and he has always Ehiane received a three-year doctoral scholarship been motivated to achieve the highest levels. from the National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences Council for the Development of Ogbuisi completed his Master’s degree in Social Science in Africa (NIHSS-CODESRIA). Mathematics at UKZN as the Best Graduate Master’s student with a 4.83 out of 5 grade point Based in the School of Social Sciences, Ehiane yearns to better understand the average. conflicts plaguing Africa and recognises that in the post-independence era, terrorism linked to political groups is strangling African economies. Being among the Top Published Student Researchers at the University is another high achievement in the young man’s academic career. His passion for political science and international relations drives his continued research into why these groups have captured the African political and socio- “Whenever my efforts are recognised, I am challenged to work harder and economic landscape. achieve even higher accolades and make an impact in society,” said Ogbuisi. His work has appeared in various local and international journals on terrorism, He believes there is no over-emphasis on the role mathematics plays in counter-terrorism, hate crime, migration, peace and conflict resolutions and the world – engineering, economics and medicine only scratch the surface governance and he says he plans to publish a book on his findings. with his work in non-linear operational theory (fixed point theory and its Ehiane has guest edited the Journal of African Foreign Affairs, Journal of African applications) having the capacity to impact across various spheres and Union Studies and the Alternation journal. change lives. “This recognition is the beginning – my aim is to become the best internationally in a field that allows its followers to become whatever they desire,” he added.
Ms Ncamsile Motsa Dr Dhawan Singh teacher at a rural school in Eswatini r Dhawan Singh has had a life-long (formerly Swaziland), Dr Ncamsile fascination for how signals propagate AMotsa – who registered at UKZN for her Dand travel over significant distances, master’s and PhD degrees – says she is driven questioning how antennas work to transmit and by a passion for social justice and the rights of receive electromagnetic signals. children, particularly the vulnerable. “Researchers are continuously designing new antennas for forthcoming technologies such as This passion is the motivation for her research the internet of things (IoT) and 5G,” said Singh. and outweighs her quest for personal “With the advent of new technology for wireless development. communication, the world needs increasingly “I have worked hard since day one, focusing on gender and vulnerability in sophisticated antenna with more precision and efficiency.” the Eswatini rural primary school context. Being registered at UKZN for the His research covers radar cross section reduction of rectangular patch second consecutive year is a dream come true for me,” said Motsa. antennas using metamaterial absorber with the theme including structural morphology, designing and optimising the geometrical model of She is confident her research will become increasingly accessible and make rectangular patch antennas for compatibility to metamaterial geometry. an indelible contribution to improving the schooling lives of learners who have suffered discrimination or have been ‘silenced’. Singh completed his Electronic Engineering doctorate through UKZN’s School of Engineering and has more than 10 years’ experience in teaching, These include children who are orphaned, from child-headed households industry and research. He is presently working as an associate professor in and from poor families. the Department of Electronics and Communications at Chitkara University Motsa believes that improving these situations can bring the education in India. system a step closer to relieving these children of “their painful and penurious general life situations”.
54 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 Mr Chinedu Izuchukwu Dr Learnmore Mwadzingeni EMERGING RESEARCHERS
igerian-born mathematician Mr Chinedu dedicated researcher driven by the Izuchukwu secured a travel grant from the zeal to achieve set research goals and NNational Mathematical Centre in Nigeria Alead successful teams, Dr Learnmore to read for his MSc in South Africa, completing the Mwadzingeni is currently the African Seed degree summa cum laude at UKZN in less than a year. Company’s Seed Co vegetable breeder based in Zimbabwe. He received the S2A3 Award for the Best Masters Research Dissertation across all sciences and applied Mwadzingeni’s expertise in plant breeding sciences at the University. and genetics, biometry, teaching, scientific writing and funding proposal development Working in the School of Mathematics, Statistics has resulted in him working for UKZN’s African and Computer Science, Izuchukwu has published Centre for Crop Improvement (ACCI) and the 34 papers and submitted his doctoral thesis, recognising “the academic world Agricultural Research Council of South Africa (ARC). revolves around research and research will always be a part of my life”. He credits his position among the Top Published Student Researchers at Being among the Top Published Student Researchers at UKZN for 2018 is UKZN to his initiation and implementation of the drought tolerant wheat another honour to add to an extensive list underpinning his motivation for project undertaken through collaboration between the University and the continued research. ARC as well as having more than 20 scientific and popular articles published in highly accredited journals. Attracted to mathematics and computer science as a young schoolboy, His work was conducted through the School of Agricultural, Earth and Izuchukwu says driving his career today are the significant sacrifices his mother Environmental Sciences. made to ensure he got a good education. “This recognition means my research and publications are impacting on He believes mathematics has never been more relevant than in today’s the University community, on South Africa and on the global community technological society where real-life applications will unlock the automation by fostering food security through crop improvement and knowledge- challenges linked to the 4th Industrial Revolution and be integral in resolving sharing,” said Mwadzingeni. healthcare issues, particularly in predicting and combating epidemics.
Dr Samson Akpotu Dr Aaron Rwodzi
nalytical and materials chemist Dr history lecturer and Research Board Samson Akpotu’s research on pollutants Chair at the Catholic University of in dumpsite leachate, water and topsoil AZimbabwe, Dr Aaron Rwodzi relishes the A opportunities his work provides for academic in his homeland Nigeria informed his decision research. to pursue his doctorate In his final year as a PhD student in the School His master’s research had highlighted the of Social Sciences (Historical Studies) at danger of these pollutants in environmental UKZN in 2018, he published various papers in samples and he wanted to focus on developing accredited journals and says he is honoured by techniques for their removal. UKZN, where he the recognition he has received in being named arrived in 2013, provided the platform from among the Top Published Student Researchers at the University. which he could achieve his academic dreams. “The future should see me excel professionally and reach the top echelons Akpotu has published various articles in leading journals but was “surprised of research practice in my endless quest to generate new knowledge,” said they were accepted”, however he is even more ecstatic knowing his papers Rwodzi. are being read and accepted in the scientific community. Contemplating the issues that drive him within his career, he is constantly As a post-doctoral researcher working in the School of Chemistry and motivated to undertake research and publish when he considers the work Physics, he is now investigating computational modelling and drug delivery already achieved by accomplished scholars and academics. of anti-cancer drugs with nanomaterials. “I possess the intrinsic craving to stand up and be counted among the international community of researchers – it is what drives me daily in my “The quests for excellence and being the top in my field (water treatment) field of research,” he added. are huge motivating factors. Equally important is finding improved ways for solving different environmental problems as my research helps formulate water policies,” he said.
55 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 Emerging Researchers
College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science TITLE SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL Professor Akerman Matthew Piers Chemistry and Physics
EMERGING RESEARCHERS EMERGING Professor Booysen Irvin Noel Chemistry and Physics Professor Chetty Naven Chemistry and Physics Dr Chidawanyika Frank Life Sciences Dr Chirove Faraimunashe Maths, Statistics and Computer Science Dr Ezugwu Absalom Maths, Statistics and Computer Science Dr Harinarain Nishani Engineering Dr Jauzac Mathilde Marie Francoise Chemistry and Physics Dr Jeena Vineet Chemistry and Physics Dr Kalle Riddhika Vinod Life Sciences Dr Kumar Pradeep Engineering Dr Lokhat David Engineering Dr Loureiro Carlos Manuel College Admin Office: AES Professor Ma Yin-Zhe Chemistry and Physics Dr Mabhaudhi Tafadzwanashe Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Science Dr Magwaza Lembe Samukelo Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Science Mr Mditshwa Asanda Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Science Dr Moodley Kuveneshan Engineering Professor Naidoo Sershen Life Sciences Dr Padayachee Jared Engineering Dr Peerbhay Kabir Yunus Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Science Dr Pillay Narushan Engineering Dr Quazi Tahmid Al-Mumit Engineering Dr Shozi Mzamo Lungani Chemistry and Physics Dr Sinayskiy Ilya Chemistry and Physics Professor Srivastava Viranjay Mohan Engineering Professor Stopforth Riaan Engineering Dr Swanson Andrew Graham Engineering Dr Tedder Michelle Jennifer Life Sciences Dr Toucher Michele Lynn College Admin Office: AES Professor Tsilo Toi John College Admin Office: AES Dr Van Niekerk Brett Maths, Statistics and Computer Science
College of Humanities TITLE SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL Dr Bethke Andrew-John Arts Dr Dyll Lauren Eva Applied Human Science Miss Iyer Leevina Morgan Education Dr Kaunda Chammah Judex Religion, Philosophy and Classics Dr Khambule Isaac Bheki Built Environment and Development Studies Dr Laltha Samiksha Arts Miss Makanya Thembelihle Brenda Applied Human Science Mr Mbatha Lungelo Siphosethu Religion, Philosophy and Classics Dr Oppong Asante Kwaku Applied Human Science Dr Scott Claire Arts
56 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 EMERGING RESEARCHERS
College of Health Sciences TITLE SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL Dr Abboussi Oualid Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences Dr Baijnath Sooraj Health Sciences Dr Baloyi Olivia Baorapetse Nursing and Public Health Dr Bangalee Varsha Health Sciences Professor Chetty Verusia Health Sciences Dr Dlamini Nondumiso Nokwanda Matutu Clinical Medicine Dr Kalhapure Rahul Sadashiv Health Sciences Dr Khathi Andile Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences Dr Kong Victor Clinical Medicine Professor Moshabela Matlagolo Mosa Nursing and Public Health Professor Naicker Tricia Health Sciences Dr Ngubane Phikelelani Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences Dr Nkambule Bongani Brian Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences Dr Rampersad Nishanee Health Sciences Dr Skelton Adam Arnold Health Sciences Dr Sookan Takshita Health Sciences Dr Tlou Boikhutso Nursing and Public Health
College of Law and Management Studies TITLE SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL Dr Behari Asheelia UCDP Dr Beharry-Ramraj Andrisha Management, Information Technology and Governance Miss Dyili Nomalizo Florence Management, Information Technology and Governance Dr Gibbs Andrew Robert Law Dr Khumalo Njabulo Graduate School of Business and Leadership Dr Mashau Pfano Graduate School of Business and Leadership Dr Mc Cullough Kerry Frances Accounting, Economics and Finance Mr Mnyandu Ntokozo Steven Nkonzo Law Mr Moores-Pitt Peter Brian Denton Accounting, Economics and Finance Dr Mtembu Vuyokazi Ntombikayise Graduate School of Business and Leadership Dr Mukorera Sophia Zivano Elixir Accounting, Economics and Finance Professor Muzindutsi Paul-Francois Accounting, Economics and Finance Dr Oodith Pravina Devpersadh Management, Information Technology and Governance Professor Proches Cecile Naomi Graduate School of Business and Leadership Mr Subramanien Darren Cavell Law Mr Swales Lee Jay Edwin Law
57 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 DOCTORAL GRADUATES College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL QUALIFICATION THESIS TITLE Abdul Reginald Francis Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy 2D3V Electromagnetic Particle-in-Cell Simulations of Plasmas (Science) having Kappa Velocity Distributions DOCTORAL GRADUATES DOCTORAL Adebanjo Hannah Morenike Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Investigation of Feature Extraction Algorithms and Techniques for (Engineering) Hyperspectral Images Adeleke Jude Adekunle Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy A Semantic Sensor Web Framework for Proactive Environmental and Computer Science (Science) Monitoring and Control Adeleye Oluwabamise Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy Radiation Dose and Cancer Risk Estimates from Tuberculosis (Science) Infections Imaging Adetunji Adegoke Isiaka Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Treatment of Lipid-Rich Wastewater using Free and Immobilized (Science) Bioemulsifier and Hydrolytic Enzymes from Indigenous Bacterial Isolates Agboola Olalekan Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Monitoring and Assessment of Macroinvertebrate Communities Akinwumi (Science) in Support of River Health Management in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Agjee Na'eem Hoosen Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Remote Sensing in the Presence of Noise: Detecting the Efficacy of Environmental Sciences (Science) the Bio-control Agent Neochetina spp. weevils on Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia Crassipes) Infestations Ahamed Sami Musa Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy Mathematical Models for Heat and Mass Transfer in Nanofluid Flows Sulieman and Computer Science (Science) Ajayi Oluwakemi Rachel Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy Statistical Modelling of the Identification of Factors Influencing and Computer Science (Science) Cognitive Development of Children from KwaZulu-Natal Akandwanaho Stephen Mugisha Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy Search and Selection Methods for Hyper-heuristics and Computer Science (Science) Aliyu Abubakar Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy Phytochemistry and Quorum Sensing Inhibitory Studies of four Babando (Science) Vernonia Species from Nigeria Aluko Omololu Stephen Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy Statistical Approaches for Handling Longitudinal and Cross and Computer Science (Science) Sectional Discrete Data with Missing Values Focusing on Multiple Imputation and Probability Weighing Amollo Tabitha Awuor Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy Graphene and Germanium Quantum Dots- Based Nanomaterials: (Science) Synthesis, Characterisation and Application in Polymer Solar Cells. Angulu Raphael Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy Hierarchical Age Estimation using Enhanced Facial Features and Computer Science (Science) Archer Colleen Edith Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Parasites of Rattus norvegicus trapped in Durban, eThekwini (Science) Municipality, South Africa Asio Mary Teddy Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Genetic Analysis of Upland Rice for Grain Yield and Some Environmental Sciences (Science) Agronomic Traits Under Striga hermonthica Infestation in Uganda Ayom Gwaza Eric Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy Metal Complexes with Phosphor-1,1-dithiolato Ligands: Synthesis, (Science) Structures, Polymorphism, Antibacterial Studies and Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Application. Bao Hongduo Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Molecular Characterisation of Two Bacteriophage Strains and their (Science) Role in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Mice Bell Lebohang Teboho Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy Mode Control with a Diode-pumped Solid-State Digital Laser (Science) Brassel Byron Perry Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy Dynamics of Radiating Stars in the Strong Gravity Regime and Computer Science (Science) Chamane Sindiso Charlotte Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy The Effect of High-Density, Short-Duration Stocking on Soil (Science) Properties and Vegetation Composition in a South African Mesic Grassland Chemura Abel Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Modelling Spatial Variablity of Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) Crop Environmental Sciences (Science) Condition with Multispectral Remote Sensing Data
58 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 DOCTORAL GRADUATES continued... College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL QUALIFICATION THESIS TITLE Cherono Kipchumba Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Development and Optimisation of an Integrated Post-Harvest (Engineering) Management System for the Handling and Storage of Fresh Tomatoes in South African Supply Chains Chibarabada Tendai Polite Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Water Use and Nutritional Water Productivity of Selected Major and Environmental Sciences (Science) Underutilised Grain Legumes Chikuvire Tichaedza John Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Nutrient Recovery from Wastewater in Intensive Agricultural Environmental Sciences (Science) Systems by Duckweed and the Value of the Biomass as an Organic Fertiliser Chiliza Thamsanqa Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Selection and Identification of Novel Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Emmanuel (Science) Phage-Displayed Biomarkers by Immunoscreening Against Patients Erum Samples Chilundo Abel Goncalo Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Piloting Control and Prevention Options for Pig Diseases in a Rural- (Science) Set-Up with Emphasis on Taenia Solium/Cysticercosis (TSC), African Swine Fever and Parasitic Diseases Chipfupa Unity Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Entrepreneurial Development Pathways for Smallholder Irrigation Environmental Sciences (Science) Farming in KwaZulu-Natal: Typologies, Aspirations and Preferences Chuma Teresa Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Economic Analysis of Determinants of Grain Storage Practices and Environmental Sciences (Science) Implications on Storage Losses and Household Food Security in Makoni and Shamva Districts in Zimbabwe Daniels Aliscia Nicole Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Functionalised Gold Nanoparticle Delivery for c-MYC siRNA in (Science) Cancer Gene Therapy Danso-Abbeam Gideon Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Agrochemical Management Practices, Meta-Technical Efficiency Environmental Sciences (Science) and Household Welfare: Evidence from Ghana's Cocoa Industry Derese Solomon Assefa Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Breeding Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] for Drought Environmental Sciences (Science) Tolerance and Medium-Maturity Diu Elisabeth Salala Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy The Synthesis, Structural and Thermodynamic Studies of New Afonso (Science) Tridentate Ligands with an Oxime-Amide/Thiol/Thioether Binding Centre and their Platinum(II) and Copper(II) Complexes Dladla Vezekile Princess Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry Study of (Engineering) Chromophores in Dissolving Wood Pulp. Dlamini Mbuyazwe Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Towards Reducing Sugarcane Productivity Gap Between Large- Michael Environmental Sciences (Science) Scale and Smallholder Farmers: Influence of ICT Among Sugarcane Growers in Swaziland Dlamini Sanele Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy The Control, Manipulation and Detection of Surface Plasmons and Goodenough (Science) Cold Atoms Ebhota Virginia Chika Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Modelling of Propagation Path Loss using Adaptive Hybrid Neural (Engineering) Network Approach for Outdoor Environments Ebhuoma Osadolor Obiahon Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Climatic, Environmental and Socioeconomic Factors for Malaria Environmental Sciences (Science) Transmission Modelling in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Egli Daniella Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Native Range Studies on Insect Herbivores Associated with (Science) Fireweed (Senecio madagascariensis) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with Prospects for Biological Control in Invaded Countries Elephant Dimpo Elvis Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Potassium Reserves and Fixation Capacity in Soils of the South Environmental Sciences (Science) African Sugar Industry and Potential for their Inclusion in Soil Testing and Fertilizer Recommendations Eyssen Lauren Elizabeth- Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Molecular Characterisation of Metacaspase 5 and the Production Ann (Science) of Oligopeptidase B-Specific Single Chain Variable Fragment Antibodies for Potential Animal African Trypanosomosis Chemotherapies and Diagnostics Fang Ji Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Study on Fusarium Toxins Contamination of cereal grains in Jiangsu (Science) Province, China Fomum Sylvester Werekeh Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Plant-Plant Combination: An Important Option in the Phase of Environmental Sciences (Science) Failing Anthelmintics to Control Nematodes in Small Ruminants
59 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 continued... College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL QUALIFICATION THESIS TITLE Fowdar Kajal Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Expression of Monocyte Heat Shock Protein 70 (HSP70) During (Science) Malaria Fever in the Presence of Antimalarial, Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and ß-Haematin Ghuman Shanaz Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy The Use of Traditional Medicinal Plants for Treating Dermatological (Science) Diseases and Wound Healing in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa DOCTORAL GRADUATES DOCTORAL Girsil Tigist Shiferaw Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Genetic Studies of Host Plant Resistance to Mexican Been Weevil Environmental Sciences (Science) (Zabrotes subfasciatus Boheman) in Ethiopian Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Germplasm Gokool Shaeden Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Evaluating the Potential of Using Satellite Earth Observation Data Environmental Sciences (Science) to Quantify the Contribution of Riparian Total Evaporation to Streamflow Transmission Losses Gordon Douglas Hamilton Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy An Evaluation of the Fertiliser Requirements of Chicory (Cichorium Environmental Sciences (Science) intybus var. sativum) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Goss Maria Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Efficacy of Moringa oleifera extracts as Bio Pesticides on Vegetables Environmental Sciences (Science) Govender Kruschen Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Circular Economy Design Visioning: Exploring Industrial and Urban Deenadayalan (Engineering) Symbiosis in South African Cities Govender Poobalan Troy Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Climate Change Learning in an Electricity Utility: Distribution Environmental Sciences (Science) Division Case Study, Eskom, South Africa Govender Paulene Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy Cluster Analysis for Classification and Forecasting of Solar Irradiance (Science) in Durban, South Africa Govender Hogantharanni Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy Synthesis and Biological Activity of Quinoline Derivatives (Science) Gumbi Bhekumuzi Prince Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy Detection and Quantification of Emerging Contaminants in (Science) Mngeni River and Msunduzi River by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Hanyani Benjamine Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Effectiveness of Innovation Platforms in Enhancing Technology Mlambo Tapuwa Environmental Sciences (Science) Adoption, Productivity and Viability: The Case of Smallholder Dairying in Rusitu and Gokwe, Zimbabwe Heilgendorff Heiko Martin Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy The C-Band All Sky Survey: Commissioning and Data Analysis and Computer Science (Science)
