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ORDER OF PROCEDURE

15 DECEMBER 2021 AT 09:30 The audience will rise as the academic procession enters the hall and will remain standing until the Chancellor is in place The Chancellor will constitute the congregation The Chancellor will welcome the graduands, diplomates and guests Address to the congregation Conferment of degrees and granting of diplomas The President of Convocation will address the graduates and diplomates The Chancellor will dissolve the congregation The audience will stand while Ihele is played

Members of the audience are requested to stand while the academic procession leaves the hall and not to leave the hall before the end of the ceremony.

IMPORTANT NOTICE In the event of load-shedding or power cuts, the Great Hall may become totally dark until the generator comes into operation.

FACULTY OF SCIENCE DEAN: PROFESSOR N CHETTY BSc Hons (Natal) MS PhD (Urbana-Champaign) MSAIP MASSAf

Master of Science BAGRATEE, Avrishka RESEARCH REPORT: Semantic segmentation for South African railway detection

Computer Science

Computer Science BHUGWAN, Dhruv Madhukar (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: The impact of encoded features from action classifiers on dense video captioning performance

BONNET, Wessel (with Distinction) RESEARCH REPORT: Random sampling-based relative radiometric normalisation

eScience

Molecular and Cell Biology BURNS, Jessica DISSERTATION: Investigating the possible role of LRP/LR in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's Disease and cancer Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing CHAUKE, Mathapelo Petunia RESEARCH REPORT: Detecting peat degradation using low altitude remote sensing technologies Environmental Sciences CHIGWANHIRE, Faith RESEARCH REPORT: A critical review of EIA follow-up in South Africa: a case study for Gauteng Province

CHINAMORA, Blessing DISSERTATION: Characterisation of a geothermal resource using Geophysics

Geophysics

Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing CHOKOE, Bellina Machuene RESEARCH REPORT: Assessing the suitability of the South African Rock Art Digital archive for the purpose of geocoding Rock Art sites Environmental Sciences CLUETT, Iain Douglas Robert RESEARCH REPORT: Regulating waste: a contemporary assessment of the impacts of legislation on the South African waste economy Computational and Applied Mathematics CONRADIE, Esmi Eunice DISSERTATION: Investigating shortest distance and lowest congestion routing in an urban road traffic network using a microscopic and a macroscopic model Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing CRANKSHAW, Beth Pulane RESEARCH REPORT: Dasymetric estimation of tuberculosis incidence rates and facility-level hot spot analysis in Johannesburg Molecular and Cell Biology CUTHBERTSON, Mitchell Adrian DISSERTATION: Characterisation of sequences enhancing geminivirus symptoms in cassava mosaic disease susceptible and tolerant cassava landraces Hydrogeology DAVID, Anna Kaupuko RESEARCH REPORT: Assessment of groundwater potential of the Kalahari aquifers in Kavango east and west regions, Namibia

Environmental Sciences DLAMINI, Bhuti Vincent RESEARCH REPORT: Effect of rehabilitation activities on ecological integrity and flow regulation function of wetlands in a gauged catchment Geology DUBE, Mpumelelo Portia DISSERTATION: Understanding the Karoo dolerite systems using geological and geophysical methods around Beaufort West, South Africa Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences DUBE, Ntokababa Yvonne DISSERTATION: Shrinking labs onto microchips: the rise of automated water quality observation systems

Emergency and Fire Plans during Graduations

EBRAHIM, Rozeena DISSERTATION: Multi-wavelength study of large-scale outflows from the Circinus galaxy

1. In the event of an emergency and/or fire: • • • • • •

The presiding official (Chancellor/Vice-Chancellor/Deputy Vice-Chancellor) will make an announcement requesting guests, graduands and staff to keep calm and remain seated; The Ushers will assist guests to proceed to the nearest Emergency exits in order to evacuate the Great Hall in an orderly fashion; Emergency exit signs are visible in red above all exit doors situated on your left and right hand sides as well as the back of the Hall; The Ushers will assist the elderly and disabled guests out of the building; The academic procession on stage must exit through the back stage door; Once outside the Great Hall all guests, graduands and staff must proceed to the main assembly point on the piazza.

2. In the event of a Bomb threat All bomb threats will be treated as real in order to protect lives and property and the premises will be evacuated immediately.