Hicks Nigel Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Basin-Scale Assessment of the Potential CO2 Storage Capacity of the Environmental Sciences (Science) Offshore Durban Basin, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Hlahla Sithabile Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Climate Change Responses in Urban Low-Income Groups, Environmental Sciences (Science) Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Huang Chun-Kai Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy Special Topics in Probabilistic Exchangeability and its Applications and Computer Science (Science) Hughes Catherine Jane Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Degradation of Ecological Infrastructure and its Rehabilitation for Environmental Sciences (Science) Improved Water Security Ibijola Stephen Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Influence of Rainfall on Service Delivery at Multilane Roundabouts Olukayode (Engineering) and its Time Headway Implications Iruansi Usiholo Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Power-line Insulator Defect Detection and Classification (Engineering) Ismail Muhammed Bilaal Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy Novel Rhenium(I) and Oxorhenium(V) Complexes with (Science) Multidentate Schiff Base Chelates Incorporating Biologically Relevant Moieties Jacobs Francois Jakob Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy The Conservation Ecology of the African Tigerfish Hydrocynus (Science) vittatus in the Kavango River, Namibia Jansen van Willem Sternberg Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Agro-Morphological Characterisation of Local Taro (Colocasia Rensburg Environmental Sciences (Science) esculenta (L.)) Schott Germplasm in South Africa: Towards Breeding an Orphan Crop Jones Salome Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Ciliate-zooplankton Epibiosis in Lake St Lucia (Science)
60 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 DOCTORAL GRADUATES continued... College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL QUALIFICATION THESIS TITLE Jordan Lara Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy 'Bridging the Gap' for the South African Wattled Crane (Bugeranus (Science) carunculatus); Population Health and Biology as it Relates to Captivity and Release Kagimbo Filson Mbezi Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Enhancement of Sweetpotato Weevil (Cyclas spp.) Resistance and Environmental Sciences (Science) Dry Mass Content of Sweetpotato Germplasm in Western Zone of Tanzania Kakeeto Ronald Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Development of Drought Tolerance Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea Environmental Sciences (Science) L.) Genotypes with Better Agronomic and Seed Physical Quality Traits in Uganda Kannigadu Christina Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy Synthesis, Characterisation and Antibacterial Activity of Curcumin (Science) and Curcumin-like Derivatives Kaoneka Selemani Rashid Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Agronomic and Quantitative Trait Loci Analyses of Yield and Yield- Environmental Sciences (Science) Related Traits in Pigeonpea Karavina Charles Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Prevalence, Identification and Characterisation of Tospoviruses Environmental Sciences (Science) Occuring in Zimbabwe Kasie Fentahun Moges Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Development of a Decision Support System for Decision-Based (Engineering) Part/Fixture Assignment and Fixture Flow Control Khanyile Mbongeni Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Fatty Acid Profile of Pork from Pigs Fed on Vachellia tortilis Leaf- Environmental Sciences (Science) Meal Based Diets Kileba Matondo Didier Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy New Families of Exact Solutions for Compact Stars and Computer Science (Science) Legesse Ayele Nigussie Engineering Doctor of Philosophy PMSG-Based Wind Power Integration – Modelling and Analysis (Engineering) of Impacts on the Dynamic Performances of a Power System and Mitigation under Stochastic Wind Disturbances Longwap Silas Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy One Some Riemannian Submersions and Affine Szabo Manifolds and Computer Science (Science) Madonsela Sabelo Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Exploring the Relationship Between Tree Diversity and Spectral Environmental Sciences (Science) Reflectance: A Case of the Savannah Woodland Belt Mafongoya Owen Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy The Role of Indigenenous Knowledge Systems in Seasonal Environmental Sciences (Science) Prediction and Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability Amongst Smallholder Farmers in Bikita, Zimbabwe Maiyo Fiona Chepkoech Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Functionalised Selenium Nanoparticles: Potential in Targeted (Science) Cancer Gene Delivery Makhathini- Aneliswa Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Effects of Antifungal Treatments on Some Recalcitrant Seeds Zincume Phumzile (Science) Maloko- Ange Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy On the Geometry of Locally Conformal Almost Cosymplectic Mavambou and Computer Science (Science) Manifolds and 2-Order Lagrange Spaces Mangena Precious Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Genetic Diversity Assessment and Evaluation of the Concentration Environmental Sciences (Science) and Stage of Application of a Male Gametocide for Hybrid Development in Sweet Stem Sorghum for Bioethanol Production Manjonjo Addial Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy Conformal Symmetry and Applications to Spherically Symmetric Mackingtosh and Computer Science (Science) Spacetimes Masondo Nqobile Andile Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy The Role of Biostimulants on the Physiology, Nutrition, (Science) Phytochemistry and Endogenous Phytohormones Content in Ceratotheca triloba Under Abiotic Stress Conditions Mbatha Londiwe Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Functionalised Gold Nanoparticles (AuNPs) as a Scaffold for Simphiwe (Science) Delivery of Nucleic Acids (DNA, mRNA, siRNA): Physicochemical Characterisation and Efficiency of Cell Transfection Mhlanga Mlamuleli Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Aspects of the Ecology of Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) in (Science) Relation to Prey Availability, Land Use Changes and Conflict with Humans in Western Zimbabwe Mkhathini Khangelani Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Effect of Maturity and Postharvest Handling of Prunus Maxwell (Science) Persica ‘Landrace' Produced in KwaZulu-Natal: Case Study of Physicochemical Properties, Tunnel Solar Drying and Quality of Processed Products
61 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 continued... College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL QUALIFICATION THESIS TITLE Mlaba Sphakamiso Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy Charged Fluid Spheres in Einstein and Modified Gravity Theory. Mbuso and Computer Science (Science) Mncube Siyabonga Gift Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy Exploration of Triazolylidene Metal Complexes of Fe, Ni and Cu: (Science) Synthesis, Characterisation and Applications in Oxidation Catalysis
DOCTORAL GRADUATES DOCTORAL Mohamed Mohamed Baha Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Biological Control of Three Grain Storage Pests Maize Weevil, Saeed Eldeen Eltayeb Environmental Sciences (Science) Sitophilus zeamais (Motschulsky), Almond Moth, Ephestia cautella Elhadi (Walker), Cigarette Beetle, Lasioderma serricone (Fabricius), using Novel Strains of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin in Powder Formulation Mohanlal Rakesh Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy Group Invariant Radiating Models and Computer Science (Science) Mombeshora Edwin Tonderai Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy Synthesis and Functionality of Boron- Nitrogen- and Oxygen-doped (Science) Shaped Carbon-based Nanomaterials and Titania Nanocomposites in Electrochemical Capacitors Momin Hajra Mehbub Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy A Machine Learning Approach to Facial-based Ethnicity and Computer Science (Science) Classification Monyei Chukwuka Gideon Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy Modelling of Artificial Intelligence Based Demand Side and Computer Science (Science) Management Techniques for Mitigating Energy Poverty in Smart Grids Moodley Preshanthan Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Strategies for Enhancing Sugar Recovery from Sugarcane Leaf (Science) Waste and Kinetic Modelling for Bioethanol Production Using Saccharomyces cerevisiae BY4743 Moodley Vashen Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy Production of Nanocellulose and Its Catalytic and Microbial (Science) Application Mpungose Philani Perfect Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy Heterogeneous and Ligand -Free C-C Cross Coupling Mediated by (Science) Pd/Ce based Solid-Solution Oxides Mrema Emmanuel Justine Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Integrated Striga Management in Sorghum through Resistance Environmental Sciences (Science) Breeding and Biocontrol in the Semi-arid Regions of Tanzania Mthimkhulu Sandile Siphesihle Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Long-term Fertilizer and Sugarcane Residue Management Effects Environmental Sciences (Science) on Structural Stability of Two Soil Types in South Africa Mugwedi Lutendo Faith Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Restoration of a Degraded Subtropical Forest for Climate Change Environmental Sciences (Science) Mitigation and Adaptation in the City of Durban, South Africa Mulima Eduardo Pinto Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Genetic Diversity of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) Environmental Sciences (Science) Germplasm and Hybrid Potential under Contrasting Environments in Mozambique Munzeiwa Wisdom Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy Catalytic Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclic Esters to (Science) Biodegradable Polyesters Using N,N`- and N,O-Ligand Supported Cu(II), Mg(II) and Zn(II) Complexes Muromo Francis Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy The Transformation of Mkwasine Sugar Estate after Land Reform Environmental Sciences (Science) Musekiwa Alfred Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies with Multiple Effect Sizes and Computer Science (Science) Mushore Terence Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Linking Thermal Variability and Change to Urban Growth in Harare Darlington Environmental Sciences (Science) Metropolitan City using Remotely Sensed Data Muzah Onismo Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy A Synthesis of Rural Livelihood Approaches in Analysing Household Environmental Sciences (Science) Poverty, Food Security and Resilience: A Case Study of Rushinga Rural District in Zimbabwe Naidoo Nicol Engineering Doctor of Philosophy A Distributed Framework for the Control and Cooperation of (Engineering) Heterogeneous Mobile Robots in Smart Factories Naidoo Nigel Reece Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Enhanced Performance and Efficiency Schemes for Generalised (Engineering) Spatial Modulation Naidoo Trishan Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Microplastic Concentrations on the Urban Coastline of KwaZulu– (Science) Natal, South Africa, and its Impact on Juvenile Fish
62 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 DOCTORAL GRADUATES continued... College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL QUALIFICATION THESIS TITLE Naidu Nolene Ferrari Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy The Role of Initial Conditions on Dissipative Gravitational Collapse and Computer Science (Science) Namugga Prossy Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Development of High Yielding and Early Maturing Potato (Solanum Environmental Sciences (Science) tuberosum L.) Genotypes with Resistance to Phytophthora infestans in Uganda Namugize Jean Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Effects of Land Use and Land Cover Changes on Water Quality of Nepomuscene Environmental Sciences (Science) the Upper uMngeni River, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa Nasejje Justine Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy Random Survival Forests: An Alternative Method in Analysing Time- and Computer Science (Science) to-Event Data with Application Ncipha Gerald Xolile Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy Study on Atmospheric CO2 Distribution over South Africa and (Science) Southwest Indian Ocean Island Using Satellite Measurements Ncobela Cyprial Ndumiso Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Response in Growth Performance, Blood Metabolites, Nutrient Environmental Sciences (Science) Digestibility, Digesta Characteristics and Carcass Characteristics of Windsnyer Pigs Fed Increasing Levels of Potato Hash Silage Ndlovu Sphumelele Colin Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Development of an Integrated Model and System to Enable (Engineering) Optimal Efficiency of the HartRAO LLR Signal Path Ndwandwe Ngwanamoelo Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Sensory Quality of Provitamin A Biofortified Maize Based Foods and Kate Environmental Sciences (Science) the Effect of Provitamin A Biofortified Maize Awareness Campaign on their Acceptance in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Nhlabathi Sibonakaliso Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Motivations to Engage in Dark Tourism: The Case of Selected Sites Shadrack Environmental Sciences (Science) in South Africa Nkomo S'phumelele Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Assessing the Condition of Unpaved Rural Road Networks and the Lucky Environmental Sciences (Science) Associated Impacts on the Livelihood of Rural Communities: A Case Study of Four Rural Communities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Ntila Sithandiwe Linda Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy The Potential of Moringa oleifera (Lam.) Leaves for Use in Environmental Sciences (Science) Complementary Foods to Combat Child Food and Nutrition Insecurity Among South African Rural and Peri-Urban Communities Nundkumar Nirasha Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy A Comparative Investigation of Transgene Expression and Gene (Science) Silencing of Non-functionalised Layered Double Hydroxides versus Amino-acid Functionalised Hydrotalcites Nyombe Maurice Mogga Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Genetic Improvement of Grain Yield and Quality in Rice (Oryza Lado Environmental Sciences (Science) sativa L.) in South Sudan Obih Uchenna Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Revealed Preference Analysis of Consumers' Switching Behaviour Environmental Sciences (Science) towards Rice Brands in Nigeria Ocwelwang Atsile Rosy Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Laser and Ultrasound Radiation Pretreatment of Cellulose in (Engineering) Dissolving Wood Pulp Odeyemi Kehinde Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Mitigation Techniques through Spatial Diversity Combining and Oluwasesan (Engineering) Relay-Assisted Technology in a Turbulence Impaired and Misaligned Free Space Optical Channel Odjadjare Ejovwokoghene Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Isolation and Evaluation of Autochthonous Microalgae Strains for Collins (Science) Biodiesel Production and Wastewater Treatment Ofori Isaac Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy Chlorine Dioxide and Ozone Facilitated Disinfection of Selected (Science) Bacteria in Aqueous Systems Ogunboyo Taiwo Patrick Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Power Quality Enhancement in Secondary Electric Power (Engineering) Distribution Networks Using Dynamic Voltage Restorer Ogunlaja Olumuyiwa Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy Phytochemical, Elemental and Biological Studies of Three Ficus Olufisayo (Science) Species (Moraceae) Found in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Ogunsakin Ropo Ebenezer Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy Bayesian Generalised Linear Mixed Modeling of Breast Cancer Data and Computer Science (Science) in Nigeria Ojo Evans Eshiemogie Engineering Doctor of Philosophy The Finite Element Analysis of the Self-Damping Properties of (Engineering) Overhead Transmission Line Conductors Subjected to Lalind Induced Oscillations Okeke Chibueze Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy Contribution to Iterative Algorithms for Certain Optimisation Christian and Computer Science (Science) Problems and Fixed Point Problems in Banach Spaces
63 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 continued... College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL QUALIFICATION THESIS TITLE Okposo Newton Ighomaro Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy Well-posednes, Finite time blow-up Bounds and Controllability of and Computer Science (Science) Chemotaxis Models Olarewaju Olaoluwa Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Effect of Canopy Position and Non-Destructive Determination of Omoniyi Environmental Sciences (Science) Rind Biochemical Properties of Citrus Fruit during Postharvest Non- Chilling Cold Storage DOCTORAL GRADUATES DOCTORAL Olowe Kayode Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Development of a Mathematical Model Considering Nutrients Oluwafemi (Engineering) Kinetics for Assessing Umgeni River Water Quality Oluwole Ayodele Sunday Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Analysis and Design of Smart Antenna Arrays (SAAs) for Improved (Engineering) Directivity at GHz Range for Wireless Communication Systems Omolo Nancy Akinyi Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Gender Adaptive Capacity to Climate Variability and Change in Environmental Sciences (Science) Pastoral Communities: Case Study of Turkana in North-Western Kenya Oseni Saheed Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy Investigation on the Performance of Thin Film Organic Solar Olanrewaju (Science) Cells: The Role of Device Structure, Additives and Metallic Nanocomposites Oyelakin Ibukun Sarah Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy A Numerical Study of Heat and Mass Transfer in Newtonian and and Computer Science (Science) Viscoelastic Fluids Paraffin Annah Shingirai Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Influence of Physical State of Farm Housing and Processing Environmental Sciences (Science) Facilities on Quality and Safety of Dairy Milk Products Patterson Lindsay Leigh Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Urban Ecology of the Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus in (Science) KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Pedada Jhansi Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy Synthesis, Characterisation and Reactivity of Metal Modified (Science) Heteropolyacid Catalysts for Organic Transformation Reactions Phophi Mutondwa Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Emerging and New Pests under Climate in Limpopo Province, Masindi Environmental Sciences (Science) South Africa Pillay Tiffany Prileeni Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Understanding the Effects of Changing Climate and Land Use on (Science) Woody Plant Ecology in South African Grasslands and Savannas Pillay Leanne Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterisation of Escherichia coli (Science) Isolates Recovered from Treated Wastewater Effluent and Receiving Aquatic milieu in Durban, South Africa Pillay Sharmini Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy The Development of a Low-cost, Handheld Quantum Key (Science) Distribution Device Qwabe Fikile Nozipho Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Consumer Acceptability, Adaptability and Genetic Analysis of Pricilla Environmental Sciences (Science) Orange Pro-Vitamin A Maize Hybrids in KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa Rabba Zeinu Ahmed Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Flood Estimation in Developing Countries with Case Studies in (Engineering) Ethiopia Ragalo Anisa Waganda Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy Evolving Dynamic Fitness Measures for Genetic Programming and Computer Science (Science) Ramnath Lucretia Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Heterologous Expression and Application of Lipolytic Enzymes for (Science) Mitigation of Lipophilic Compounds in Eucalyptus Species Ramsuroop Suresh Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Predictive Solvent and Anti-Solvent Selection Method for (Engineering) Pharmaceutical and Biological Products and Intermediates Rubhara Theresa Tendai Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Impact of Cash Cropping on Smallholder Farming Households' Environmental Sciences (Science) Food Security in Shamva District, Zimbabwe Sabi Stellah Chewe Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Development of a Framework for Managing Food Security Environmental Sciences (Science) Programme: An Analysis of Food Security and Food Security Interventions at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Samuel Zerihun Asmelash Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Technological Viability of Coffee Husk Ash, Soil Rich in Kaolinite- (Engineering) Firrinatrite and Kaolinitegeothite for the Adsorptive Removal of Heavy Metal from Industrial Wastewater Scott-Shaw Bruce Charles Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Water-Use Dynamics of Alien Plant Invaded Riparian Forests in Environmental Sciences (Science) South Africa
64 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 DOCTORAL GRADUATES continued... College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL QUALIFICATION THESIS TITLE Seuneu Milaine Sergine Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy Delayed Stability Switches in Singularly Perturbed Models Tchamga and Computer Science (Science) Sewpersad Shirveen Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy Synthesis, Characterisation and Antibacterial Activity of New (Science) Quinoline and Quinoxaline Hybrid Molecules Shabat Abuobayda Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Improvements of Local Directional Pattern for Texture Classification Mohammed Mosa (Engineering) Shoko Cletah Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Discrimination and Biomass Estimation of Co-existing C3 and C4 Environmental Sciences (Science) Grass Functional Types over Space and Time: A View from Space Shumbusha Damien Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Breeding Dual-Purpose Sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.] Environmental Sciences (Science) Varieties in Rwanda Sibandze Dan Behlule Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy Scalar Perturbations of Schwarzschild Black holes in Modified and Computer Science (Science) Gravity Singh Sohana Pradeep Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Molecular Phylogeny and Seascape Genetics of the Panulirus (Science) Homarus Subspecies in the Western Indian Ocean Singh Karishma Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Structure, Biology and Chemistry of Plumbago Auriculata (Science) (Plumbaginaceae) Sithole Nkanyiso Justice Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Conservation Agriculture and its Impact on Soil Quality and Maize Environmental Sciences (Science) Yield: A South African Perspective Soobramoney Lynette Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy Synthesis and Applications of S and N Donor Ligands of Iron Group (Science) Metals for Paraffin Activation Ssekajja Samuel Mathematics, Statistics Doctor of Philosophy Some Investigations on Null Geometry and its Applications and Computer Science (Science) Strydom Sheldon Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Wildfires and Associated Phenomena in a Changing Climate Environmental Sciences (Science) Sukai Yeshona Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Alkalic Salt-based Pretreatment Strategies for Enhancing (Science) Sugar Recovery from Corn Cobs and Process Development for Simultaneous Saccharification and Bioethanol Production Taylor Kerryn Marilyn Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Epigenetic Silencing of the Glucocorticoid Receptor: Exploring a (Science) Potential Role in Small Cell Lung Cancer Tumourigenesis Tefera Getahun Aklilu Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Design and Testing of Composite Materials for Modelling Wind (Engineering) Turbine Blade Structures in Tropical Regions. Theron Thomas John Chemistry and Physics Doctor of Philosophy The Synthesis, Structural and Thermodynamic Studies in Solution (Science) of New mono-Chelate Cyanoxime-Amide-Amine and bis-Chelate Cyanoxime-Amide Ligands and their Copper (II) Complexes Tolesa Getachew Neme Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Modelling of Micro-Environment Inside Evaporatively and Coolbot (Engineering) Cooled Stores Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Models and Changes in Quality of Stored Tomatoes Tongwane Mphethe Isaac Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Variability of Radiation Balance in Sloped Terrains and its Impact on Environmental Sciences (Science) Microclimatic Characteristics of Field Crops Ukoba Kingsley Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Fabrication and Characterisation of Metal Oxide Nanostructured Ogheneovo (Engineering) Thin Film For Photovoltaic Application Vambe McMaster Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Pharmacological and Phytochemical Evaluation of Seven Plants (Science) used for Microbial-Related Ailments in South African Traditional Medicine Venkataraman Sangeetha Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Long-term and Climatological Studies on Sulphur Dioxide (SO₂) Environmental Sciences (Science) using Ground-Based and Space-Borne Measurements over South Africa Vezi Madonna Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Use of Invertebrates to Evaluate the Threat of Water Resource Sduduzo (Science) Use on the Wellbeing of Selected River Dominated Estuaries in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Wang Guangfei Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Suppression of Phytophthora Blight of Pepper by Biochar (Science) Amendment Associates to Improved Soil Microbial Properties
65 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 continued... College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL QUALIFICATION THESIS TITLE Wu Yuzi Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Determination of the Relationship Between Virulence and PCR- (Science) Based Genotype of Chinese Mycoplasma Hyopneumoniae Strains and the Application of PCR Techniques for Standardised Detection and Diagnosis Yao Shu Life Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Genetic Effects of Ssiia and Ssiiia Loci on Eating and Cooking Quality DOCTORAL GRADUATES DOCTORAL (Science) of Japonica Rice With Wx-Mq Background Yimer Tamrat Tesfaye Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Valorisation of Waste Chicken Feathers: Production of High-Value (Engineering) Materials Yu Yingliang Agricultural, Earth and Doctor of Philosophy Effects of Biochar Addition on Soil Nitrogen Retention and Environmental Sciences (Science) Vegetable Uptake in Intensive Production Systems, China Zedda Valentina Engineering Doctor of Philosophy The Applicability of C and D Waste Material in South African Road (Engineering) Construction Zondi Mthobisi Clyde Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Optimisation of Welding Parameters to Mitigate the Effect of (Engineering) Residual Stress on the Fatigue Life of Nozzle-shell Welded Joints in Cylindrical Pressure Vessel Zorgani Abdulmutaleb Engineering Doctor of Philosophy Assessment of Activated and Non-Activated Natural Iron-Minerals- Esseid (Engineering) Bearing Sand for the Treatment of Nitrate from Simulated Wastewater in the Presence and Absence of Competing Ions
College of Health Sciences SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL QUALIFICATION THESIS TITLE Abdelmonaim Shimaa Amin Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Synthesis of Cyclic Antimicrobial Peptides Morsy Mohamed Hany (Health Sciences) Aboh Irene Korkoi Nursing and Public Doctor of Philosophy Development of a Model for the Care of the Aged in the Cape Health (Nursing) Coast Metropolitan Area, Ghana Agrawal Nikhil Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy The Binding of Alzheimer’s Amyloid Βeta Peptides with a (Health Sciences) Candidate Drug Molecule, 12-Crown-4, and a Biological Membrane: Insight from Molecular Dynamics Simulations Ahmed Shimaa Mohamed Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Molecular Modelling Approaches for the Design and (Health Sciences) Understanding of Structural Features of Novel Materials and Nano-Based Drug Delivery Systems to Address the Challenges in Antibacterial Therapy Ajonijebu Duyilemi Chris Laboratory Medicine Doctor of Philosophy Characterising Epigenetic Alterations following Cocaine and Medical Sciences (Health Sciences) Consumption Akilimali Ngomu Laboratory Medicine Doctor of Philosophy Interleukin 7-Interleukin 7 Receptor (Il-7/Il-7R) Signalling, and Medical Sciences (Medicine) Immune Activation and Pathogen-Specific Responses in the Immunopathogenesis of C-Iris Anderson Samantha Mary Laboratory Medicine Doctor of Philosophy The Investigation of Stress-Responses in Pregnant Women and Medical Sciences (Health Sciences) Exposed to Ambient Air Pollution in Durban, South Africa Arodola Olayide Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy The Dual Role of Cathepsin D in the Treatment of Breast Cancer Adebimpe (Health Sciences) and HIV Neuropathogenesis Ayanikalath Narayanan Sona Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Investigation of the Effectiveness of an Ecologically Valid (Health Sciences) Telerehabilitation System for the Assessment and Primary Management of Neurogenic Dysphagia in a Resource Constrained Country Baiyegunhi Omolara Olujimi Laboratory Medicine Doctor of Philosophy T Follicular Helper Cell Dynamics During Acute Hiv-1 Subtype C and Medical Sciences (Medicine) Infection and Relevance for T-Helper Cell-Dependent Responses Balami Cherinet Hailu Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Causal Attribution of Elite Athletes on their Performance: The Case (Health Sciences) of Ethiopian Long and Middle Distance Runners Baloyi Olivia Baorapetse Nursing and Public Doctor of Philosophy Developing Clinical Reasoning Skills in Undergraduate Midwifery Health (Nursing) Students at a Selected University in South Africa: A Grounded Theory Inquiry
66 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 DOCTORAL GRADUATES continued... College of Health Sciences SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL QUALIFICATION THESIS TITLE Bishop David Gray Clinical Medicine Doctor of Philosophy The Prediction and Pragmatic Management of Obstetric Spinal (Medicine) Hypotension in a Resource-Constrained Environment Chan Ving Fai Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Development of an Assessment Instrument to Measure (Health Sciences) Disability Related Distress in Primary School Learners with Vision Impairment Due to Uncorrected Refractive Errors in Rural Areas of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa Cherukupalli Srinivasulu Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Design, Synthesis and Pharmacological Evaluation of Novel Fused (Health Sciences) Pyrimidine Analogues as Anti-cancer Agents Chetty Terusha Nursing and Public Doctor of Philosophy HIV Acquisition, Pregnancy Outcomes, and Viral Response to Anti- Health (Medicine) retrovirals During Pregnancy in Rural South Africa Chisango Tawanda Laboratory Medicine Doctor of Philosophy Investigating Schistosomiasis Markers of Inflammation and Jonathan and Medical Sciences (Medicine) Immune Responses in Individuals on Repeated Mass Drug Administration Chiya Wilbroda Hlolisile Nursing and Public Doctor of Philosophy A Case Study Analysis to Support Prevention of Mother to Child Health (Nursing) Transmission of HIV Programme Implementation during Rapid Changes to Policy and Guidelines, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Dassaye Reshmi Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Gene and Protein Expression Profiles of Transcription Factors, Glucose (Health Sciences) Sensing Genes and Insulin Signalling Factors in Diabetic Rats De Welzen Lynne Laboratory Medicine Doctor of Philosophy Understanding Mechanisms of Drug Resistance of Mycobacterium and Medical Sciences (Medicine) Tuberculosis at the Transcriptional Level Dheda Mukesh Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Meeting SA Pharmacovigilance Challenges in the Face of Rapidly (Health Sciences) Increasing Public Health Treatment Programmes Founou Luria Leslie Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Molecular Epidemiology of Livestock-associated Methicillin (Health Sciences) Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Extended-spectrum Beta- Lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Pigs and Exposed Workers in Cameroon and South Africa Founou Zangue Raspail Carrel Laboratory Medicine Doctor of Philosophy Molecular Epidemiology of Antibiotic Resistant Eskape Pathogens and Medical Sciences (Medicine) Isolated from Public Sector Hospitals in Umgungundlovu District, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa Gebreegziabher Eyasu Merhatsidk Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Anthropometric Profile and Physical Performances of Youth Football (Health Sciences) Players in the Ethiopian Football Talent Identification Programme Gebru Leyekun Tadesse Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Anthropometric and Physical Fitness Characteristics of Ethiopian (Health Sciences) Boys Under-17 Football Players Govender Selverani Nursing and Public Doctor of Philosophy An Analysis of the Implementation of the Compulsory Community Health (Nursing) Service Policy for Nurses in KwaZulu-Natal Govender Samantha Nursing and Public Doctor of Philosophy The Provision of Audiological Services within the School Context Marlanie Health (Medicine) through Automated Audiometry and Telehealth Services Ishak Fathima Nuzha Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy An Exploratory Study of the Efficiency of Swallowing and (Health Sciences) Communication Management in Tracheostomised Populations in Sri Lanka Jacobs Choolwe Nkwemu Nursing and Public Doctor of Philosophy Utilisation of Maternal and Neonatal Health Services in the Health (Medicine) Poorest, Most Rural and Remote Populations of Zambia January James Clinical Medicine Doctor of Philosophy Postnatal Depression among Women Attending Postnatal Services (Medicine) in Two Rural Districts of Chipinge and Mutasa, Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe Joseph-Shehu Elizabeth Musili Nursing and Public Doctor of Philosophy Developing an Integrated Technology-Moderated Institutional Health (Nursing) Health Promotion Model for University Staff in Nigeria Kabuyaya Muhubiri Nursing and Public Doctor of Philosophy Schistosomiasis Infection Rates and Related Risk Factors among Health (Medicine) School-Going Children after Treatment with Praziquantel in Jozini Municipality in Umkhanyakude District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Kassa Melkamu Dugassa Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Health Information and Physical Exercise for Non-communicable (Health Sciences) Diseases Prevention in the Ethiopian Healthcare System Madala Nomandla Clinical Medicine Doctor of Philosophy Epidemiology of Chronic Kidney Disease in KwaZulu-Natal: Daphne (Medicine) Evaluation of Risk Factors, Complications and Diagnostic Methods
67 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 continued... College of Health Sciences SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL QUALIFICATION THESIS TITLE Mahomed Saajida Nursing and Public Doctor of Philosophy A Comparison of Private and Public Sector Intensive Care Units in Health (Medicine) South Africa: Infrastructure, Infection Control and Costs Makhathini Khayelihle Brian Laboratory Medicine Doctor of Philosophy A Study of the Impact of Stress on Tat Protein-Induced Effects in and Medical Sciences (Health Sciences) the Brains of Rats
DOCTORAL GRADUATES DOCTORAL Marais Debra Leigh Clinical Medicine Doctor of Philosophy Exploring Movement of Embodied, Enacted and Inscribed (Medicine) Knowledge Through Policy Consultation: A Case Study of a Mental Health Policy Consultation Process in South Africa Matsevych Oleh Yevhenovych Clinical Medicine Doctor of Philosophy The Complexities of Laparoscopy in Penetrating Trauma (Medicine) Matthews Margaret Glynnis Clinical Medicine Doctor of Philosophy Socially Responsive Communication as a Competency for South (Medicine) African Medical Students in the 21st Century Mazibuko Xolisile Innocentia Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Development and Validation of a Bilingual Language Battery for (Health Sciences) Language-Based Learning Disabilities Moodley Ilanavathe Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy An Exploration of Community-based Training Opportunities for (Health Sciences) Undergraduate Dental Therapy Students at a Tertiary Insitution in KwaZulu-Natal Mula Chimwemwe Nursing and Public Doctor of Philosophy Nurses’ Role in Antibiotic Stewardship: Understanding and Tusekile Health (Nursing) Developing Nurse-Focused Antibiotics Stewardship Interventions for Adult Medical Patients in Malawi Mulqueeny Delarise Maud Nursing and Public Doctor of Philosophy HIV-positive Patient’s Experiences of the Art Programme at ARV Health (Medicine) Clinics in Public Hospitals within the eThekwini District Naicker Meleshni Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Neuro-Immunological Investigation of Auto-Immune Thyroid (Health Sciences) Factors in Bipolar Disease Naicker Nikita Laboratory Medicine Doctor of Philosophy An Investigation of the Anti-Hyperglycaemic, Biochemical and and Medical Sciences (Health Sciences) Molecular Effects of 4-Hydroxyisoleucine and Fenugreek Seed Extract in Comparison to Metformin in Vitro and in Vivo Naidoo Kavitha Laboratory Medicine Doctor of Philosophy The Prevalence of Bacterial Vaginosis in KwaZulu-Natal and its and Medical Sciences (Medicine) Association with the Vaginal Immune Response and Shedding of HIV and HSV-2 Naidoo Kimesh Clinical Medicine Doctor of Philosophy An Exploration of the Learning Environment and Career (Medicine) Intentions. A Mixed Methods Study of Paediatric Interns in KwaZulu-Natal Naidoo Pragalathan Laboratory Medicine Doctor of Philosophy The Influence of Maternal Genetic and Microrna Variations and Medical Sciences (Health Sciences) and Nitrogen Oxide (Nox) Pollution Exposure in Adverse Birth Outcomes in Pregnant Women in the Mother and Child in the Environment (Mace) Birth Cohort in Durban, South Africa Nansook Prishani Laboratory Medicine Doctor of Philosophy Cytokine Gene Susceptibility to Air-Pollutant-Induced Inflammation and Medical Sciences (Health Sciences) and Hemoglobin Responses in a Birth Cohort in South Africa Ndagi Umar Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Insight into Cancer Targets and Ligand Binding Landscape Using (Health Sciences) Bioinformatics and Molecular Modeling Tools Ndiok Akon Emmanuel Nursing and Public Doctor of Philosophy Development of Model for Integration of Palliative Care of Cancer Health (Nursing) Patients Into Daily Clinical Practice of Nurses in Selected Hospitals in Nigeria Ndlovu Kwazi Celani Clinical Medicine Doctor of Philosophy The Effect of HIV Infection on the Management of Renal Failure Zwakele (Medicine) among Patients Undergoing Peritoneal Dialysis Ness Catherine Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Clavipectoral Fascia Release and its Impact on Incidence of Dieudonnee (Health Sciences) Lymphoedema and Quality of Life in Post-operative Breast Cancer Women in KZN Nhidza Agness Farai Laboratory Medicine Doctor of Philosophy Immunological Effects of Asymptomatic Vibrio Cholerae, and Medical Sciences (Medicine) Salmonella Enterica Serovar Typhi and Entamoeba Histolytica Enteric Pathogens during HIV Infection and Exposure Nundlall Rajeshree Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Occupational Risk and Disease in Dental Practice: Moodley (Health Sciences) Recommendations to Inform Dental Training in South Africa Nzuza Sanelisiwe Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy The Effects of Naringin on HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors Associated (Health Sciences) Metabolic Complications
68 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 DOCTORAL GRADUATES continued... College of Health Sciences SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL QUALIFICATION THESIS TITLE Ogedengbe Oluwatosin Laboratory Medicine Doctor of Philosophy Testicular Structure Following Interaction of Alcohol in Olalekan and Medical Sciences (Health Sciences) Antiretroviral Therapy: Role of Virgin Coconut Oil Extract in an Experimental Animal Model Onanuga Ismail Olasile Laboratory Medicine Doctor of Philosophy Morphological and Endocrine Perturbations in Male Diabetic and Medical Sciences (Health Sciences) Experimental Animals under Antiretroviral Therapy and the Role of Hypoxis Hemerocallidea Osman Raadhiya Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Lipodystrophy in HIV-Positive (Health Sciences) Patients on Anti-Retroviral Therapy Attending Addington Hospital Ovenseri Godwin Ogbomo Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Amplitude of Accommodation in a Nigerian Population Aged 6-60 (Health Sciences) Years Pillay Yashodani Laboratory Medicine Doctor of Philosophy Patulin-induced Toxicity in Vitro: Consequences of Altered Cellular and Medical Sciences (Health Sciences) Metabolism, Redox and Energy Status Raghubeer Shanel Laboratory Medicine Doctor of Philosophy A Biochemical Assessment of Ochratoxin a Stress Responses in and Medical Sciences (Health Sciences) Vitro, with Resveratrol as a Possible Therapeutic Intervention Ramharack Pritika Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy The in Silico Investigation of Pharmacological Targets of Zika Virus: (Health Sciences) Insights into the Structural Characteristics of the NS5 and NS3 Proteins from Atomistic Molecular Simulation Shumba Tonderai Nursing and Public Doctor of Philosophy A Monitoring and Evaluation Tool for Eliciting the Experiences of Washington Health (Medicine) Persons with Disabilities on the Community Based Rehabilitation Programme in Namibia Sibanda Edson Panganayi Laboratory Medicine Doctor of Philosophy Fungal Endophytes: Isolation, Identification and Assessment of and Medical Sciences (Health Sciences) Bioactive Potential of their Natural Products Singh Sanil Duleep Laboratory Medicine Doctor of Philosophy An Investigation into the Analytical, Cytotoxicity and and Medical Sciences (Health Sciences) Immunotoxicity of Mycotoxins Found in Commercially Available Pelleted Pet Foods in Durban, South Africa Singh Lavanya Laboratory Medicine Doctor of Philosophy Peptide-functionalised Gold Nanoparticles with Targeted Delivery and Medical Sciences (Medicine) for Potential HIV Integrase Inhibition Sojane Katlego Laboratory Medicine Doctor of Philosophy Genotypic and Phenotypic Characterisation of HIV-1 from and Medical Sciences (Medicine) Cerebrospinal Fluid and Blood Compartments in Patients with Cryptococcal Meningitis Somboro Anou Dit Moise Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Characterisation of Known and Emerging Metallo-Beta- (Health Sciences) Lactamase Inhibitors Active against Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Sukati Velibanti Nhlanhla Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Refractive Error and Visual Impairment in School Children in (Health Sciences) Swaziland Swain Karl Douglas Nursing and Public Doctor of Philosophy Neuropsychological and Biophysiological Correlates of Traumatic Health (Medicine) Stress Symptomatology in a South African Adolescent Community Sample Tariku Ashenafi Kefyalew Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy The Performance of Men’s Ethiopian Youth Football Player (Health Sciences) Development Project and its Impact on the Under-17 National Team Teklezgi Belin Gebrekidan Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Regional Brain Distribution and Localisation of Heroin and Opioid (Health Sciences) Addiction Treatment Drugs via Mass Spectrometry Tola Zeru Bekele Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Long Distance Running in Ethiopian Athletes: A Search for (Health Sciences) Optimal Altitude Training Yakasai Abdulsalam Health Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Progressive Resisted and Aerobic Exercises for the Rehabilitation Mohammed (Health Sciences) of Patients With HIV-Related Distal Symmetric Polyneuropathy and their Quality of Life Zulu Simo Siyanda Laboratory Medicine Doctor of Philosophy The Effects of Chronic Exposure to Antiretroviral Drugs on and Medical Sciences (Health Sciences) Β-Amyloid And Neuroinflammatory Markers in the Hippocampus and Prefrontal Cortex of Mice Zuma Thembelihle Nursing and Public Doctor of Philosophy Opportunity or Threat: The Role of the African Traditional Healing Hazel Health (Medicine) System in the Context of HIV/AIDS and Antiretroviral Therapy in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, A Qualitative Inquiry among Community Informants and Traditional Health Practitioners
69 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 College of Humanities SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL QUALIFICATION THESIS TITLE Aboderin Olukayode Education Doctor of Philosophy A Critical Analysis of the Effect of E-Learning on Academic Solomon (Education) Performance of Distance e-Learners in a Nigerian University Abogunloko Samuel Ismaila Education Doctor of Philosophy Exploring Religious Youths' Understanding about Voluntary Adeniyi (Education) Counselling and Testing (VCT) in the Context of HIV and AIDS
DOCTORAL GRADUATES DOCTORAL Adam Muhammad Arts Doctor of Philosophy Semantic Disparities and Discrepancies in Selected Translations of Sulieman Adam (Human Sciences) the Holy Qur'an into English Muhammad Adams-Ojugbele Rasheedah Education Doctor of Philosophy Refugee Children's Experiences in Grade R Programme and their Olufunke (Education) Readiness for Mainstream School: An Ethnographic Study Agamah Franca Unekwu Built Environment and Doctor of Philosophy City Morphology and Sustainable Development with Effective Development Studies (Human Sciences) Control Mechanisms: Case Study of Lagos Metropolis Anyanwu Chinekpebi Ngozi Education Doctor of Philosophy An Interrogation of the Representations of IGBO Value Systems in (Education) Selected Chinua Achebe's Literature Arek-Bawa Orhe Ovwairhe Education Doctor of Philosophy Cognitive Demand of Assessment activities in level-one Financial (Education) Accounting textbooks in selected African countries Bakare Oluwabunmi Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy The use of Social Media Technologies (SMTs) in the Provision of Dorcas (Human Sciences) Library and Information Services in Academic Libraries of South- West, Nigeria Bamgbose Olalekan Tosin Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Conflict and Conflict Management in the Southern African (Human Sciences) Development Community (SADC) Region since 1994: A Case Study of Responses Barnes Andri Education Doctor of Philosophy Teenage Boys' Constructions of Masculinities within a Single-sex (Education) Boarding House in Durban, South Africa Bekoe Daniel Norris Applied Human Science Doctor of Philosophy Media and Development: Investigating the Role of the Print Media (Human Sciences) in Agricultural Development and Poverty Reduction in Ghana Bhasikiti Kudakwashe Religion, Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy An Analysis of the Gutsaruzhinji Polity in Zimbabwe and Classics (Human Sciences) Blose Sibonelo Brilliant Education Doctor of Philosophy Leading from the Middle: Lived Experiences of Deputy Principals (Education) across school quintiles Buthelezi Nontobeko Applied Human Science Doctor of Philosophy Towards an Afrocentric Paradigm for Understanding Student Precious Angela (Human Sciences) Success in the College of Humanities at University of KwaZulu-Natal Chaminuka Michael Religion, Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy Humanitarian Military Interventions in Developing Countries and and Classics (Human Sciences) the Role of Self-interest: An Ethical Critique Chibango Vimbai Built Environment and Doctor of Philosophy Male Partner Involvement in the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Development Studies (Human Sciences) Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV: A Mixed Methods Study of Gokwe North District, Zimbabwe Chigova Greenwell Religion, Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy Policing African traditional Religion and Culture in the Methodist and Classics (Human Sciences) Church in Zimbabwe Chilembwe Maxwell Arts Doctor of Philosophy La Representation de l'hegemonie, le pouvoir et la migration dans les (Human Sciences) Romans Selectionnes d'Abdourahman A. Waberi, Nadifa Mohamed et Ken Bugul Chipeta George Theodore Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Knowledge Sharing Strategies in University Libraries In Malawi (Human Sciences) Cronje Matthew Applied Human Science Doctor of Philosophy A Comparative Analysis of Recidivism with Specific Reference to (Human Sciences) Crimino-victimogenic Variables, Offence Analysis and Programme Participation Dansoh William Asante Education Doctor of Philosophy The Provision of Library Research Support to Postgraduate Students: (Education) Perspectives of Key Stakeholders in a Tertiary Institution: A Case Study Darong Gabriel Gyang Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Experiences of People Living with HIV/AIDS in a Plural Health Care (Human Sciences) System: Probing Tensions and Complexities Davis Jason Stratton Education Doctor of Philosophy First-Year Economics Students' Learning Experience in a Gaming (Education) Intervention De Beer Christiaan Thomas Education Doctor of Philosophy An Autoethnographic Exploration of Creative Design Practice: Johannes (Education) towards Pedagogic Implications