Physics

Archaeology FAUL, Inez DISSERTATION: A palaeoecological and taphonomic analysis of microfossils from MIS 5 layers in Cave 1, Klasies River main site, South Africa Computer Science

FENI, Democracy Yongama DISSERTATION: Evaluating the reliability of quantification results

Economic Geology GOGODO, Arthur Samuel RESEARCH REPORT: A review of the geology, mineralisation, and structural controls on the emplacement of the Bikita LCT pegmatites, Masvingo Greenstone Belt, Zimbabwe Craton Mathematics GONAH, Masimba Archibald DISSERTATION: Primary classes of n-colour compositions - enumerations and combinatorial connections

GOWERA, Anna Tariro Deirdre RESEARCH REPORT: Mining legislation and sustainable development in Zimbabwe

Environmental Sciences

Hydrogeology GQIBA, Dumisani Sanele RESEARCH REPORT: Conceptual hydrogeological characterisation of the Cedarville aquifer system, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

GUSINOW, Roy Jacob (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: Unsupervised machine learning in the search for dark and semi-visible jets

Physics

Archaeology HODGSON, Christopher Bromley (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: The analysis of ceramic material excavated from two neighbouring Sotho-Tswana homesteads located on the South African Highveld Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies HORN, Maryke (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: Clarifying the stratigraphic boundary between Member 4 and Member 5 of the Sterkfontein Caves, South Africa: a three-dimensional spatial analysis of hominin fossils and stone tools Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies JAMES, Lucien Nicolas DISSERTATION: Phytoremediation: an assessment of the potential of Casuarina equisetifolia in environmental rehabilitation in the mining industry of South Africa Computer Science JARVIS, Devon (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: Generalising regularisation of neural networks to correlated parameter spaces

JASSAT, Muhammad DISSERTATION: Climate resilience planning in the City of Johannesburg

Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences

Molecular and Cell Biology JEJE, Olamide Adetomi (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: A systematic integration of empirical and computational studies to biophysically describe recombinant Nicotinate Mononucleotide Adenylyltransferase (NaMNAT) from Klebsiella pneumonia and Enterococcus faecium

KGOADI, Mpho Arthur DISSERTATION: The effect of dark matter in the epoch of reionization

Physics

Computer Science KHALO, Nomonde Francisca (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: Querying relational database systems in natural language using sequence to sequence learning with neural networks Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing KHANYILE, Mbali RESEARCH REPORT: Mapping and monitoring mesquite invasion in Aba Island, Sudan, using remote sensing data and random forest classifier Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing KHOZA, Gladness Mikateko RESEARCH REPORT: Modelling and Mapping Canopy Cover in African Savanna using C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR); The Case Study of Bushbuckridge Local Municipality (BLM) Computer Science KOOVERJEE, Nishai Kiran (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: How does relational knowledge generalise? An analysis of transfer learning for graph neural networks Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences LEBESE, Evalt Malesela DISSERTATION: The interactive effect of elevated CO2 and rising temperatures on the growth of Leucosidea sericea, Festuca costata and Themeda triandra

FACULTY OF SCIENCE … A MESSAGE TO OUR GRADUATES The mission of the Faculty of Science is to produce excellent graduate students who are equipped to make a meaningful contribution broadly to society and are ready to undertake postgraduate studies at any university in the world. A hallmark of our graduates is their independent, critical, creative and entrepreneurial thinking in the sciences, and a commitment to make this world a better place for all. We strongly encourage you to continue your studies as a postgraduate student in the Faculty. We offer excellent coursework and research programmes in a range of diverse areas extending from Astronomy through to Zoology. The Faculty of Science is home to three out of the seven DSI/NRF funded Centres of Excellence at Wits, known for their cutting-edge research in their respective focus areas. In addition, the Faculty has been chosen as the lead institution by the Department of Science and Innovation to host the National eScience Postgraduate Teaching and Training Platform in the data sciences. Academic staff in the Faculty collaborate with leading universities and laboratories around the world. Many of our postgraduate students spend time in overseas institutions as part of their postgraduate degrees and participate in national and international conferences. Our researchers are active participants in some of the large global science experiments and publish their work in some of the best international journals. Wits is committed to maintaining its ranking as a leading internationally renowned university producing work that is visible to the entire world, and positively impactful on the ways in which we live our lives in the 21 st century. I hope you will join us in this exciting endeavour! Nithaya Chetty Dean: Faculty of Science