70 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 DOCTORAL GRADUATES continued... College of Humanities SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL QUALIFICATION THESIS TITLE Dhemba Ishmael Education Doctor of Philosophy The Emotional Geographies of Learners with Visual Impairment: A (Education) Narrative Study of Three Mainstream Schools in Swaziland Dlamini Mfanasibili Education Doctor of Philosophy Exploring Formative Assessment Practices in Context-Based (Education) Science Curriculum in Swaziland: A Case of Form 2 Junior Secondary School Science Dlamini Siyanda Applied Human Science Doctor of Philosophy A Criminological Exploration of the Community Policing Forums (Human Sciences) in Durban, South Africa: A Study Based on Glenwood Suburbs and Cato Manor Township Dlamini Nosisi Percis Education Doctor of Philosophy Students' Experiences and Perceptions of English as a Medium of (Education) Learning and Teaching (MoLT): The Case of a University in Swaziland Drace John Miles Arts Doctor of Philosophy The Harmonic Perspective of Rhythm (Human Sciences) Dube Kudakwashe Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy The Global-Local Interface in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive (Human Sciences) Health and Rights: A Multi-Country Study on Challenges in Translating Guidelines into Policy and Action Eyaufe Omamomo Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Use of Electronic Information Resources among Doctoral Students Obaguono (Human Sciences) in the Social Sciences: A Comparative Study of University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa and Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Nigeria Flint Angela Joan Religion, Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy The portrayal of Christian heroism in the Psychomachia of and Classics (Human Sciences) Prudentius Fru Nkwenti Raymond Education Doctor of Philosophy A Comparative Analysis of Reunification Discourses in Cameroonian (Education) History Texbooks Gadzikwa Joanah Arts Doctor of Philosophy Beyond Homeland Crisis: Identity Negotiation of Black (Human Sciences) Zimbabwean Women Migrants in the South African Metropolis of Johannesburg Gammage Sonja Mary Religion, Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy Atticism in Achilles Tatius: An Examination of Linguistic Purism in and Classics (Human Sciences) Achilles Tatius' Leucippe and Clitophon Gouws Brenda Raie Education Doctor of Philosophy Investigating Holocaust Education through the Personal Stories of (Education) History Teachers Gumbi Phephani Arts Doctor of Philosophy Ubulungiswa Ekusetshenzisweni kolimi lokufunda Nokufundisa (Human Sciences) Ezikoleni zaseHarrismith: Ubani ozuzayo Gumede Hendry Sifiso Arts Doctor of Philosophy Discourse Analysis of Four Selected Zulu Literary Texts: A Feminist (Human Sciences) Approach Gumede Ntshekane Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Local Community Participation in Coastal Tourism: Experiences Goodness (Human Sciences) from Nonoti Beach in KwaZulu-Natal Gumedze Philemon Mfana Education Doctor of Philosophy The integration of Information and Communication Technology (Education) (ICT) in Schools in Swaziland: A Critical Analysis Gwara Joyline Religion, Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy Metaphysical Freedom and Determinism: An African Perspective and Classics (Human Sciences) Hiralaal Anita Education Doctor of Philosophy A Self-study of my Role Modelling as a Teacher Educator of (Education) Accounting Pedagogy Hlongwa Tholani Salvatoris Education Doctor of Philosophy Ukufunda Nokufundisa amakhono Elokukhuluma Nelokubhala (Education) esiZulwini Ulimi Lwesibili Ezikoleni zekhethelo ePhayindane naseMlazi KwaZulu-Natali Hlungwani Promise Machingo Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Youth Socio-economic Empowerment through Policy (Human Sciences) Implementation in Rural Zimbabwe: A Case Study of Youth Self-help Projects in Mwenezi District (Masvingo Province) Hunter John Alexander Applied Human Science Doctor of Philosophy Stress-induced Hypomania in Healthy Participants – The Allostatic (Human Sciences) 'Manic-defence Hypothesis' Icheku Jude Emeka Built Environment and Doctor of Philosophy An Investigation into the Involvement of the Roman Catholic Development Studies (Human Sciences) Church in the Management of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic in South Africa: The Case Study of the Catholic Archdiocese of Durban
71 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 continued... College of Humanities SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL QUALIFICATION THESIS TITLE Isingoma Brooke Burris Religion, Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy Theological Interpretation and Inculturation Hermeneutics: A and Classics (Human Sciences) Comparison, with Special Reference to the Work of Justin Ukpong and the Scripture Project Ismail Raeesa Education Doctor of Philosophy Exploring how Science Teachers Engage in Curriculum Innovating (Education) in Environment and Sustainability Education DOCTORAL GRADUATES DOCTORAL Jimmyns Candice Alexis Applied Human Science Doctor of Philosophy A Review of Secondary Schools as Supportive Environments for (Human Sciences) HIV Prevention and Sexuality Education amongst Secondary School Learners in Durban and Surrounding Areas, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Jones Kerry Lee Arts Doctor of Philosophy Language Attitudes as a Change Agent for Language Vitality: A (Human Sciences) Case Study of Two Khoesan Languages in Platfontein (RSA) Kadwa Mohammed Education Doctor of Philosophy An Evaluation of an English Language Placement Test within a Siddique (Education) Saudi Arabian University Preparatory-Year Programme Kakooza Fred Applied Human Science Doctor of Philosophy Exploring the Potential and Contribution of Facebook in HIV/AIDS (Human Sciences) Prevention among Young People in Uganda Kankam Philip Kwaku Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Internet-based Information Behaviour of High School Learners in (Human Sciences) Ashanti Region of Ghana Kannapathi Kathlyn Lillian Education Doctor of Philosophy The Power to Participate: Exploring the Impact of Parental (Education) Empowerment through Parental Involvement Programmes, on Parental Involvement in Education Kayat Jethro Anthony Arts Doctor of Philosophy Writing the Restless City – the Crisis of White Subjectivity in the (Human Sciences) Post-apartheid Johannesburg of Nadine Gordimer, Ivan Vladislavic and Lauren Beukes Kazibwe Samuel Applied Human Science Doctor of Philosophy A Television Study on the Impact of Media Ownership on News (Human Sciences) Content in Uganda: A Comparison of Wavah Broadcasting Services (WBS) and the National Television (NTV) Kazunga Cathrine Education Doctor of Philosophy An APOS Analysis of the Understanding of Matrix Algebra Concepts (Education) by Zimbabwean Mathematics In-Service Teachers Kesselman Brittany Paris Built Environment and Doctor of Philosophy Sowing the Seeds of Food Sovereignty or Cultivating Consent? The Carisa Development Studies (Human Sciences) Potential and Limitations of Johannesburg’s Community Gardens Khan Aneesah Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy An Analysis of the Gender Roles of Egyptian Muslim Migrant (Human Sciences) Women: Spouses, Mothers and Household Managers in Johannesburg Kiruki Beatrice Wamaitha Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Information Service Provision for People with Visual and Physical (Human Sciences) Impairments in Public University Libraries in Kenya Kisaka Sella Terrie Education Doctor of Philosophy An Exploration of the Use of Moodle in Teaching MEd Students at a (Education) University in Kenya Kisitu Gyaviira Religion, Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy Religion and Homosexuality Criminalisation in Uganda: The and Classics (Human Sciences) Contribution of the American Anti-Homosexual Evangelicals towards the 2014 Anti-Homosexuality Law Kretzmann Oswin Garnet Religion, Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy A theological Inquiry into the Sacrament of Baptism and Rebaptism and Classics (Human Sciences) in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa Laltha Samiksha Arts Doctor of Philosophy The Rebel Hero and Social Anxieties in Selected Cinematic (Human Sciences) Representations of the Twenty-first Century Hollywood Dystopian and Science Fiction Imaginary Lange Mary Elizabeth Applied Human Science Doctor of Philosophy Spirituality, Well-Being, Memory and the Future in Applied (Human Sciences) Storytelling: A Comparison of Two “Sites of Conscience Museums” Namely the Museum of Free Derry, Northern Ireland and District Six Museum, South Africa Likwambe Botshiwe Education Doctor of Philosophy Exploring Mathematical Activities and Dialogue within a Pre-Service (Education) Teachers' Calculus Module: A Case Study Liptak Roman Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Minding the Fiscal Gap in KwaZulu-Natal: The Prospects for (Human Sciences) Improved Financial Oversight over the Provincial Government by the Provincial Legislature
72 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 DOCTORAL GRADUATES continued... College of Humanities SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL QUALIFICATION THESIS TITLE Mabundza- Lungile Patience Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Social Security and Older People in Swaziland Dlamini (Human Sciences) Mabuza Dumisa Celumusa Education Doctor of Philosophy Educators' Reflections of the Swaziland Junior Secondary Integrated (Education) Consumer Science Curriculum: Towards Development of A Unique Content Area Macheka Mavis Thokozile Built Environment and Doctor of Philosophy A Political Ecology Approach to Understanding the Implications for Development Studies (Human Sciences) Rural Development in Drought Prone Savannah: A Case of Land and Forest Use in Chivi District, Southern Zimbabwe Magam Nolubabalo Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Paradiplomacy in South Africa: The Role of Interest and Identity Patricia Dawn (Human Sciences) in the International Relations of Sub-National Governments with Specific Reference to KwaZulu-Natal Maharaj Kamla Education Doctor of Philosophy Academic Literacy Development in Postgraduate Students: A Journey (Education) of Literate Repertoires, Islands of Expertise and Epistemic Games Makamure Clemence Religion, Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy A Phenomenological Study of the Causes of Leadership Succession and Classics (Human Sciences) Disputes in the Zion Apostolic Faith Mission (ZAFM) in Zimbabwe Makonye Felix Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Pre and Post-Electoral Violence Dynamics in a Fragile State: What is (Human Sciences) the Sustainable Solution to the Electoral Violence in Zimbabwe? Makumane Makhulu Alice Education Doctor of Philosophy Educators' Enactment Strategies of the French Integrated (Education) Curriculum: An Action Research of Lesotho Educators Malembe Sipho Sikhonzi Arts Doctor of Philosophy The Influence(s) of Commerce and Christianity on the Culture of (Human Sciences) Popular Gospel Music in South Africa, 1998-2013 Manana Tibekile Ainethah Education Doctor of Philosophy Voicing the Educational Experiences of Out-of-School Youth in (Education) Eswatini Mandizvidza Christopher Education Doctor of Philosophy The Dynamics of Leading and Managing Satellite Schools in Tafumaneyi (Education) Selected Resettlement Areas of Zimbabwe: Learning from Multiple Stakeholders Manilal Rubaina Education Doctor of Philosophy The Use of Digital Media in Education in an ex-Model C school in (Education) the Durban North Region Maniraho Jean Francois Education Doctor of Philosophy Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Rwandan Grade 6 Mathematics (Education) Teachers and its Relations to Student Learning Martiny Elizabeth Ann Religion, Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy In Their Voices: A Study of the God-images of Southern African and Classics (Human Sciences) Women with a Physical Disability using the Interdisciplinary Perspectives of Theology and Analytical Psychology Masuku Sikanyiso Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy The Implementation of the Refugee Act 130 of 1998 in South Africa (Human Sciences) and the Question of the Social Exclusion of Forced Migrants; A Case Study of DRC Forced Migrants in Pietermaritzburg Masuku Veronica Zanele Education Doctor of Philosophy An Exploration of the Development and Improvement of Higher (Education) Order Thinking (HOT) Skills during Initial Teacher Education: A Case Study of a Bachelor of Education Programme at a University of Technology Matambo Emmanuel Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy The Role of Identity and Interest in the Evolution and Sustenance of (Human Sciences) Sino-Zambian Relations: A Constructivist Perspective Mathabela Ntombikayise Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Information Needs and Information Seeking Behaviour of Private Nomsa (Human Sciences) Practicing Lawyers in Swaziland: A Case of the Law Society of Swaziland Mbara George Chimdi Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Nigeria's Quest for a Permanent Seat on an Expanded UN Security (Human Sciences) Council: What Relevance for Domestic Factors? Medoye Daniel Taye Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Institutional Capacities and the Challenges of Continental (Human Sciences) Integration: A Critical Study of the African Union Commission as an Integrative Tool Mejabi Ekundayo, Ilesanmi Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy The Impact of Events on Sustainable Tourism Development in (Human Sciences) Durban: An Evidence-Based Enquiry Merisi Peter Oluwaseun Education Doctor of Philosophy English Education Pre-Service Teachers' Beliefs about Learning (Education) Grammar
73 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 continued... College of Humanities SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL QUALIFICATION THESIS TITLE Mgcotyelwa- Nwabisa Bernice Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy African Women's Leadership Experiences and Outcomes of Gender Ntoni (Human Sciences) Transformation Policies: A Case Study of Democratic National Government Departments in South Africa Mkhize Jeffrey Siphiwe Education Doctor of Philosophy Student Engagement in the First Year of Study in Undergraduate (Education) Programmes in Higher Education DOCTORAL GRADUATES DOCTORAL Mkhonta Loretta Noeleen Education Doctor of Philosophy Secondary School Learner Dropout in Swaziland: A Child Rights (Education) Perspective Mnguni Mafikeni Andries Education Doctor of Philosophy From Inclusive Education Policy to Implementation: A Case Study of a (Education) Full-service School in the uMngeni District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Mokoena Musa Thabang Education Doctor of Philosophy Pedagogical Practices of Lecturers in Automotive Mechanics in Jeremiah (Education) Vocational Training in Swaziland: 3 Institutional Case Studies Moosa Shaaista Education Doctor of Philosophy Men in Foundation Phase Teaching – Why we Need them: (Education) Investigating Gender in Primary School Teaching Motebang Bonane Education Doctor of Philosophy Theoretical Perspectives in Accounting Textbooks: The Case of (Education) Lesotho and South Africa Mpungose Cedric Bheki Education Doctor of Philosophy Teachers' Reflections of the Teaching of Grade 12 Physical Sciences (Education) Caps in Rural Schools at Ceza Circuit Mthembu Nozibusiso Education Doctor of Philosophy Exploring Ethical Leadership in Schools: A Case of Four Rural Nomvula (Education) Schools in the Zululand District, Kwazulu-Natal Mthethwa Vuyo Lindelwe Education Doctor of Philosophy Students' Participation in University Governance and their (Education) Academic Experiences in Select South African Universities Muchakazi Peter Religion, Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy The Ethical Dilemma of the Imposition of Economic Sanctions as and Classics (Human Sciences) A Deterrent Tool against a Sovereign State: A Critical Analysis with Reference to Cuba, Iraq and Zimbabwe Muchono William Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy “Constructing Women”: Probing How the Cultural Practice of (Human Sciences) Chinamwali among the Shangaan People is Used to Construct ‘Womanhood' Mugochi Taenzaniswa Built Environment and Doctor of Philosophy Civil Society Advocacy and Results Measurement: A Case Study of Kennedy Development Studies (Human Sciences) the Save Zimbabwe Campaign Mujinga Martin Religion, Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy Healing Ministry, Conflict and Methodism: The Case of Mabelreign, and Classics (Human Sciences) Epworth and Mbare Societies of the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe (MCZ) Mukoni Manuku Education Doctor of Philosophy Women's Participation in Community Environmental Education: A (Education) Qualitative Study of one Community Organisation in Zimbabwe Mushunje Mildred Tambudzai Applied Human Science Doctor of Philosophy The Gender Dimensions of the Utilisation of Agricultural Inputs for (Human Sciences) Food and Income Security: A Case Study of Subsistence Farming Households in Goromonzi District, Zimbabwe Muvandi Denson Religion, Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy The Accountancy Profession and its Professional and Social and Classics (Human Sciences) Responsibility: A Systems Theoretical Approach to Social and Ethical Accounting Muwanzi Joseph Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy An Analytical Study of the Role of Methodist Church in Zimbabwe (Human Sciences) in Reconciliation and Healing within the Zimbabwean Context of Political Conflict and Violence from 1979 to 2013 Mwageni Rhodes Elias Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Perceptions of Final Year Undergraduate Education Students about (Human Sciences) the Influence of a Reading Culture on their Academic Achievement at Selected Universities in Tanzania Mweli Patrick Applied Human Science Doctor of Philosophy Grade Four Teachers' Language Attitudes and Lived Teaching (Human Sciences) Experiences in KwaZulu-Natal Schools, South Africa Myeza Mthokozisi Arts Doctor of Philosophy Ingcindezelo Engokobuhlanga njengoba Ivezwa Ubucikomazwi Christopher (Human Sciences) besiZulu Mzimela Patience Jabulile Education Doctor of Philosophy Geography of First Additional Languages Teaching: Landscaping (Education) the Foundation Phase Years Naidoo Thilavathy Education Doctor of Philosophy Overweight, Obesity and Nutritional Deficiency among Grade 8 (Education) Learners at a Purposively Selected Public School in Durban Central
74 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 DOCTORAL GRADUATES continued... College of Humanities SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL QUALIFICATION THESIS TITLE Ndlela Julia Nelisiwe Education Doctor of Philosophy The Dynamics of Leading and Managing Inclusive Education in (Education) Swaziland Primary Schools Ndlovu Christopher Education Doctor of Philosophy The Integration of Indigenous Knowledge into the Agricultural (Education) College Curriculum: A Case of an Agricultural College in Zimbabwe Ndumbaro Rehema Corbinian Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Role of Information Ethics in the Provision of Library and (Human Sciences) Information Services in University Libraries in Tanzania Ngcobo Sipho Casper Religion, Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy Towards a People's Theology of the Road in an African Township: and Classics (Human Sciences) A Case Study of the Edendale Road Network within the Pietermaritzburg District Ng'eno Emily Jeruto Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Research Data Management Practices in Kenya's Agricultural (Human Sciences) Research Institutes Ngoma Damazio Mubelu Religion, Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy “A Theology of Human Dignity”: For Children who are Born with and Classics (Human Sciences) Acute Physical and Mental Challenges Grounded on the Social Teaching of the Catholic Church in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Ngumba Lelo Joseph Education Doctor of Philosophy Undergraduate Theology Students' Use of Electronic Resources in (Education) their Learning: A Case Study of St Joseph's Theological Institute Nhlapo Molise David Education Doctor of Philosophy An Interrogation of Consultant-driven Curriculum Design in (Education) Lesotho: A Primary School Science Curriculum Design Norton Lynn Margaret Applied Human Science Doctor of Philosophy Building Critical Reflexivity through Life Story Work (Human Sciences) Nwone Simeon Ambrose Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Information Behaviour of the Professoriate in Selected Federal (Human Sciences) Universities in South West Nigeria Nyachowe Monica Saramina Education Doctor of Philosophy Leadership and Management in Deprived School Contexts: (Education) Learning from Some Well-performing Schools in Zimbabwe Nyathi Wilard Education Doctor of Philosophy Leadership and Management Practices in High Performance (Education) Schools In Swaziland Nzimande Mildred Nomkhosi Education Doctor of Philosophy Discourse Analysis of Teachers' and Parents' Rhetoric about (Education) Teachers' Work Obaje Timothy Aduojo Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Agents of Peace or Violence: An Appraisal of Youth Participation in (Human Sciences) Peace-Building Initiatives, Jos, Nigeria, (2000-2010) Odede Israel Rukevwe Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Information Literacy Self-Efficacy in the Use of Electronic (Human Sciences) Information Resources by Library and Information Science Postgraduate Students in South-South Nigeria Ogo Nnanyere Chukwu Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Nigeria and South Africa's Relations: A Bilateral Relation in Africa's (Human Sciences) Interest? Ojo-Fajuru Olufemi Joseph Built Environment and Doctor of Philosophy Reclaiming Set Backs and Open Spaces for Greening and Development Studies (Human Sciences) Sustainable Landscape Development in State Capital Cities: A Comparative Study of Ado-Ekiti and Akure, Nigeria Okbandrias Meron Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy The Contested Role and Effectiveness of Non-Governmental Andemichael (Human Sciences) Organisations (NGOs) in Assisting Refugees and Asylum Seekers in South Africa: A Case Study of Three Local NGOs Okesoto Oyebamiji John Built Environment and Doctor of Philosophy Towards a Strategy for Inclusionary Inner City Housing in Lagos Development Studies (Human Sciences) Nigeria Okocha Mary Nkemdilim Applied Human Science Doctor of Philosophy Nollywood's “Thick Description”: A Transformational Study of (Human Sciences) Nigerian Video-Film Audiences in Ibadan and Durban Okoye Felix Education Doctor of Philosophy Employment Accessibility into Informal Motor Mechanic Work and Ifeanyichukwu (Education) Training in South Africa: An Exploration of the Lacuna Between Emerging Employment Patterns and the Formal Skills Development Strategy Ola Adegboyega Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Abuja, Nigeria: Adedolapo (Human Sciences) Implications for Peace and Security 2010-2015 Olofinbiyi Sogo Angel Applied Human Science Doctor of Philosophy Socio-Economic Context of Boko-Haram Terrorism in Nigeria (Human Sciences)
75 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 continued... College of Humanities SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL QUALIFICATION THESIS TITLE Omolabi Abimbola Olufemi Built Environment and Doctor of Philosophy Residential Neighbourhood Revitalisation and Household Quality Development Studies (Human Sciences) of Life: A Spatial Analysis of Public Low Income Housing in Lagos Metropolis, Nigeria Oojorah Vicky Avinash Education Doctor of Philosophy A Study of the Design Principles Used to Digitise the Primary (Education) School Curriculum at the Mauritius Institute of Education: An DOCTORAL GRADUATES DOCTORAL Autoethnography Pasipamire Notice Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Examining the Relationship between Conceptualisation and (Human Sciences) Practice of Research Support by Librarians in Selected Zimbabwean University Libraries Perumal Kressantha Education Doctor of Philosophy Pedagogical Competencies of Marketing Educators at South African (Education) Higher Education Institutions Pillay Ellamma Education Doctor of Philosophy Exploring Teachers tTeaching Mathematical Literacy in Classroom (Education) Practice Pophiwa Nedson Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Zimbabwean Cross-border Shopping in Musina: Meanings, (Human Sciences) Modalities and Encounters (2000 to 2016) Prinsloo Loraine Arts Doctor of Philosophy Motivering by die Leer van Afrikaans as T2 en die Bereidwilligheid (Human Sciences) om Afrikaans te Praat: 'n Gevallestudie in die Skool vir Opvoedkunde, Universiteit van KwaZulu-Natal Ramdhani Jugathambal Education Doctor of Philosophy A Critical Analysis of Representations of Poverty in School (Education) Economics Textbooks Ramlucken Afsana Education Doctor of Philosophy Parents' and Educators' Views on the Teaching of HIV/AIDS (Education) Education in the Primary School: A Case Study of a School in Phoenix, South Africa Rawlinson Wendy Anne Education Doctor of Philosophy Exploring my Communication Pedagogy in Diverse Undergraduate (Education) Classes at a University of Technology: A Self-study of Practice Rubbi Nunan Julie Shantone Education Doctor of Philosophy The Dynamics of Learner Challenging Behaviour in South African (Education) Schools. A Case Study of How Three Phoenix Primary Schools Experience and Address Issues of Challenging Behaviour Sande Nomatter Religion, Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy Pastoral Ministry to Persons with Disability: A Critical Investigation and Classics (Human Sciences) of How the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) Church can be a Safe Space for Meeting the Needs of Persons with Disabilities (PWD) in Harare, Zimbabwe Saulus Nokuphila Rene Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Usability of the Institutional Repository by Faculty and Postgraduate (Human Sciences) Students at the University of Swaziland Seetal Sharitha Education Doctor of Philosophy Early Career Choice, Learner Performance and Career Paths: An (Education) Exploratory Study of Medical Students Shaikh Faaiza Bibi Applied Human Science Doctor of Philosophy The Use of Mindfulness Breadth Meditation with University of (Human Sciences) Kwazulu-Natal Students as a Tool in Reducing Attention Deficit and Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) Symptoms and Enhancing Positive Emotions Shawe Thulebona Education Doctor of Philosophy An Exploration of Strategies Used by Grade Four Isizulu (First Gugulini (Education) Additional Language) Teachers to Teach Reading Comprehension: Jacqueline A Case Study of Ex-model C Schools in Montclair (Umlazi District) KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Shoba Makhosazana Education Doctor of Philosophy Exploring Teachers' Experiences of Teaching English-Speaking Skill Edith (Education) to Second Language Learners in Three KwaNdengezi Township Primary Schools Shongwe Mzwandile Muzi Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Knowledge Management in SMME's Learning Software (Human Sciences) Organisations in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa Shumba Kemist Applied Human Science Doctor of Philosophy Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision and Condoms for HIV (Human Sciences) Prevention among School Youth: Marginal Voices for a Coherent Sexual and Reproductive School Health Policy in Zimbabwe Sibanda Nkululeko Arts Doctor of Philosophy 'The Politics of Performance Space': An Investigation into the (Human Sciences) Practice of Scenography in Post-independence Zimbabwean Theatre
76 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 DOCTORAL GRADUATES continued... College of Humanities SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL QUALIFICATION THESIS TITLE Sibanyoni Ephraim Kevin Applied Human Science Doctor of Philosophy A Victomological Analysis of Physically Disabled Children as Victims (Human Sciences) of Violence in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa Sodje Peter Education Doctor of Philosophy Exploring the Use of Internet Resource(s) Whatsapp in Learning Enayedavwerhe (Education) Mathematics at TVET College in South Africa Subrayen Roshanthni Education Doctor of Philosophy The Promise of Equity, Access and Participation Revisited: A (Education) Gendered Perspective from Students with Visual Disabilities and Physical Disabilities in Relation to Practice Learning and Student Financial Aid at an Institution of Higher Learning Suderman Andrew Gregory Religion, Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy In Search of Prophetic Theology: South African Political Theology in and Classics (Human Sciences) Conversation with Anabaptism Swer Gregory Huw Religion, Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy ‘Faustian Technology: Vitalism and Mechanism in the Philosophy of Morgan and Classics (Human Sciences) Oswald Spengler' Terblanche Dawood Religion, Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy Adaptation of Fatawa in the 21st Century: A Case study of the Halal and Classics (Human Sciences) Trust of the Muslim Judicial Council South Africa (MJC-SA). Tesfaye Ayalkibet Berhanu Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Migration: Challenges and Experiences of the Ethiopian Diaspora in (Human Sciences) the City of Johannesburg (2000-2015) and the Role of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church's Ministry Thabethe Nompumelelo Education Doctor of Philosophy Epistemological Experiences in Community-based Learning: Cynthia (Education) Making Critical Connections in Theory and Practice Thabethe Bhekisisa Maxwell Education Doctor of Philosophy Learning of Mechanical Systems in Grade 9 Technology Classroom (Education) by Deaf Learners in KwaZulu-Natal: An Exploration of Learning of Technology in a nNon-hearing Environment Tofa Moses Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy An Analysis of State-led Reconciliation Processes: The Case of (Human Sciences) Zimbabwe Tolla Aden Dejene Applied Human Science Doctor of Philosophy Assessing the Extent of Child Trafficking and the National Response (Human Sciences) in Southern Goundar, Ethopia Tucker Leigh Andrea Applied Human Science Doctor of Philosophy Underdogs on Top: Troubling Positions for Boys and a Diagnosis of Adams (Human Sciences) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Tugbobo Babatunde Kayode Built Environment and Doctor of Philosophy Improving Intra-urban Safety in Lagos Metropolitan Area, West Development Studies (Human Sciences) Africa Umugiraneza Odette Education Doctor of Philosophy Exploring Teachers' Instructional Practices, Confidence and Beliefs (Education) in Teaching Mathematics and Statistics Waiganjo Anthony Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Gender Complexities in the Context of Xenophobia-Afrophobia Gathambiri (Human Sciences) in the Transnational Space: The Experiences of Somali Women in Mayfair, and Pretoria West in Gauteng Province, South Africa Yaye Christopher Oyoo Religion, Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy Culture and Democracy in Africa: A Philosophical Inquiry and Classics (Human Sciences) Yusuf Bitrus Bawa Religion, Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy The Role of Premarital Counselling for Marriage Stability: A Pastoral and Classics (Human Sciences) Examination of the Interface between the Christian and Alago Indigenous 'Epawoza' Concept of Marriage Preparation Zihindula Masheka Bercky Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Livelihood Coping Strategies in the Aftermath of Sexual Violence: (Human Sciences) The Experiences of Women Survivors in South Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo Zimunya Clive Tendai Religion, Philosophy Doctor of Philosophy An Inquiry into the Nature of Group Agency and Individual Agency: and Classics (Human Sciences) A Study of Rational Autonomy Zondi Lawrence Musa Applied Human Science Doctor of Philosophy Crime prevention: A Criminological Perspective of Msinga (Human Sciences) Municipality in the uMzinyathi District, Dundee South Africa Zondi Lungile Prudence Social Sciences Doctor of Philosophy The Life and Experiences of Young Women (19-35 years)Living on (Human Sciences) the Streets of Pietermaritzburg CBD and Surroundings Zondi Thabisile Hazel- Applied Human Science Doctor of Philosophy Micro Perspectives on Definitions, Prevalence, Causes and Anne (Human Sciences) Interventions in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Rural KwaZulu- Natal Zulu Jerome Khulekani Education Doctor of Philosophy Exploring leadership and management strategies utilised by school (Education) principals in response to a complex township school life
77 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 College of Law and Management Studies SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL QUALIFICATION THESIS TITLE Ajayi Nurudeen Management, Information Doctor of Philosophy Information Assurance within Supply Chains Structures and Abimbola Technology and (Management Studies) Processes Governance Akande Joseph Accounting, Economics Doctor of Philosophy Competition, Regulation and Stability of sub-Saharan Africa Olorunfemi and Finance (Management Studies) Commercial Banks DOCTORAL GRADUATES DOCTORAL Akinola Gbenga Wilfred Accounting, Economics Doctor of Philosophy Higher Education Enrolment, Human Capital and Economic and Finance (Management Studies) Growth in the sub-Saharan African Countries Ako-Nai Anyetei Sonny Graduate School of Doctor of Business IT Governance Implementation Framework for South African Moses Business and Leadership Administration Companies: A Corporate Governance Perspective Ayeni Joyce Adefunke Management, Information Doctor of Philosophy Migration of Medical Doctors from the Public to the Private Ayandokun Technology and (Management Studies) Sector: A Case Study of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital and Governance Life Healthcare Hospital Group, Durban Baridam Barilee Barisi Management, Information Doctor of Philosophy Critical Issues Affecting Healthcare Delivery in the Niger Delta: The Technology and (Management Studies) Role of ICT Policy Governance Behari Asheelia Law Doctor of Philosophy The Reconciliation of Work and Care – A Comparative Analysis of (Law) South African Labour Laws Aimed at Providing Working Parents with Time Off to Care Bhebhe Ngqabutho Management, Information Doctor of Administration Evolution of an Indigenous Land Tenure System in an Urbanising Technology and Environment: A case study of Adams Mission Settlement, Governance eThekwini Bimha Happyson Management, Information Doctor of Business Evaluation of Supply Chain Management Practices and Technology and Administration Challenges in the Petroleum Industry of Zimbabwe Governance Biyela Andile Clifford Management, Information Doctor of Administration The Role of Intergovernmental Relations in Local Economic Technology and Development Planning at Local Government Level: Governance UMkhanyakude District Municipality Chaka John Gyang Management, Information Doctor of Philosophy Towards Improving Teaching and Learning in Colleges of Technology and (Management Studies) Education using Mobile Learning – The Nigerian Perspective Governance Chakoma Irenie Chirariro Graduate School of Doctor of Business Forage Seed Production as a Business in Smallholder Farming Business and Leadership Administration Systems of Zimbabwe: A Value Chain Approach Chetty Rajan Management, Information Doctor of Philosophy Challenges Facing the Delivery of Mega Projects in Transnet Technology and (Management Studies) Capital Projects Governance Chigora Farai Graduate School of Doctor of Business The Effect of Print Media Publicity on the Performance of the Business and Leadership Administration Zimbabwe Tourism Destination Brand Chirwa George Management, Information Doctor of Business Analysis of the Economic Development Impact of Remittances on Technology and Administration Recipient (Zimbabwe) and Remitting (South Africa) Countries Governance Dube Thulani Management, Information Doctor of Philosophy Mobile Money as a Strategy for Financial Inclusion and Improving Technology and (Management Studies) Livelihood of Rural Consumers in Zimbabwe Governance Fayomi Ezekiel Jide Management, Information Doctor of Philosophy A Conceptual Framework for Teaching and Learning Technology and (Management Studies) Entrepreneurship at Universities in South-West Nigeria Governance Ginger Lucia Joaquim Management, Information Doctor of Philosophy A Socio-technical Understanding of ICT in Education – A Case Technology and (Management Studies) Study of Three Secondary Schools in Mozambique Governance Gumede Sanele Aubrey Graduate School of Doctor of Philosophy South Africa's Seaport Governance and Pricing: Dilemmas and Business and Leadership (Management Studies) Reforms Gumede Smangele Graduate School of Doctor of Business Entrepreneurial Culture in a South African Higher Education Evidence Business and Leadership Administration Institution Ibrahim Aliyu Law Doctor of Philosophy The Role of the United Nations Human Rights Committee in the (Law) Protection of Human Rights in Africa
78 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 DOCTORAL GRADUATES continued... College of Law and Management Studies SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL QUALIFICATION THESIS TITLE Igbinakhase Idahosa Management, Information Doctor of Philosophy Investigating Nigerian Non-Governmental Organizations' Technology and (Management Studies) Capabilities to Replicate Successful Youth Poverty Alleviation Governance Innovation Programmes Jali Lulu Fortunate Graduate School of Doctor of Business Analysis of the Leadership Governance in South African Business and Leadership Administration Universities Kajiru Ines Law Doctor of Philosophy The Clash between Cultural Beliefs and Human Rights in Tanzania: (Law) A Case Study of Albino Killings Khonjelwayo Bongani Management, Information Doctor of Philosophy Proposed Independent Power Producer (Ipp) Business Model to Technology and (Management Studies) Improve Managerial Performance of Key Business Activities and Governance Value Creation of Renewable IPP Plants in South Africa Khumalo Cynthia Graduate School of Doctor of Business Exploring Critical Factors for Effective Corporate Governance Ntombifuthi Business and Leadership Administration Practices of the Schedule 3 State-owned Entities in KZN Kimanzi Mathew Kimweli Management, Information Doctor of Philosophy Re-thinking Business Sustainability: Risks and Opportunities for Technology and (Management Studies) Small and Medium Enterprises in Pietermaritzburg Governance Kutu Augustine Accounting, Economics Doctor of Philosophy Monetary Policy Shocks and Industrial Production in BRICS Adebayo and Finance (Management Studies) Countries Lakhan Renesh Graduate School of Doctor of Business A Study of Majuba College's Approaches to Understanding its Business and Leadership Administration Local Environmental Needs, Using Systemic Tools Luthuli Nomkhosi Graduate School of Doctor of Philosophy A Conceptualisation and Enactment of Regional Economic Hlengiwe Business and Leadership (Management Studies) Development Through the Analysis of the Aerotropolis in KwaZulu-Natal Madondo Mfazo Cliford Management, Information Doctor of Philosophy An Exploratory Study of the Imperatives for Endogenous Small Technology and (Management Studies) and Medium Entrepreneurship in Mvuma, Zimbabwe Governance Majola Priscilla Xoliswa Graduate School of Doctor of Philosophy Designing a Conceptual Model of Management Information Business and Leadership (Management Studies) Systems for Local Economic Development Practice in KwaZulu- Natal Mashamba Tafirei Accounting, Economics Doctor of Philosophy Liquidity Management Practices of Banks in Emerging Market and Finance (Management Studies) Economies under Basel III Liquidity Regulations Matsongoni Herrison Graduate School of Doctor of Business Unlocking Informal Small to Medium Enterprises (SME) Potential Business and Leadership Administration in an African Economy. A Case Study of the Manufacturing Sector in Zimbabwe Mbonambi Thamsanqa Graduate School of Doctor of Business An Improvement in Service Quality in the Short Term Insurance Patrick Business and Leadership Administration Industry in KwaZulu-Natal McCullough Kerry-Ann Accounting, Economics Doctor of Philosophy Information Transmission on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Frances and Finance (Management Studies) Mkhize Thokozani Agnes Management, Information Doctor of Administration The Use of Information and Communication Technologies by Technology and Craft Market Traders in Ecotourism for Community Development Governance around the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park Momburi Daudi Francis Law Doctor of Philosophy A Critical Examination of the Provision and Regulation of (Law) Employment Services in Tanzania with Suggestions for Reform Mosud Yinusa Olumoye Management, Information Doctor of Philosophy Towards an Integrated Electronic Government Framework for Technology and (Management Studies) Housing and Urban Development Agencies: A Case of Lagos State Governance Nigeria Mufudza Tsitsi Management, Information Doctor of Philosophy Customer Perceptions and Expectations of Service Quality in the Technology and (Management Studies) Medical Insurance Sector in Zimbabwe Governance Mungly Mohamud Irshad Graduate School of Doctor of Business The Effective Management of Information Overload within Business and Leadership Administration Shipping Companies in South Africa Munyoka Willard Management, Information Doctor of Philosophy Adoption and Utilization of e-Government Systems by Citizens in Technology and (Management Studies) the SADC: The Case of Zambia and Zimbabwe Governance
79 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 continued... College of Law and Management Studies SURNAME FIRST NAME SCHOOL QUALIFICATION THESIS TITLE Musanzikwa Michael Management, Information Doctor of Philosophy The Influence of Dimensions of Organisational Culture on Supply Technology and (Management Studies) Chain Performance in Selected State Owned Enterprises in Governance Zimbabwe Naicker Melisha Management, Information Doctor of Philosophy The Influence of Marketing Media on Tweens Propensity to Technology and (Management Studies) Consume Electronic Goods DOCTORAL GRADUATES DOCTORAL Governance Naicker Nalindren Management, Information Doctor of Philosophy Secure Requirements Engineering in a Constrained Agile Kistasamy Technology and (Management Studies) Environment Governance Nkhalamba McBride Peter Management, Information Doctor of Administration The Confluence of Regionalism, State Functionalism and Public- Technology and Private Partnerships in Southern Africa: Perspectives from Governance Botswana, Malawi and South Africa Ntiso Lisebo Agnes Management, Information Doctor of Philosophy The Role of DFIs in Financing Small Businesses in South Africa Technology and (Management Studies) (1996-2012) Governance Olarewaju Odunayo Magret Accounting, Economics Doctor of Philosophy Dividend Policy, Agency Cost and Bank Performance in sub- and Finance (Management Studies) Saharan Africa Patel Mohamed Graduate School of Doctor of Philosophy Developing a Crowd Sourcing Platform as a Funding Mechanism Shahiem Business and Leadership (Management Studies) for a South African Higher Education Institution Ramsaroop Anisha Management, Information Doctor of Philosophy The Relationship between Career Plateaus and the Career Stages Technology and (Management Studies) of University of KwaZulu-Natal Academics Governance Ramsunder Suven Mohanlal Graduate School of Doctor of Business Developing an Acceptance Model towards Technology by Business and Leadership Administration Understanding the Worker's Perspective Ranjeeth Sanjay Management, Information Doctor of Philosophy An Agile Based Integrated Framework for Software Development Technology and (Management Studies) Governance Rugumamu Victor William Law Doctor of Philosophy Creditors' Rights in Business Proceedings in Terms of South (Law) Africa's Companies Act 71 of 2008 Shewell Patricia Maureen Graduate School of Doctor of Philosophy Towards Value Adding Performance: A Finance Function Business and Leadership (Management Studies) Performance Metric for the South African Freight Forwarding Industry Sibiya Collen Bongani Management, Information Doctor of Administration Examining Strategic Management Processes in Public Technology and Organisations: A Case Study of KwaZulu-Natal Department of Governance Agriculture and Environmental Affairs Sowole Oluseyi Graduate School of Doctor of Business Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development: Psychological Emmanuel Business and Leadership Administration factors impeding successful Entrepreneurial behaviour among youths in Mpumalanga Province. Surbun Vishal Law Doctor of Philosophy Piracy Jure Gentium in Territorial Seas: A Perspective from the East (Law) African Seaboard Vengesai Edson Accounting, Economics Doctor of Philosophy Firm Investment Behaviour: The Role of Leverage, Liquidity and and Finance (Management Studies) Cash Flow Volatility: African Evidence Wakene Dinkisa Keno Graduate School of Doctor of Business Developing Marketing Strategies to Enhance the Use of Banking Business and Leadership Administration Services for the Unbanked in Ethiopia Yalezo Bhasela Graduate School of Doctor of Business Advancing Gross Fixed Capital Formation (Investment) Paradigm Business and Leadership Administration in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa: Historical Trends and Prospects Zakwe Thisha Peter Graduate School of Doctor of Philosophy From Looking Glass-Self Metaphor to Self-Reflective Practice: Self- Business and Leadership (Management Studies) Study as Professional Development Zwane Zwelithini Management, Information Doctor of Administration An Assessment of the Efficiency and Effectiveness of the Michael Technology and Management of Service Delivery: A Case Study of eDumbe Governance Municipality
80 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 UKZN InQubate INQUBATEUKZN Nurturing Student Innovation The UKZN’s patented Powerline Inspection Robot. nQubate – the technology transfer office of UKZN – has a mandate to promote University-industry engagement and is a key catalyst of The project equipped students with sales training the Institution’s Triple Helix partnership model involving academia, and an opportunity to sell Telkom products on a Iindustry and government. part-time basis. Students also participated in a It has three portfolios: Intellectual Property and Commercialisation ‘league’ for about four months and were paid a (technology transfer), Student Entrepreneurship and Consultancy. commission for successful sales achieved.
“The role of InQubate in enabling the University’s contribution to South “To support its entrepreneurship programme, Africa’s employment and technological and educational transformation is a InQubate initiated development plans towards significant one,” said Director of Intellectual Property and Commercialisation the construction of a student incubator. at InQubate, Ms Suvina Singh. Finalisation of the plans were followed by fund- raising to build and operationalise the incubator. In early 2018, InQubate launched its entrepreneurship skills programme, ENSPIRETM, in style with entertainment and a showpiece on entrepreneurship “In its Technology Transfer portfolio, UKZN signed a contract with the by UKZN students. The launch was graced by the then MEC for the provincial Tokyo Electric Power Services Company (TEPSCO), facilitated by InQubate Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs, and driven strongly through the efforts of mechanical engineer, Mr Trevor Mr Sihle Zikalala, and eThekwini’s Deputy-Mayor, Councillor Fawzia Peer. Lorimer. This partnership raised in excess of R1,7 million for the first round of development of the Powerline Inspection Robot technology to customise a “ENSPIRE comprises various phases of entrepreneurial development, robot for Japanese power lines.” including ideation support, business plan development, funding and mentorship. The year 2018 also saw the recruitment of 31 student Singh said successful delivery on the contract by Lorimer would see businesses which received preliminary business support through ENSPIRE,” successive rounds of investment by the Japanese utility. The technology said Singh. also holds five international patents (Germany, France, United Kingdom, Canada and United States of America). The public release of Open Omnia’s maths app, developed by College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science graduate Mr Lloyd Gordon, with the “The Technology Transfer portfolio also supported 19 innovation projects assistance of ENSPIRE, was another triumph for student entrepreneurs. in 2018; received 35 disclosures of innovative research; and held 15 Open Omnia provides a free mobile maths app that helps students to solve stakeholder engagement events bringing in expert speakers to promote mathematical problems step-by-step. awareness around technology transfer, reaching almost 700 academics and students. This included hosting a commercialisation workshop at the “Another exciting entrepreneurship opportunity brought to UKZN students international 7th NanoAfrica Conference,” said Singh. was in partnership with Sigma International, a Master Dealer to Telkom, on a student income generator project. Over 64 students across all UKZN “Through InQubate’s Consultancy Portfolio, where industry, government campuses were successfully recruited onto the programme, with more than and academics are linked on projects, more than R5 million was raised. 120 student applications received,” she said. These opportunities allowed academics to legitimately participate in private work thus promoting a greater understanding of the needs of industry.”
Another year of innovation by members of the InQubate team and student entrepreneurs.
81 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 UKZN Library
he age-old tradition that hailed libraries as hallowed sanctuaries and archival material, with Myeza indicating the University has already seen of silence may become another casualty in the digital age, but an escalated access of these materials from international researchers.