Chemistry LYONS, Moniq Sherlisa (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: Soil amendments affecting uptake and storage of nickel in the (Hyper) accumulator plants Berkheya coddii R. and Helianthus Annuus L. Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences MACHIMANE, Zanele Hariett DISSERTATION: Evaluating different biotypes of Dactylopius opuntiae and Dactylopius confusus (cochineals) for biological control of the invasive cactus Opuntia engelmannii in Kenya and South Africa Palaeontology MACUNGO, Zanildo Augusto (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: Microcomputed tomography analysis of the basicranial axis of emydopoid dicynodonts and an investigation of their adaptations to fossorial behaviour Geophysics MAHLATJI, Nnono Merriam DISSERTATION: Experimental estimation of physical properties of a series of rocks from a deep borehole of the Karoo Basin, South Africa Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing MAKINTA, Vincent RESEARCH REPORT: Assessing geo-spatial opportunities within the City of Cape Town Metro: an exploratory spatial data analysis

MANGANYE, Sylvester Onthatile (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: On the spacings between q-binomial coefficients

Mathematics

Chemistry MAPETLA, Sabetha Makoma DISSERTATION: Synthesis and characterisation of Zn(II) and Co(II) Pyrrole-aldiminato complexes and their catalytic activity in carbon dioxide/ carbon disulphide coupling with propylene oxide

MAPHANGA, Rivoningo (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: The analysis of PDEs arising from the Korteweg-de Vries Hierarchies

Mathematics

OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY Chancellor DR NJ DLAMINI MBChB (Natal) DBL (Unisa) MBA (Witwatersrand) IEC (USA) Vice-Chancellor and Principal PROFESSOR Z VILAKAZI BSc (Manchester) MSc PhD (Witwatersrand) MASSAf FAAS

Economic Geology MARX, Daniel George (with Distinction) RESEARCH REPORT: Magmatic stratigraphy of the Tweespalk Section towards potential correlation with the other known Bushveld Complex sequences north of the Thabazimbi-Murchison Lineament Chemistry MASEMOLA, Clinton Michael (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: Nitrogen doped graphene quantum dots modified polyaniline for room temperature alcohol sensing

Chairman of Council MR I SHONGWE BA (Wesleyan) MPhil (Oxford)

Environmental Sciences MASHEGO, Lehlogonolo RESEARCH REPORT: The perspectives of Environmental Sciences alumni on what they learnt - from theory to practice

Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) PROFESSOR R OSMAN BA (Witwatersrand) HDipEd BEd (Unisa) MEd PhD (Witwatersrand) MASSAf

MASHILE, Tebogo Bestina RESEARCH REPORT: Unveiling the structure of Giant Radio Galaxies J0133-1302 and J2256-3617

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) PROFESSOR L MORRIS BSc (Hons) (Witwatersrand) DPhil (Oxford) FRSSA FAAS MASSAf

Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies MASIKHWA, Humbelani Wisdom DISSERTATION: Towards a pro-poor institutional and policy framework for water resource management and sustainable agricultural development in Limpopo, South Africa

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Systems and Operations) PROFESSOR IR JANDRELL BSc (Eng) GDE PhD (Witwatersrand) IntPE(SA) PrEng FSAAE FSAIEE SMIEEE

Registrar MS CG CROSLEY BA HDipEd (Witwatersrand) BEd Hons (Unisa) MEd (Witwatersrand)

Astrophysics

Mathematical Statistics MASOCHA, Vusani RESEARCH REPORT: Application of queueing theory in the bed allocation policy of a hospital intensive care unit Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies MATHEVULA, Delani Angel DISSERTATION: Flooding and intersectional vulnerability in Setswetla informal settlement, Johannesburg Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences MATHIKGE, Nthabiseng Gladys (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: Understanding the role of specialised mouth parts in the selective feeding of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Dean of Student Affairs MR JAP SEPTEMBER BA MPhil (Cape Town)

Chemistry MATITI, Lindela DISSERTATION: Synthesis and characterization of novel N,N-di(ethyl)-N’-benzoylthiourea complexes of Pd(II), Pt(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) bearing phenanthroline ancillary ligand [MII(diimine)(L-кO,S)]+ as potentially anticancer agents