UKZN LIBRARY UKZN Libraries and Special Collections Director Ms Joyce Myeza “The outcome is creating metadata – this is the new future libraries must says this does not signal the demise of the library concept. T embrace, however the counterfoil is traditional library jobs like issues and “Libraries will never be lost but their patrons will change as will their returns are seasonal, and upskilling staff members to assist in the new space allocations,” said Myeza. “Modern library users want space for social environment is critical,” said Myeza. interaction, including designated areas in which to enjoy games and chat One of the core moves securing the future has been resuscitating the library to friends, meaning there will be defined zones where quietness is not advisory committee, an initiative Myeza believes is making significant in- expected.” roads in libraries being relevant to their respective communities. Essentially, the shift to e-libraries and the ability for users to access However, various challenges remain for both staff and students in the information anywhere, anytime, has provided students with the upper hand modern library environment with the former requiring different methods in repurposing the physical library space. Consequently, understanding for learning, and the latter places of security in which libraries remain open the library of the future means embracing the new generation of users around the clock. by training employees on digitalisation and upskilling their information technology (IT) skills. “Libraries need to be environments where users can work and study in safety while remaining a space in which to embrace academia or social Linked to the modern library is digitising special collections and material gatherings. These have to be separate zones that work for everyone seeking such as those found in the Killie Campbell Africana Library, the Alan Paton out this arena,” she said. Centre and Struggle Archives, and the Gandhi Luthuli Documentation Centre. This initiative involves electronically capturing these rare documents
Ms Joyce Myeza
82 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 UKZN Press PRESS UKZN
hile the primary focus of UKZN under the imprint are in various stages of planning and production, while Press remains publishing commissioning for the imprint carries on. academic and scholarly works, it “The second project is UKZN Press’s PhD conversion project through which it launched two projects in 2018/19 targets early career scholars. The project supports PhD graduates to convert inW line with the University’s transformation plan. their doctorates into manuscripts for publication as books,” she said. UKZN Press Director Ms Debra Primo said the first “Following the first few conversions, the NIHSS stepped in to establish the was a new imprint, UKZN Press WOMEN, aimed at NIHSS PhD conversion project with UKZN Press as one of two university transforming the UKZN Press author profile from presses invited to participate and currently several projects are underway a predominantly White, male corps to one more via this initiative.” representative – specifically seeking to increase the proportion of women writers. Primo says in 2020 the Press, in partnership with other African university presses, will undertake an indexing project of books published by the “The project was initiated with the financial support various institutions to boost distribution. Known as African Scholarship of the National Institute of Humanities and Social Online, the initiative will be live in 2020 and initially cover published works Sciences (NIHSS) and three titles have already from several southern African university presses with expansion to the rest appeared under the imprint. They are Botswana of Africa in the pipeline. Women Write by Mary Lederer and others (editors); Our Words, Our Worlds: Writing “The project aims to make published works more easily available to other on Black South African Women Poets, scholars, effectively boosting the profiles of both the university presses and 2000–2018 by Makhosazana Xaba the individual authors. “Consequently, this will boost citations and, in an (editor), and Of Motherhood upward spiral, further boost profiles, reflecting that the women’s imprint and Melancholia by Lou-Marie and PhD conversion project have already translated into an elevated profile Kruger,” said Primo. Other titles for UKZN with the opportunity for exponential growth as momentum builds,” added Primo.
978 1 86914 427 2 978 1 86914 423 4 978 1 86914 414 2 978 1 86914 440 1 Botswana Women Co-Operatives Empire and Iimbali Zamandulo: Writel in South Africa: Education in Africa: Stories of the past Maitseo M.M. Advancing The Shaping of (1838-1910) Bolaane, Mary S. Solidarity Economy a Comparative Jeff Opland and Peter Lederer, Leloba S. Pathways from Perspective T. Mtuze (eds.) Molema and Connie Below Peter Kallaway and Nov-19 Rapoo (eds.) Vishwas Satgar (ed.) Rebecca Swartz Aug-19 Feb-19 May-19
978 1 86914 404 3 978 1 86914 434 0 978 1 86914 412 8 978 1 86914 419 7 Lexicography: Of Motherhood Our Words, Our Race, Class and the Notes on Xhosa and Melancholia: Worlds: Writing on Post-Apartheid Lore and Language Notebook Black South African Democratic State (1909–1934) of a Psycho- Women Poets, John Reynolds, Ben Jeff Opland (ed.) ethnographer 2000–2018 Fine and Robert van Dec-18 Lou-Marié Kruger Makhosazana Xaba Niekerk (eds.) Oct-19 Jul-19 Apr-19
978 1 86914 410 4 978 1 86914 429 6 978 1 86914 421 0 978 1 86914 421 0 The Rise of the To Swim with Wilder Lives: Wilder Lives: African Novel: Crocodiles: Land, Humans and our Humans and our Politics of Violence, and Environments Environments Language, Identity Belonging in South Duncan Brown Duncan Brown and Ownership Africa, 1800-1996 Feb-19 Feb-19 Mukoma Wa Ngugi Jill Kelly Jul-19 May-19
83 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 FOCUS ON GRANTMANSHIP
TOP GRANTHOLDER FOCUS ON GRANTMANSHIP ON FOCUS Professor Chris Buckley Professor Chris Buckley – top grantholder in the UKZN’s College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science – has never shied away from entering research territory where others fear to tread.
roadly, his focus is on the messy business of toilet pedestals, Buckley, who installed a prototype latrine at his home several years ago, also sanitation and pollution solutions. believes it is vital to practise what you preach.
“This type of research takes a special sort of enthusiasm and quite “We were developing a new toilet design and one of the ladies we consulted Ba bit of cajoling at times, but now we are the go-to people for data was concerned about the difficulty of cleaning the pedestal. I was not able to in this area, along with the testing and development of new environmentally- engage with her properly on this – so that’s when I made the decision to test friendly and water-efficient sanitation solutions,” said the UKZN chemical and use the new latrine at my own home. engineering expert and Head of UKZN‘s Pollution Research Group. “We are currently testing the most incredible water-saving toilet. It Buckley attributes the group’s fund-raising success to team work and a wide was originally developed in Europe and through a WRC grant to a local diversity of innovative research projects – as well as the good fortune of manufacturer (Envirosan), it is being improved for South African conditions. hosting philanthropist Bill Gates during a visit to Durban in 2009 when the “Bear in mind that in most households, about 35% of the water used is flushed group was able to showcase several sanitation projects around the city. down a toilet – and one of the reasons for this relates to the antiquated Buckley’s group secured nearly R22 million during 2018, of which just under designs and pipe-glazing methods dating back to the 1800s. R20 million came from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. “Now, with clever engineering, you could design a pedestal that uses as little “We have about 50 people working with us, so this has been a team effort,” as 1.5 litres to flush away faeces – compared to as much as 10 litres used in said Buckley. “I don’t view our projects in strictly monetary terms – we charge some of the older chain-pull toilet cisterns. In a water scarce country like what it costs to do the research and eventually it all adds up,” he said. South Africa, we need to keep reducing the volume of water wasted through toilet flushing,” he said. “We have also been fortunate because of the funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s ‘Reinventing the Toilet’ programme and through prg.ukzn.ac.za partnerships developed with the Water Research Commission (WRC) and the eThekwini Municipality.” Professor Chris Buckley points out some of the innovative features of a new toilet A diagram of one of the water-saving toilets pedestal which separates urine from being tested by UKZN’s Pollution Research faeces, thereby saving water, reducing Group. pollution and opening up new avenues for waste recycling. (Image courtesy of Absa)
84 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 FOCUS ON GRANTMANSHIP TOP GRANTHOLDER Professor Thumbi Ndung’u Professor Thumbi Ndung’u has been at the forefront of global efforts to develop new vaccines and cure strategies for the HIV epidemic for more than a decade – he remains hopeful there could be a breakthrough soon.
dung’u raised more than R43 million during 2018 for a variety “It is particularly important to learn to work well within a team where you pull of HIV and Tuberculosis research initiatives, predominantly your weight, but also learn from others.” through the National Research Foundation, the International He noted that research in this arena was often ‘painstakingly slow’ and this AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), Massachusetts General Hospital, could be frustrating for researchers and the public who wanted to end the NUniversity of Oxford, and Gilead Sciences Inc. epidemic as soon as possible. “The ultimate goal of this work was to develop effective vaccines and “On the other hand, making scientific discoveries that have the potential to immune-based cure strategies,” said Ndung’u, who is the Deputy Director improve and save lives and build the next generation of African scientists (Science) and Max Planck Society Group Leader of the Africa Health Research brings unparalleled joy to my work,” said Ndung’u. Institute and the DST/NRF Chair in Systems Biology of HIV/AIDS. He is also Professor and Victor Daitz Chair in HIV/TB Research in the HIV Pathogenesis “The development of HIV vaccines and cure strategies has turned out to be a Programme at the Doris Duke Medical Research Institute within the Nelson R daunting task worldwide. However, we have made tremendous progress over Mandela School of Medicine in Durban. the past 10 years in understanding the virus and its vulnerability. A number of clinical trials of HIV vaccines and cure strategies are underway, but it is difficult “We focus on understudied populations and viral strains in resource-limited, to predict the outcome of these studies. However, I am very optimistic that high burden settings where knowledge of antiviral immune mechanisms, some of them will soon result in a breakthrough.” viral diversity, and host genetic diversity is likely to yield the greatest impact if translated into biomedical interventions such as vaccines,” he said. He said it was also difficult to predict whether there would be free access to vaccines and cures but believed scientists would work closely with To raise funds effectively, Ndung’u said it was essential to conduct relevant governments and global bodies, such as the World Health Organization, to research, to learn excellent grantsmanship skills and to form meaningful ensure access where they were needed most. collaborations with national and international collaborators. https://www.ahri.org/scientist/thumbi-ndungu/
Professor Thumbi Ndung’u
85 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 TOP GRANTHOLDER Professor Paulus Zulu Emeritus Professor Paulus Zulu is currently undertaking one of the more difficult tasks of his illustrious career – compiling moral regeneration booklets for eight sectors of society as South Africans rebuild their ethical characters. FOCUS ON GRANTMANSHIP ON FOCUS here is an urgent need to charter a path of positive values institutions receiving funding were performing as required by their original as society grapples with what we are doing wrong and brief and if they were fulfilling their moral and ethical responsibilities within what we should be doing,” said Zulu, who heads up the that realm. Maurice Webb Race Relations Research Unit located within During the project, 1 130 institutions were visited while 24 graduate interns “Tthe corridors of the School of Sociology. were coached on the intricacies and ethics of working, researching and A Maurice Webb Fellow since 1985 when he joined UKZN, Zulu says each writing. booklet tackles moral and ethical values for its audience which includes A second prominent project that attracted funding was training and parliament, trade unions, political parties, the youth, children, public monitoring education officers in KwaZulu-Natal and the North West. servants, business and gender relations, with each element requiring an average of one month’s dedication for an eight-month initiative. The unit “is a brand that attracts grant funding”, however Zulu says younger academics seeking funding for their work should realise they “research for a Given that the Race Relations Research Unit was self-funding, he said there living” and that means finding the finance for their work by writing research was little surprise in him being among UKZN’s Top Grantholders as “not proposals and reflecting how their work will benefit social needs. getting grant funding means not having a research unit”.
He was involved in a significant project for the Department of Social Development last year with the goal of establishing whether or not
Professor Paulus Zulu
86 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 FOCUS ON GRANTMANSHIP TOP GRANTHOLDER Professsor Nana Poku UKZN Vice-Chancellor and Principal and Executive Director: HEARD.
Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights through Funders for its applied and competitive based research include the Global interdisciplinary research and public health training and Fund, The Netherlands Government, the Centre for Disease Control, education Aidsfonds and Sida. Research partnerships span regional and international exual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) were at the agencies and universities. centre of the successes of the Millennium Development Goals HEARD’s strategic research projects include: (MDGs) (2000-2015) and their continuing improvement is no less • Baseline research in five countries to develop comprehensive plans vital under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (2015-30). S to inform Global Fund investment in tackling human rights-related Under the 2018-2021 strategy, UKZN’s Health Economics AIDS Research barriers to HIV and TB services Division (HEARD) is intensifying its efforts to improve SRHR for all through • Research on Young Key Populations focusing on accessing HIV services dedicated scholarship and SRHR policy analysis to enable evidence in five countries to inform national HIV programming informed decisions. • Research on vulnerability of young female sex workers in accessing In 2018, HEARD pioneered cutting-edge large-scale multi-country research HIV and SRH services in the SADC region in Africa, focusing on the structural and social challenges in improving SRH and HIV programming, to inform national policies and programmes and • Evaluating DREAMS programmes to reduce HIV incidence in high HIV guide donor priorities. prevalence settings
• Exploratory research on the mental health of young men who have sex with men in Zambia to improve sexual health programming
• Research informing national policy on the prevention and management of learner pregnancy, and reporting and management of sexual abuse and harassment in South African schools
National Research Foundation-Supported Research and International Training Partnerships
HEARD also advanced new programmatic areas of research with support from the National Research Foundation (NRF).
Bilateral funding was awarded for research partnerships with the Université Paris 8, the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique and the University of Bergen in Norway to pursue research on gender-based violence and work Professsor Nana Poku on men, masculinities and the social dynamics of HIV risk. NRF funding also enabled Education and Training Partnerships with the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, for research and exchange visits between researchers and students. Newly refurbished training facilities were opened at HEARD offices on UKZN’s Westville campus to accommodate our expanding cohort of PhD students enrolled in the doctoral scholarship programme. PhD candidates benefit from exposure to the work of HEARD’s researchers and visiting international research partners as well as participating in academic workshops and seminars.
87 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 TOP GRANTHOLDER Professsor Hassan Kaya The Director and Research Leader for the DSI-NRF Centre in Indigenous Knowledge Systems (CIKS) Professor Hassan Kaya raised R18 million in grant funding for UKZN during the year, placing him among the University’s top grant holders for 2018. FOCUS ON GRANTMANSHIP ON FOCUS
his was achieved – despite the tough economic climate – by human capital development and community engagement are collective identifying and mobilising partners and collaborating with relevant enterprises. Other stakeholders, including funders, must involve themselves stakeholders. The money has been earmarked for the following in what you are doing. specific Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS)-related research, “Secondly, researchers need to develop and grasp initiatives to mobilise Thuman capital and community engagement projects: partnerships and funding from different stakeholders, in both public and • The Pan-African IKS-informed climate change information service for private sectors.” sustainable livelihood platform Kaya said indigenous knowledge was a new area of inquiry with significant • IKS-based sexual and reproductive healthcare potential for bringing about originality and transformation in research and • IKS-based mental healthcare human capital development.
• Integration of IKS into the urban organic agricultural value chain, “The inclusion of IKS into mainstream academia and research enables particularly working with youth, women and the disabled South Africa and Africa at large to contribute to the global knowledge • IKS knowledge production, management and protection economy on their own terms by mobilising grassroots knowledge, value systems and innovation in the different areas as articulated in the United Kaya says traditionally, sources of revenue for University research have been Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in humanising the government subsidies and strategic national funding instruments coupled fourth industrial revolution by fostering the ubuntu values of inclusivity and with international collaborations in research and human capital development. humanity in the pursuit of technological advancement and meeting the These avenues remain key areas for securing funding for further research. challenges of globalisation.” However, he said there were lessons researchers should be fully aware of when working to boost research funds: “Firstly, researchers must realise that
Professor Hassan Kaya
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PRINCIPAL PROJECT TITLE FUNDER AMOUNT TOTAL GRANT INVESTIGATOR AWARDED VALUE Research Office Masinga, Zodwa Adendum: Develop and Establish Community of Department of Science and Technology R1 000 000,00 R2 300 000,00 Competence Masinga, Zodwa Collection, Recordal and Documentation of Indigenous Department of Science and Technology R500 000,00 Knowledge Masinga, Zodwa Implementation of the National Recordal System Department of Science and Technology R500 000,00 Masinga, Zodwa Indigenous Knowledge Systems Documentation Centre Department of Science and Technology R300 000,00
College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science Buckley, Christopher Supplemental Grant to Support for Ongoing Prototype Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation R19 946 R22 940 123,82 Testing Platform 552,58 Buckley, Christopher Durban SA RT Engineering Field Testing University of South Florida R540 270,45 Buckley, Christopher EFT Support Services Duke Universiity R468 666,62 Buckley, Christopher Reinvented Toilet Engineering Field Testing in Durban: Cranfield University R401 098,80 Support for the Testing of the Nano-membrane Toilet Buckley, Christopher Accelerating Impact of Education and Training in Stichting IHE Delft R297 008,00 Sewered Sanitation Buckley, Christopher Integrating Sustainable Decentralised Sanitation Ifakara Health Institute R291 999,40 Solutions to Create Safer, more Inclusive and Climate Resilient Cities in Tanzania and South Africa Buckley, Christopher Production of Case Study Videos for Online Course Stichting IHE Delft R286 549,00 Buckley, Christopher Pollution Research Group in Chemical Engineering Umngeni Water R167 320,00 Dept Buckley, Christopher Provision of Testing Services TUV SUD PSB Pte.Ltd R160 539,00 Buckley, Christopher Amendment: Contract for Assignment: Transfer of IHE Delft Foundation R144 197,87 Online Course in Faecal Sludge Management Project no 106695 Buckley, Christopher Amendment: Viscous Heating Demonstration for University of Missouri Kansas City – R121 329,80 Helminth Deactivation USA Buckley, Christopher Memorandum of Understanding between UKZN and Agriprotein Research UK Limited R100 000,00 Agriprotein Research UK Limited Buckley, Christopher Content Development of MSC Programme Sanitation Stichting IHE Delft R14 592,30
College of Humanities Zulu, Paulus Monitoring and Evaluation of Identified Non-Profit Department of Social Development, R5 255 055,00 R5 255 055,00 Organisations in the Pietermaritzburg Cluster Funded Priince of KwaZulu-Natal by the Department in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal
89 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 PRINCIPAL PROJECT TITLE FUNDER AMOUNT TOTAL GRANT INVESTIGATOR AWARDED VALUE College of Law and Management Studies Poku, Nana Study on the Role of Bridging the Gaps in Stichting Aids Fonds, The Netherlands R3 946 725,00 R6 383 968,24 Strengthening Civil Society: Best Practices in Capacity Development Poku, Nana Amendment: Exploratory Research in Malawi, Tanzania Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation R2 437 243,24 TOP GRANTHOLDERS TOP and Zimbabwe on Global Fund Grant Making and Grant Performance
College of Health Sciences Ndung'u, Thumbi Mechanisms of HIV Non-pathogenicity and Cure University of Oxford, United Kingdom R7 572 916,68 R37 548 294,82 Revealed in Paediatric HIV Infection Ndung’u, Thumbi Female Rising through Education, Support and Health Gilead Sciences Inc R6 886 786,14 (FRESH) Acute HIV Infection Ndung'u, Thumbi Establishment of Cohorts to Support Studies of HIV International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, R6 710 182,50 Antigens and Immune Responses Required for Control USA of HIV Ndung'u, Thumbi Pathogenesis of Clade C HIV Infection Massachusetts General Hospital R5 594 540,49 Ndung'u, Thumbi Modification 8: Establishment of Cohorts to Support International AIDS Vaccine Initiative R5 537 676,35 Studies of HIV Antigens and Immune Responses (IAVI), USA Required for Control of HIV Ndung'u, Thumbi Modification: New Technologies for the Study of HIV Massachusetts General Hospital R1 547 477,05 Mucosal Immunity and Compartmentalisation in the Female Genital Tract Ndung'u, Thumbi Modification4: Development of Broadly Neutralising Massachusetts General Hospital R1 137 488,38 Antibodies in HIV Infection and Following Immunisation (Objective 6, Sub-award 225456) Ndung'u, Thumbi Immune Responses in Lymphoid Tissues of HIV Positive Massachusetts General Hospital R613 570,00 Individuals Peter Thumbi Female Rising through Education, Support and Health Gilead Sciences In (UKZN sub-contract R596 076,07 Ndungu (FRESH) Acute HIV Infection Cohort to MGH) Ndung'u, Thumbi Amendment: Immune Responses in Lymphoid Tissues Massachusetts General Hospital R591 135,00 of HIV Positive Individuals Ndung'u, Thumbi Partnership for Global Health Training Programme Harvard College, USA R579 697,00 Ndung'u, Thumbi Amendment: ART and Risk of Pre-term Delivery in a University of Southampton R180 749,15 Rural High HIV Prevalence Area
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RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS 2018 CONTRACTS 1 JANUARY 2018 TO 31 DECEMBER 2018 Research Office PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR PROJECT TITLE FUNDER AMOUNT AWARDED Masinga, Zodwa Adendum: Develop and Establish Community of Department of Science and R1 000 000,00 Competence Technology Bob, Urmilla Amendment: Marine and Coastal Tourism (Phase Two of the National Department of Tourism R842 400,00 Research Study) Masinga, Zodwa Implementation of the National Recordal System Department of Science and R500 000,00 Technology Masinga, Zodwa Collection, Recordal and Documentation of Indigenous Department of Science and R500 000,00 Knowledge Technology Masinga, Zodwa Indigenous Knowledge Systems Documentation Centre Department of Science and R300 000,00 Technology R3 142 400,00
College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR PROJECT TITLE FUNDER AMOUNT AWARDED Buckley, Christopher Supplemental Grant to Support for Ongoing Prototype Testing Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation R19 946 552,58 Platform Toucher, Michelle Lynn Expansion of Knowledge on Evapotranspiration Water Research Commission R3 500 000,00 Gouse, Robert Mervyn Modelling Calcium and Phosphorus Nutrition of Broilers DSM Nutritional Products AG R3 384 800,00 O’Brien, Gordon Craig River Ecostatus Monitoring Programme for 2017/18 in KZN Umngeni Water R2 511 196,00 Stuart-Hill, Sabine National Assessment of Potential Climate Change Impacts on the Water Resarch Commission of SA R2 500 000,00 Hydrological Yield of Different Hydro-Climate Zones of South Africa Mwambi, Henry Amendment to Existing Contract – sub-Saharan Africa Advances WITS Health Consortium (Wellcome Trust R2 265 401,41 Training Programme for Leadership and Excellence in Biostatistics funded) Brooks, Michael John Funding Support for the Space Populsion Research Programme Department of Science and Technology R2 000 000,00 Trois, Cristina Memorandum of Agreement in regard to Managing the South African National Energy R1 950 000,00 Relationship Between UKZN and Sanedi Focusing on Development Institute Collaboration on Multiple Renewable Energy Projects Albericio, Fernando Clarify the Oxidation of the Oxyma Method. Novel Reagen for Ajinomoto Co, Inc. Japan R1 483 303,50 H-Phosphonate Method Martincigh, Bice Susan Amendment: Developing Exposure and Toxicity Data for National Academy of Science, USA R1 152 455,45 Trace Organic Chemicals in Wastewater, Biosolids and Soils Friedrich, Holger Reforming Catalysts Sasol South Africa (Pty) Ltd R1 050 000,00 Tyler, Nicola Research Services Framework Agreement between Aviagen Aviagen South Africa (Pty) Ltd R1 000 000,00 South Africa (Pty) Ltd and UKZN Mukaratirwa, Samson Spatial Eco-epidemiology of Tick-Borne Rickettsial Pathogens Old Dominion University Research R951 775,00 Foundation, USA Kotze, Donovan Provisional Title – A Conceptual Framework for Wetland South African National Biodiversity R900 000,00 Rehabilitation Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation for South Africa Institute (SANBI) Molla, Demlie Application of Numerical Groundwater Flow Modelling in the Centre for Nuclear Safety and Security R643 113,00 Thyspunt Nuclear Site through the University of Witswatersrand Laing, Mark Steel Sag as a Soil Amendment for Enhanced Plant Growth Phoenix Services LLC, USA R630 035,00 Hill, Trevor Collaboration Agreement between Bournemouth University, UKZN Bournemouth University R605 695,72 and South African Association for Marine Biological Research Govender, Indresan Addendum: Scaling Rules for Powder Mixing International Fine Particle Research R547 291,20 Institute (IFPRI) Toucher, Michele C3s 442 Lot1 Swedish Metoerological and R544 339,42 Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Sweden
91 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 continued... College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR PROJECT TITLE FUNDER AMOUNT AWARDED Buckley, Christopher Durban SA RT Engineering Field Testing University of South Florida R540 270,45 Modi, Albert Thembinkosi Ex Ante Socio-Economic Impact Assessment of Genetically Modified SASA-SASRI R495 379,00
CONTRACTS Sugarcane Buckley, Christopher EFT Support Services Duke University R468 666,62
RESEARCH GRANTS AND AND GRANTS RESEARCH Govender, Indresan Throughput Modelling of a Marine Mill De Beers Marine (Pty)Ltd R458 750,00 Coetzer, Theresa Development of Single Chain Antibody Fragments for Diagnostics of Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, R422 099,40 Human African Trypanosomiasis Belgium subcontract from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Slotow, Robert Snapshot Safari South Africa DTS/NRF Foundation Biodiversity R401 950,00 Information Programme as subcontract from NMMU Buckley, Christopher Reinvented Toilet Engineering Field Testing in Durban: Support for the Cranfield University R401 098,80 Testing of the Nano-Membrane Toilet Albericio, Fernando Research Agreement for UKZN to Undertake Research for Iris Biotech Iris Biotech GmbH R401 052,50 GMBH Okpeku, Moses Agreement on Joint Application for National Key Research & National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, R400 000,00 Development Programmes of China ‘Intergovernmental International Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Cooperation on Technological Innovation’ Prevention Slotow, Robert Contract Renewal – Amarula Elephant Research Programme The Amarula Trust R397 000,00 Albericio, Fernando The Evaluation of N-Butylpyrrolidone as a Solvent for Solid Phase Novertis Pharma AG R378 711,00 Peptide Synthesis and Feasibility Study of the Use of Refractive Index as Online Process Monitoring Technology Applied to Chemical Process Associated to SPPS Stark, Annegret Addendum 1 to Con2780, Sugarcane Technology Enabling Sugar Milling Research Institute NPC R363 660,00 Programme for Bio-energy Govender, Indresan Fundamentally Based Mixing Rules for Optimisation of Transport and South African Minerals to Metals R360 000,00 Communication in Tumbing Mills Research Institute (DST) Pammenter, Norman Implication of Chemical Composition of Different Types of Greynwater Water Research Council R345 000,00 for Seed Germination and Growth of Crop Plants Renkataraman, Sivakuma SANAE HF Radar Experiment NRF and South African Space Agency R333 800,00 Renkataraman, Sivakuma SANAE HF Radar Experiment NRF and South African Space Agency R333 800,00 Trois, Cristina Waste Characterisation for Implementation of Wrose and Municipal South African National Energy R325 000,00 Capacity Building Development Institute Peerbhay, Kabir The 26th Habitable Planet Workshop (HPW) DST – Applied Centre for Climate and R308 000,00 earth Systems Science Chenia, Hafizah Yousuf Amendment: Antibiotics and Anti Quorum Sensing Compounds from DST/Era Africa R302 850,00 African Fungal Endophytes Inhabiting Medical Plants Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe Assessing the State of Art of the Water Energy Food Nexus in South The Water Research Commission R300 000,00 Africa Buckley, Christopher Accelerating Impact of Education & Training in Sewered Sanitation Stichting IHE Delft R297 008,00 Buckley, Christopher Integrating Sustainable Decentralised Sanitation Solutions to Create Ifakara Health Institute R291 999,40 Safer, more Inclusive and Climate Resilient Cities in Tanzania and South Africa Buckley, Christopher Production of Case Study Videos for Online Course Stichting IHE Delft R286 549,00 Eloka-Eboka, Andrew Amendment to Existing Con4206: Exploring the Effectiveness of Pith- Sugar Milling Research Institute NPC R273 600,00 Chukwudu Fibre Fractions Separation: Sugarcane Bagasse Briquetting (SMRI) Lokhat, David Enhanced Slurry Phase Fischer Tropsch Synthesis: Application of Sasol South Africa (Pty) Ltd R250 000,00 Nanocatalysts and Utrasonic Irratiation in a Loop Reactor Jarvis, Leigh Funding Graphene Research at UKZN ‘Synthetic Graphite as a Sasol South Africa (Pty) Ltd R250 000,00 Graphitic Source for Graphene-based Supercapacitors Pif2/Pif3’ Odindo, Alfred Assessing the Use of Co-composted Black Soldier Fly (Bsfl) Reesidue/ AgriProtein Research UK Limited R226 817,46 Biochar and Dried Bsfl Residue as Plant Nutrient Sources and the Effects on Soil Biodiversity
92 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 RESEARCH GRANTS AND continued... College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR PROJECT TITLE FUNDER AMOUNT AWARDED CONTRACTS Willows Munro, Sandi Testing of Microsatellite Multiplexes for Individual Identification of South African National Biodiversity R221 224,00 Captive Bred African Grey Parrots in South Africa Initiative Ramjugernath, Deresh Vapour Pressure Curve Determination Sasol South Africa (Pty) Ltd R220 500,00 Downs, Colleen Lira2030 Project LIRA via UCT R193 233,29 Buckley, Christopher Pollution Research Group in Chemical Engineering Dept Umngeni Water R167 320,00 Buckley, Christopher Provision of Testing Services TUV SUD PSB Pty Ltd R160 539,00 Schulze, Roland Edgar Update of Potential Climate Change Impacts on Relevant Water Umngeni Water R158 625,00 Resources Related in the Umngeni and Surrounding Areas Stark, Annegret For the Establishment of a Sugarcane Biorefinery Research Chair Department of Science and Technology R158 198,39 Stark, Annegret Contract Renewal: Reinstatement and Amendment for the Department of Science and Technology R158 198,39 Establishment of a Sugarcane Biorefinery Research Petruccione, Francesco Experimental Quantum Information Processing and Communication CSIR National Laser Centre R149 000,00 Buckley, Christopher Amendment: Contract for Assignment: Transfer of Online Course in IHE Delft Foundation R144 197,87 Faecal Sludge Management Project No 106695 Venkataraman, Sivakumar Studies on Tropospheric Aerosol and Stratosphere-Mesosphere CSIR National Laser Centre R144 000,00 Temperature using Two Lidar's at Durban Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe Assessing the State of Art of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in South Water Research Commission of South R134 640,00 Africa Africa Laing, Mark Biocontrol of Nematodes Enzyme Technologies (Pty) Ltd R125 928,00 Mditshwa, Asanda Studies on the Effect of Ozone on Postharvest Quality of Apples Hortgro (Pty) Ltd R125 000,00 Moodley, Mathew Laser CVD Synthesis of One or Two-dimensional Nanomaterials Council for Scientifica and Industrial R122 000,00 Research Buckley, Christopher Amendment: Viscous Heating Demonstration for Helminth University of Missouri Kansas City – USA R121 329,80 Deactivation Toucher, Michelle Lynn Amendment: Seamless Forecasting of Rainfall and Temperature for University of Cape Town R117 649,37 Adoption of Farming Practices to Climate Variability Wall, Gareth Lager Southern African Systems Analysis Centre 2018 Doctoral Scholarship South African Systems Analysis Centre R110 000,00 Using a Systems Analysis Methodology (SASAC) Shimelis, Hussein Genomic Selection for Striga Resistance Traits in Maize International Livestock Research R102 745,01 Institute, Kenya Buckley, Christopher Memorandum of Understanding between UKZN and Agriprotein Agriprotein Research UK Limited R100 000,00 Research UK Limited Mukaratirwa, Samson Hybridisation of Schistosoma Species in South Africa and Zimbabwe Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium R75 356,50 Jewitt, Graham Assessing the Water Energy Food and Ecosystem Interdependence Joint Research Centre of the European R75 356,50 Across the Zambezi River Commission Martincigh, Bice Photostability Studies CSIR National Laser Centre R66 000,00 Bytebier, Benny Natural Science Collections Facility Department of Science & Technology's R60 000,00 South African Research Infrastructure Roadmap (SARIR) Johnson, Katelyn Newton Fund Grant Agreement Researcher Links: Travel Grant The British Council R41 078,15 Magwaza, Lemba Investigating the Impact of Wilting ‘Eureka’ Lemons and Marsh Citrus Research International (Pty) Ltd R37 716,00 Grapefruit on the Incidence of Chilling Buckley, Christopher Content Development of MSC Programme Sanitation Stichting IHE Delft R14 592,30 Mbili, Nokwazi Using a Plant Extract as an Edible Coating for Controlling Citrus Black National Research Foundation R2 000,00 Spot and Improving Fruit Quality of Citrus Toucher, Michele Amendment; Resetting the Baseline Land Cover against which Water Research Council R0,00 Streamflow Reduction Activities and the Hydrogcal Impacts of Land Use Change are Assessed Padayachee, Jared Redesign of Mesh Welding Electrodes and a Welding Press Assembly Clifford Machines & Technology R0,00 Martincigh, Bice Synergising International Research Studies into the Environmental European Union R0,00 Fate and Behaviour of Toxic Organic Chemicals in the Waste Streams
93 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 continued... College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR PROJECT TITLE FUNDER AMOUNT AWARDED Pammenter, Norman Amendment to Existing Contract – Implications of Chemical Water Research Commission R0,00 Composition of Different Types of Greywater in Seed Germination and Growth of Crop Plants
AND CONTRACTS AND Buckley, Christopher Material Transfer Agreement Cranfield University R0,00 RESEARCH GRANTS GRANTS RESEARCH Buckley, Christopher Material Transfer Agreement Global Good R0,00 Loggia, Claudia Sustainable and Resilient Cities in South Africa (a Collaboration Leicester School of Architecture at De R0,00 Between UK and SA) Montfort University Trois, Cristina Mou Between UKZN and IBM IBM R0,00 Buckley, Christopher Amendment: Standard Methods for the Analysis of Faecal Sludge Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation R0,00 Hewer, Raymond Targeted Degradation of Amyloidogenic Pathway by Nanoparhcle- Mintek R0,00 Based Degaders Buckley, Christopher Amendment: Standard Methods for the Analysis of Faecal Sludge Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand R0,00 Downs, Colleen Camera Trap Research – MoU with Panthera and UKZN Panthera Wild Cat Conservation, USA R0,00 Buckley, Christopher Material Transfer Agreement Duke University R0,00 Trois, Cristina MoU in Regard to Managing the Relationship between UKZN and South African National Development R0,00 Sanedi Initiative (SANEDI) Smithers, Jeffrey Extension: Development of a Probabilistic Rational Method for South Water Research Commission of South R0,00 Africa Africa Laing, Mark Sorhgum Material Transfer Agreement with Seed Co (Relates to Seed Co R0,00 Sorghum Breeding Project – Uib8 Funded by T.i.a) Green, Andrew Memorandum of Confidentiality Agreement: Selsmic Stratigraphy and South African Agency for Promotion of R0,00 Evolution of the Orange Basin Petroleum Exploration and Exploitation (Pty) Ltd Jarvis, Leigh Funding Graphene Research at UKZN ‘Synthetic Graphite as a Sasol South Africa (Pty) Ltd R0,00 Graphitic Source for Graphene-based Supercapacitors Pif2/Pif3’ Buckley, Christopher Material Transfer Agreement Intellectual Ventures Property Holdings R0,00 Buckley, Christopher Amendment: Oi Workshop – Dealing with Trash Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation R0,00 Mukaratirwa, Samson Development of Soil Stabilisation Products from Bacillus Spp, Related CSIR R0,00 Bioenzymes & Bioenzymes & Biopolymers for Road Construction Iwarere, Samuel Amendment: The Use of Non-thermal Plasma as Low Energy WRC R0,00 Technology for Waste Water Treatment Zewotir, Temesgen Modelling Longitudinal Ordinal Competing Risk CAPRISA R0,00 Buckley, Christopher No Cost Extension to Contract for Assignment: Short-term Actions IHE Delft Foundation R0,00 2017, BMGF Project106990 Albericio, Fernando Research Collaboration Agreement Novo Nordisk A/S, Denmark R0,00 Buckley, Christopher Standard Methods for the Analysis of Faecal Sludge Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science R0,00 and Technology (EAWAG), Switzerland Buckley, Christopher Equipment and Health and Safety Modifications Required for Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation R0,00 Developing Capacity to Support Grantees Field-Testing in Durban, SA Stringel, Santiago Investigation of Faecal Sludge Drying Cranfield University, USA R0,00 Buckley, Christopher Material Transfer Agreement for Human Faecal Sludge that has Been Protos Madagascar R0,00 Treated in Plant Drying Beds Buckley, Christopher Characterisation of Faecal Material Behaviour During Drying Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation R0,00 Toucher, Michele Modelling of Water Flows with Change in Land Management in Water Research Commission R0,00 Selected River Catchments Stuart-Hill, Sabine Umngeni Ecological Infrastructure Partnership (UEIP) South African National Biodiversity R0,00 Institute Khoza, T.N. Inactivation of Lumpies Skin Disease Virus Onderstepoort Biological Products R0,00 R 60 485 447,47
94 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 RESEARCH GRANTS College of Health Sciences AND CONTRACTS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR PROJECT TITLE FUNDER AMOUNT AWARDED Ndung'u, Thumbi Mechanisms of HIV Non-pathogenicity and Cure Revealed in University of Oxford, United Kingdom R7 572 916,68 Paediatric HIV Infection Ndung’u, Thumbi Female Rising through Education, Support and Health (FRESH) Gilead Sciences Inc R6 886 786,14 Acute HIV Infection
Ndung'u, Thumbi Establishment of Cohorts to Support Studies of HIV Antigens and International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, USA R6 710 182,50 Immune Responses Required for Control of HIV Ndung'u, Thumbi Pathogenesis of Clade C HIV Infection Massachusetts General Hospital R5 594 540,49 Ndung'u, Thumbi Modification 8: Establishment of Cohorts to Support Studies of HIV International AIDS Vaccine Initiative R5 537 676,35 Antigens and Immune Responses Required for Control of HIV (IAVI), USA de Oliveira, Tulio Funding Agreement for KRISP Technology Innovation Agency R5 517 740,00 Mphahlele, Reratilwe NIHR Improving Asthma Outcomes in African Children Queen Mary University of London, R4 018 875,31 United Kingdom de Oliveira, Tulio Modification: A Multi-disciplinary Approach to Understand the SA MRC R3 998 000,00 Causes and Consequences of HIV Transmission and Drug Resistance (MRC Flagship Programme – UKZNHIVEPI) Moosa, Yunus Resistance Testing Versus Adherence Support for Management of Massachusetts General Hospital, USA R3 802 031,78 Patients with Virologic Fallure on First Line Antiretroviral Therapy in sub-Saharan Africa Drummond, Leanne Intravenous Iron for Treatment of Anaemia before Cardiac Surgery Alfred Health, Australia R3 354 417,00 Sebitloane, Motshedisi CESTAP Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment Algorithm International Agency for Research in R2 881 140,47 Cancer (IARC), France Sebitloane, Motshedisi Amendment: The Pilot Study for the Cervical Cancer Screening and World Health Organization R2 867 537,00 Treatment Algorithms Study using PV Testing in Africa (CESTAP) de Oliveira, Tulio Funding Allocation Memorandum between Technology Innovation Technology Innovation Agency R2 597 658,00 Agency and UKZN for the KZN Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) Moodly, Dhayendre Amendment: Immediate or Deferred Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for SA MRC R2 268 000,00 HIV Prevention: Safe Options for Pregnant and Lactating Women – an Open-Label Randomised Control Study Moodley, Dhayendre Immediate or Deferred Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention: SA MRC R1 901 908,00 Safe Options for Pregnant and Lactating Women: An Open-Label, Randomised Control Study Deoliveira, TulioPaivan Subcontract: A Phylo Epidemic Analysis of a Rural Hyper Epidemic New Fellowship from the Royal R1 868 985,02 HIV Setting in South Africa in an Era of Widespread Use of ARV Society via University of Edinburgh Therapy (Collaboration Agreement) Ndung'u, Thumbi Modification: New Technologies for the Study of HIV Mucosal Massachusetts General Hospital R1 547 477,05 Immunity and Compartmentalisation in the Femal Genital Tract Essack, Sabiha Eamr; Moa SA MRC R1 500 000,00 Mann, Jaclyn Sequencing and Functional Characterisation of the HIV-1 Reservoir: Sub-Saharan African Network for TB/HIV R1 379 770,00 Implications for HIV-1 Cure Research Excellence (SANTHE) Horwood, Christiane To Support Investigation of the Relationships between the Work World Health Organization, Malaysia R1 246 100,00 Environment and Childcare Practices including Feeding Practices among Informal Working Mothers in South Africa and India Voce, Anna Silvia Infection Prevention and Control in the Era of Decentralised Care: A London School of Hygiene and Tropical R1 215 740,00 Whole Systems Approach Medicine, United Kingdom Petersen, Inge Research Governance Framework and Social Care Kings College London, United Kingdom R1 201 147,05 Gereeb, Arvin Rajmun Vuka Ekhaya: A Take-home Behavioural Risk among Perinatally HIV University of California Los Angeles R1 199 793,26 -infected Youth California (UCLA) Ndung'u, Thumbi Modification 4: Development of Broadly Neutralising Antibodies in Massachusetts General Hospital R1 137 488,38 HIV Infection and Following Immunisation (Objective 6, Sub-award 225456) de Oliveira, Tulio Amendment: Subcontract between Caprisa and UKZN: ‘Caprisa Centre for the Programme of AIDS R1 102 152,00 Regional Centre For Advanced Clinical Management’ Research in South Africa (CAPRISA)
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College of Health Sciences PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR PROJECT TITLE FUNDER AMOUNT AWARDED Petersen, Inge Amendment: Strengthening the Evidence Base and Capacity for University of Washington R1 093 032,00 Implementing HIV Prevention and Care and Treatment Programmes in the Republic of South Africa under the United States President's Emergency Plan dor Aids Relief AND CONTRACTS AND
RESEARCH GRANTS RESEARCH Archary, Moherndran Outocmes and Predictors of Successful Transition to Adult Care for Massachusetts General Hospital R1 081 340,00 HIV-infected Adolescents in South Africa de Oliveira, Tulio Year 7 Addendum to the Sub-grant between UCT and UKZN for the University of Cape Town R1 067 978,52 Habionet Network Archary, Moherndran Outcome and Predictors of Successful Transition for Adult Care for Massachusetts General Hospital, USA R1 038 930,00 HIV Adolescents in South Africa de Oliveira, Tulio Modification 1 – Integrating Assisted and Partner Services and University of Washington (NIH funding) R984 594,30 Phylogenetics for HIV and HCV Prevention Mlisana, Koleka Contract Renewal: DST/NRF (COE) in HIV Prevention CAPRISA R883 050,00 Essack, Sabiha Yusuf Renewal: Triangulation of Antibiotic Resistance from Humans, the World Health Organisation Switzerland R881 006,00 Food Chain and Associated Environments – a One Health Project Mashamba, Thompson Tivani Accessibility of Point of Care Diagnostics for Prevention of Vertical SANTHE R835 380,00 Disease Transmission in Rural Primary Health Care Clinics in Zambia Horwood, Christiane KIBS & KINC ELMA Foundation R752 144,83 Assounga, Alain A Phase 2, Open-label, Multiple-dose Study to Evaluate the Premier Research International LLC, USA R681 825,00 Pharmacodynamic Effects, Safety and Tolerability of Patiromer for Oral Suspension in Children and Adolescents Ndung'u, Thumbi Immune Responses in Lymphoid Tissues of HIV Positive Individuals Massachusetts General Hospital R613 570,00 Ndung’u, Thumbi Female Rising through Education, Support and Health (FRESH) Gilead Sciences In (UKZN subcontract R596 076,07 Acute HIV Infection Cohort to MGH) Ndung'u, Thumbi Amendment: Immune Responses in Lymphoid Tissues of HIV- Massachusetts General Hospital R591 135,00 positive Individuals Ndung'u, Thumbi Partnership for Global Health Training Programme Harvard College, USA R579 697,00 Naidoo, Nithiseelan (Rajen) Swiss-African Research Co-operation Fellowship Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute R576 396,00 (Swiss THP), Switzerland Ngcobo, Mlungisi Immunomodulatory Potential of African Traditional Medicines Department of Science and Technology R433 362,34 Motala, Ayesha Ahmed Durban Diabetes Study University of Cambrigde – Wellcome R423 083,08 Trust Sanger Institute Rapiti, Nadine A Prospective, Multi-National, Non-interventional Study in Haemophilia Novo Nordisk (Pty) Ltd R415 905,00 A and B Patients with or without Inhibitors Treated according to Routine Clinical Treatment Practice (Explorer [TM] 6) Madiba, T.E. HIV, Aging, and Colorectal Cancer among Black Patients in a National Institutes of Health R395 026,74 Hyperndemic HIV Setting, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa (UKZN Sub- contract Statement of Work) Chimbari, Moses Amendment to the Framework Collaboration Agreement University of Edinburgh, United R389 788,66 Kingdom Petersen, Inge COBALT: Comorbid Affective Disorders, AIDS/HIV and Long-term Kings College London, United Kingdom R326 768,34 health de Oliveira, Tulio Mapping Structure, Dynamics and Behaviour of Dutch Caribbean University Medical Centre Utrecht, R306 368,00 HIV Transmission Networks to Model Targeted Interventions Netherlands Chimbari, Moses John Tackling Infections to Benefit Africa (TIBA) University of Edinburgh, United R287 708,00 Kingdom Chimbari, Moses TIBA Workshop on Advanced Health Research Ethics for University of Edinburgh, United R287 708,00 Investigators Kingdom Owira, Peter Implications of KLF14 and TCFLZ Genes in the Susceptibility to Type African Partnership for Chronic Disease R267 915,00 Z Diabetes and Ketosis-prone Diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa, Case Research, University of Cambridge of Cameroon Mashamba, Thompson Tivani Accessibility of Point of Care Diagnostics for Prevention of Vertical SANTHE R259 595,10 Disease Transmission in Rural Primary Healthcare Clinics in Zambia
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College of Health Sciences AND CONTRACTS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR PROJECT TITLE FUNDER AMOUNT AWARDED Ramsuran, Veron Identifying Hla-A Regulatory Factors SANTHE funding via AHRI R250 306,00 Ramsuran, Veron Measuring the Allelic Expression Levels of HLA-Class II Genes & SANTHE funding via AHRI R250 306,00 Determining Regulatory Factors
de Oliveira, Tulio Age-disparate Sexual Partnerships and HIV Risk in Young South AHRI-SANTHE Consumable award R244 200,86 African Women: A Communiy-wide Phylogenetic Study Moosa, Yunus Modification 2 of Consortium Agreement Massachusetts General Hospital R200 006,00 Ndung'u, Thumbi Amendment: ART and Risk of Preterm Delivery in a Rural High HIV- University of Southampton R180 749,15 Prevalent Area de Oliveira, Tulio Understanding the Heterogeneous Distribution of HIV-1 Group M Wellcome Trust via AHRI R171 894,00 Viruses Circulating in Cameroon and Worldwide Ramsamy, Yogandree Award Agreement between Merieux Institut and UKZN Institut Merieux, France R165 342,00 Abbai, Nathlee Sexually Transmitted Infections in Pregnant Women National Research Foundation R165 000,00 Pillay, Manormoney Validation of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Curli Pili (Mtp) as a London School of Hygiene and Tropical R157 467,60 Biomarker for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Medicine, United Kingdom Visser, Linda Phase 3, Multi-Cente, Randomised, Double-Masked Study to Evaluate Shire Human Genetic Therapies Inc., USA R150 000,00 the Clincial Efficacy and Safety of SHP640 (Pvp-Iodine 0.6% and Dexamethasone 0.1%) Opthalmic Suspension Compared to Placebo in the Treatment of Bacterial Conjunctivitis Visser, Linda A phase 3 multi – centre, randomised, double – masked study to SHIRE Human Genetic Therapies Inc., R150 000,00 evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of SHP 640 (PVP – Iodine USA 0.6% and dexamethasone 0.1%) Opthalmic Suspension Compared to Placebo in the Treatment of Bacterial Conjunctivitis Mlisana, Koleka The Role of Casual Contact and Migration in XDR TB Transmission Emory University, USA R112 656,00 in South Africa: A Geospatial, Genomic and Social Network Study (Context) Elzowalaty, Mohammedezzatm Surveillance of Influenza a Virus in Wild Birds in South Africa Erasmus Medical Centre, Netherlands R111 258,47 Ahmoud Essack, Sabiha Memorandum of Agreement: Antibiotic Resistance and One Health, SA MRC R100 000,00 Specifically the Surveillance of Antimicrobial Use and Resistance Elzowalaty, Mohamedezzat Surveillance of Influenza Viruses in Wild Birds in South Africa Erasmus Medical Centre, Netherlands R71 077,80 Mahmoud Sartorius, Benn Finger Prick Aptus Device Clinical Evaluation for Haemocrit and Entia LTD R70 676,45 Haemoglubin Measurement Chimbari, Moses Amendment to the Framework Collaboration Agreement between UKZN University of Edinburgh, United R56 664,00 and the University Court of the University of Edinburgh Kingdom de Oliveira, Tulio Modification: Determining the Distribution of HIV 1 Recombinants Wellcome Trust SANTHE via AHRI R56 500,00 and Epidemiology Important Subtypes in Africa Moti, Deepika Global Transcriptome Analysis of Thp-1 Cells Infected with a Rpfb Omega Bioservices United States R38 355,62 Gene-deficient Strain of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis V9124 Sebitloane, Motshedisi Cesta Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment Algorithms in Africa International Agency for Research in R4 238,01 Cancer (IARC), France Petersen, Inge S-Mhint Health Alliance International (HAI), USA R0,00 Petersen, Inge S-Mhint Project – Sub-award Agreement University of Washington University of Washington R0,00 Moodley, Pravikrishnen Amendment; Revamp Study – Resistance Testing versus Adherence Massachusetts General Hospital R0,00 Support for Management of Patients with Viroligic Failure on First Line Antiretroviral Therapy Petersen, Inge S-Mhint Project – Sub-award Agreement & Muhas Port of the UI9 Muhimbili University of Health and R0,00 Consortium Allied Sciences Peter Thumbi Ndungu Mechanism of HLA – Associated Control and Lack of Control of HIV Wellcome Trust R0,00 Infection Peter Thumbi Ndungu Mechanism of HLA – Associated Control and Lack of Control of HIV North West University R0,00 Infection
97 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 continued... College of Health Sciences PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR PROJECT TITLE FUNDER AMOUNT AWARDED Christiane Marriane Horwood Amendment to Existing Contract: Working Women Elma Foundation R0,00 Sabiha Yusuf Essack Addendum2: Antibiotic Stewardship and Conservancy Norwegian Agency for Development R0,00 Cooperation
AND CONTRACTS AND Ayesha Ahmed Motala Gwas of Cardiometabolic and Infectious Traits Africa: Type 2 Wellcome Trust R0,00 RESEARCH GRANTS GRANTS RESEARCH Diabetes Study & the 100K Genomes in Africa Study Peter Thumbi Ndung'u Characterisation of the Evolution of Adoptive and Innate Immune NIH/MGH USA R0,00 Responses in Acute HIV Clade C Virus Infection Tulio Paviana Andrade Amendment: Santhe Full-length Sequencing and Biological Wellcome Trust Through AHRI R0,00 Deoliveira Characterization of Early Divergent HIV-1 Lineages from Cameroon Mahomed Yunus Suleman Amendment: Anti-retroviral Drug Resistance in KwaZulu-Natal Brigham & Women's Hospital R0,00 Moosa Motala, Ayesha Material Transfer Agreement – H3 Burden Spectrum and Aetiology Medical Research Council and London R0,00 of Type II Diabetes in Sub-Sahara Africa School of Tropical Medicine Naicker, Thirona Material Transfer Agreement – Transfer of Saliva Samples University of Iowa, United States R0,00 Ndhlovu, Zaza Amendment: Characterising the Role of HIV Specific Cd4 T-Cells Massachusetts General Hospital R0,00 In Modulating the Ontogeny of Broadly Neutralising Antibody Responses, and Control of Viremia Ndung'u, Thumbi Amendment: Impact of Recent HIV Infection in a Study Cohort of University of Oxford, United Kingdom R0,00 Post-natal Mothers Ndung'u, Thumbi Escents University of Oxford, United Kingdom R0,00 Ndung'u, Thumbi Amendment: Optimising Control of HIV in ART-treated Children and University of Oxford, United Kingdom R0,00 Adolescents de Oliveira, Tulio Material Transfer Agreement between UKZN and UCT University of Cape Town R0,00 de Oliveira, Tulio Material Transfer Agreement between UKZN (Krisp) and Mbarara Mbarara University of Science and R0,00 University of Science and Technology Uganda Technology, Uganda de Oliveira, Tulio Material Transfer Agreement: Integrating Assisted Partner Services University of Nairobi, Kenya R0,00 and Phylogenetics for HIV and HCV Prevention El Zowalaty, Mem A One-health Cross – Sectoral Study for Possible Swine Zoonoses in Duke University R0,00 South Africa Lin, Johnson Material Transfer Agreement for Drug-Protein Interaction of HIV-1 Addgene Inc. USA R0,00 Reverse Transcriptase South Africa Strain Type C Pillay, Manormoney Validation of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Curli Pili (MTP) as a Makarere University R0,00 Biomarker for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Ndung'u, Thumbi Amendment: Characterisation of the Evolution of Adaptive and Massachusetts general Hospital R0,00 Innate Immune Responses in Acute HIV Clade C Virus Infection Ndung'u, Thumbi KEMRI to UKZN MTA KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research R0,00 Programme, Kenya Ndung'u, Thumbi Mta: Impact of Early Diagnosis and Art Initiation at Birth in Children University of Melbourne R0,00 qith Invetro HIV Infection Ndung'u, Thumbi NIH Aids Reagent Programme Various Funding Sources R0,00 Essack, Sabiha E-Amr: ICT Solutons for Real-time Eletronic Monitoring F SA MRC & Newton Fund R0,00 Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in the One Health Approach Archary, Moherndran Amendment: HIV Adolescent Readiness for Transition Scale in South President and the Fellows of Harvard R0,00 Africa College Moosa, Yunus Modification 7 to Consortium Agreement Massachusetts General Hospital R0,00 Moodley, Dhayendre Dreams Innovation Challenge Project Drexel University, USA R0,00 Essack, Sabiha Memorandum of Agreement between UKZN and Greys Hospital to Greys Hospital R0,00 Collaborate on the Research Project Entitled ‘Antibiotic Resistance and One Health’, Specifically the Surveillance of Antimicrobial Use and Resistance
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College of Health Sciences AND CONTRACTS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR PROJECT TITLE FUNDER AMOUNT AWARDED Gaede, Bernhard Memorandum of Understanding between UKZN Centre for Rural THEnet: Training for Health Equity R0,00 Health and Training for Health Equity Network (THENET) to Carry Network, USA out Joint Research Activities Soliman, Mahmoud el Sayed Study of Covalent Inhibition of Nedd4-1 E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Targets The Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, R0,00
Cancer using Covalent Molecular Dynamics Simulation Morocco Chimbari, Moses 3Rd Amendment to the Framework Collaboration Agreement University of Edinburgh, United R0,00 Kingdom Archary, Moherndran Amendment: HIV Adolescent Readiness for Transition Scale in South President and the Fellows of Harvard R0,00 Africa College R97 664 143,43
College of Humanities PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR PROJECT TITLE FUNDER AMOUNT AWARDED Zulu, Paulus Monitoring and Evaluation of Identified Non-Profit Department of Social Development, R5 255 055,00 Organisations in the Pietermaritzburg Cluster Funded by the Prince of KwaZulu-Natal Department in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal Kortjass, Dimakatso Memorandum of Agreement University of Witwatersrand R4 078 841,00 Wassenaar, Douglas Kombe Doctoral Studentship Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom R3 086 850,00 Myeni, Sithembiso Sustainable Human Settlement Decision Support Tool Project Technology Innovation Agency R3 000 000,00 Londelihle Moletsane, Relebohile Dreams Innovation Challenge Project Drexel University R2 583 730,63 Teferra, Damtew Amendment to Existing Re-Imbursement Agreement: Trustees of Boston College, USA R2 382 366,07 Request for Renewal of Support for International Higher Education and Related Activities on African Higher Education Paulus Zulu Evaluation of the Impact of Teacher Training Programmes ETDP SETA R1 934 337,50 Offered by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education Moletsane, Relebohile Accountability for Gender Equality in Education: Critical University College London, United R1 410 083,64 Perspectives on an Indicator Framework for the SDGs Kingdom Loggia, Claudia Community-led Upgrading for Self-reliance in South Africa: University of Westminster, United R1 400 000,00 Integrated Construction and Environment Management Kingdom Systems in Informal Settlements' Funded by the ESCR in the UK and NRF in South Africa Msibi, Thabo Sponsorship Agreement to Support Women in Science, Johnson and Johnson Family of R706 335,00 Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design Companies, USA (Wistem2d) Slack, Catherine Amendment: Strenghthening Participatory Practices through USAID R507 535,86 the Ethical Review Process HIV Vaccine and Biomedical Prevention Research Project Zulu, Paulus The eThekwini Hostel Barometer Survey The National Business Intelligence R375 000,00 Centre Gopal, Nirmala BRICS as a Cohesive Strategic Actor National Institute for the Humanities R300 000,00 and Social Sciences and South African Teferra, Damtew In Region in Country Scholarship Programme: Affiliate Federal Ministry for Economic R290 112,00 Agreement Cooperation and Development Gopal, Nirmala Cyber Crime Risks to South Africa – Phase II National Institute for the Humanities R236 000,00 And Social Sciences Moletsane, Relebohile Education And Emancipation: A Five-year, Longitudinal, Human Sciences Research Council R176 000,00 Qualitative Study of Agency and Impasses to Success amongst Higher Education Students in a Sample of South African Universities
99 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 continued... College of Humanities PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR PROJECT TITLE FUNDER AMOUNT AWARDED Naidu, MahesHvari Young Women's Leadership Project African Gender Institute UCT R113 459,00 Sutherland, Catherine Sustainable Development Partnership Climate Smart and Deutsche Gesellschaff fur R70 914,00 Resilient Informal Settlement International Zusammenarbeit (Giz) AND CONTRACTS AND
RESEARCH GRANTS GRANTS RESEARCH Slack, Catherine Interview Study to Explore Interpersonal Processes South African Medical Research R55 358,65 Enhancing Understanding in Consent and Engagement Council Encounters at HIV Vaccine Trial Sites In South Africa Wassenaar, Douglas Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative (CHIV) Team in Social and University of Toronto, Canada R0,00 Behavioural Research on HIV Vaccines Wassenaar, Douglas Amendment: Canadian HIV Initiative (CHIV) Team in Social Canadian Institute of Health R0,00 and Behavioural Research in HIV Vaccines Research Moletsane, Relebohile Amendment: Education And Emancipation: A Critical, Department of Higher Education R0,00 Intervention-Oriented Investigation of Obstacles and And Training Opportunities within the Higher Education and Training Sector in South Africa Zulu, Paulus Addendum: Role of the Film Industry in the Promotion of KZN Film Commission R0,00 Culture in KZN Moletsane, Relebohile Amendment: Dreams Innovation Challenge Project Drexel University R0,00 Slack, Catherine Addendum: Strengthening Participatory Practices through AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition R0,00 the Ethical Review Process HIV Vaccine and Biomedical (AVAC) Prevention Research Project Moletsane, Relebohile Dreams Innovation Challenge Project University of California, Los Angeles R0,00 USA Pooe, Ofentse Research Collaboration Agreement Council for Scientifica and Industrial R0,00 Research R27 961 978,35
College of Law and Management Studies PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR PROJECT TITLE FUNDER AMOUNT AWARDED Poku, Nana Study on the Role of Bridging the Gaps in Strengthening Civil Stichting Aids Fonds, The R3 946 725,00 Society: Best Practices in Capacity Development Netherlands Poku, Nana Amendment: Exploratory Research in Malawi, Tanzania Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation R2 437 243,24 & Zimbabwe on Global Fund Grant Making & Grant Performance Govender, Kaymarlin Analysis of Psychosocial Profile of Men who Commit Rape in KZN Provincial Government R444 317,00 the Province of KwaZulu-Natal Department of Social Development Govender, Kaymarlin Amendment to Existing Contract: Creating Futures/Stepping The South African Medical Research R0,00 Stones Project Council Poku, Nana Amendment: Exploratory Research in Malawi, Tanzania Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation R0,00 & Zimbabwe on Global Fund Grant Making & Grant Performance Poku, Nana Amendment: Exploratory Research in Malawi, Tanzania Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation R0,00 and Zimbabwe on Global Fund Grant Making & Grant Performance Poku, Nana Amendment: Exploratory Research in Malawi, Tanzania and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation R0,00 Zimbabwe on Global Fund Grant Making & Grant Performance R6 828 285,24
100 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL RESEARCH REPORT 2018 STATUTORY INCOME FROM THE NRF STATUTORY INCOME COLLEGE Agriculture, Law and Health Research Engineering and Humanities Management Sciences Office Science Studies TOTAL African Coelecanth Ecosystem Programme 509 688,94 509 688,94 Astronomy Sub-Agency Funding Programme 200 000,00 200 000,00 Blue Skies Research Programme 366 195,11 366 195,11 IRG – South Africa/Canada Research Chairs Trilateral 625 000,00 625 000,00 Partnerships Initiatives DST NRF Conference Fund/International Science and 314 550,00 900 000,00 400 000,00 1 614 550,00 Technology Agreements Community Engagement Programme 169 165,46 432 158,38 601 323,84 CoE: Indigenous Knowledge Systems 8 000 000,00 8 000 000,00 Competitive Programme for Rated Researchers 5 033 284,35 3 481 565,97 1 587 074,00 202 500,00 10 304 424,32 Competitive Programme for Unrated Researchers 2 088 841,88 1 248 674,20 775 000,00 4 112 516,08 Development Grant for KFD 15 011,51 15 011,51 Sabbatical Grant to Complete Doctoral Degrees 233 820,45 371 000,00 85 176,28 689 996,73 National Equipment Programme/National Nanotechnology 247 148,11 247 148,11 Programme Global Change Grand Challenge 34 796,99 34 796,99 Human and Social Dynamics in Development 751 375,00 60 000,00 811 375,00 Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme – International Council of Scientific Unions 70 434,20 40 000,00 110 434,20 IRG – NRF/International Centre for Theoretical Physics Joint – Collaboration for Science Advancement IEPD Flagship – Indigenous Knowledge Systems 221 076,38 170 638,78 225 539,37 617 254,53 SA Research Chairs Indigenous Knowledge 1 289 245,36 1 289 245,36 IRG – India/South Africa Research Cooperation Programme 150 000,00 150 000,00 Incentive Funding for Rated Researchers 3 845 000,00 1 081 838,43 1 209 000,00 380 358,25 107 285,03 6 623 481,71 IRG South Africa/Tunisia/Taiwan/India/Sweden/ Switzerland 299 052,00 299 052,00 Research Co-operation Programme IRG – Jamaica/South Africa collaboration 100 000,00 100 000,00 IRG – Kenya/South Africa Research Cooperation Programme 63 011,03 63 011,03 Research Equipment Programme 65 765,81 40 464,18 65 003,70 171 233,69 Human Capital Development for Multiwave-length Astronomy – S&F – Research Development Grants for nGAP Scholars 50 000,00 30 000,00 80 000,00 Research and Technology Fund 110 000,00 110 000,00 SA Research Chairs – Open 32 423 880,31 7 488 536,50 7 957 085,68 576 865,81 48 446 368,30 Black Academics Advancement Programme 42 245,00 42 245,00 SA National Antarctic Programme 600 000,00 600 000,00 Academic Statistics Programme 800 000,00 800 000,00 International Science and Technology Agreements 594 589,26 594 589,26 IRG – Sweden/South Africa Research Cooperation Programme 510 250,63 211 045,72 721 296,35 IRG – Switzerland/South Africa Research Cooperation 603 000,16 603 000,16 Programme IRG – Taiwan/South African Research Cooperation Programme 84 000,00 84 000,00 Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme 4 569 193,79 4 569 193,79 (THRIP) Thuthuka 3 867 027,69 1 600 507,07 788 130,00 384 738,70 6 640 403,46 Knowledge Interchange and Collaborations 530 000,00 144 593,79 205 000,00 194 159,86 1 073 753,65 IRG – UK/South Africa Researcher Links Grants for Travel 945 000,00 945 000,00 ESRC/NRF Collaborative Research: Urban Transformation in SA 424 225,00 424 225,00 Research Development Grants for Y-rated Researchers 445 427,37 185 165,13 630 592,50 TOTAL 59 458 815,27 18 996 625,57 15 262 836,13 2 094 844,62 8 107 285,03 103 920 406,62 POST DOCS 7 860 357,65 4 499 186,59 1 064 155,00 245 540,43 215 000,00 13 884 239,67 TOTAL PER COLLEGE 67 319 172,92 23 495 812,16 16 326 991,13 2 340 385,05 8 322 285,03 117 804 646,29 SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES 66 247 058,76 TOTAL INCOME 184 051 705,05
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