DEANS OF THE FACULTIES Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management PROFESSOR I VALODIA BCom (Unisa) BCom Hons (Natal) MSc (Lancaster) DEcon (KwaZulu-Natal) Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment PROFESSOR T MAJOZI BScEng(UND) MScEng(UND) PhD (UMIST) CEng PrEng FIChemE FAAS MASSAf FWISA FSAAE Faculty of Health Sciences PROFESSOR SA MADHI MBBCh MMed PhD (Witwatersrand) FCPaeds(SA) Faculty of Humanities PROFESSOR G STEVENS BA (Cape Town) BA Psych Hons MPsych (Western Cape) DLitt et Phil (Unisa) Faculty of Science PROFESSOR N CHETTY BSc Hons (Natal) MS PhD (Urbana-Champaign) MSAIP MASSAf

Physics MATSOHA, Teboho Charles DISSERTATION: Optimization of Zinc Oxide Electron Transport Layer in Organic Photovoltaic Cells by Co-doping with Magnesium & Gallium Economic Geology MBONAMBI, Ntuthuko Blessing RESEARCH REPORT: Characterisation of the quality of the main seam at the Ngwabe Shaft of the Zululand Anthracite Colliery, Northern KwaZulu-Natal Palaeontology MDEKAZI, Cebisa Ncedeka (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: Anatomy of the ankle in Early Jurassic South African Crocodylomorphs and insights into ankle ontogeny of Crocodylus niloticus Chemistry MHLANA, Yongezile DISSERTATION: Heteroatom carbon spheres incorporated with Titania for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences MINNAAR, Jessica Jaime (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: The reproductive ecology of Aloe reitzii var. reitzii (Asphodelaceae): a South African grassland endemic

President of Convocation S BOLON BA Hons MA (Witwatersrand)

Economic Geology MKHABELA, Sehlabane Aleck RESEARCH REPORT: Mineralisation controls in the Ultramafic Sequence and T Zone of the Waterberg Project, north of the Hout River Shear Zone, Bushveld Complex, South Africa

Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing MKHESWA, Bongani RESEARCH REPORT: Modelling thicket above-ground biomass using LiDAR and SAR data, in the Addo Elephant National Park Chemistry MODISANE, Kamogelo DISSERTATION: Cu-ZrO2/multi-walled carbon nanotubes catalyst for the hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to methanol

MOEPI, Johannah Reabetswe RESEARCH REPORT: Using graph neural networks to forecast the top 40 index in finance

eScience

Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing MOLAMO, Mapogo Joyce RESEARCH REPORT: The geography of opportunity: exploratory spatial data analysis in the City of Tshwane

MSIBI, Sakhile Persevel Thembinkosi RESEARCH REPORT: Behaviour of radiation detectors in various field sizes

Medical Physics

eScience MTHISI, Lloyde Patrick (with Distinction) RESEARCH REPORT: The application of reinforcement learning and signal processing in dynamic investment management Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing MURRAY, Jennifer Joan RESEARCH REPORT: Mapping and monitoring shoreline changes along South Africa’s southwestern coastline from 1937 to 2020 using multisource remote sensing data and techniques

GRADUATION AWARDS FACULTY OF SCIENCE Prizes to be presented at the Faculty’s prize giving ceremony PSYBERGATE Computer Science Alumni Prize for the Best Student Tutor: This prize of R1 200.00 is awarded annually to the Honours or postgraduate student who makes the biggest contribution to supporting teaching in the School through their tutoring of, or demonstrating to, undergraduate students. Devon Jarvis Prize for the Best Student Tutors in Computational and Applied Mathematics: This prize of R1 500.00 is awarded annually to a tutor(s) for their contribution to supporting teaching through their tutoring of undergraduate and Honours students. Roy Jacob Gusinow School Prize for Achievement in Computational and Applied Mathematics Honours: This prize of R1 500.00 is awarded to the top student in Computational and Applied Mathematics Honours. Bafana Mbata

Mathematics

MUSARA, Nigel Tinashe DISSERTATION: Laws of small numbers in Riesz spaces

Economic Geology MUSINGA, Rutendo Amanda RESEARCH REPORT: The occurrence of the pegmatites of the Mbeta area, Lower Gwanda greenstone belt in Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe

NAIR, Megan Francis DISSERTATION: Environmental education in Gauteng high schools

Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences

Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies NCUBE, Lungile DISSERTATION: A Diatom-based Palaeoclimatic Reconstruction for the Border of Leribe-Makhotlong-Butha-Buthe Districts, Eastern Lesotho Highlands Economic Geology NEGWANGWATINI, Elekanyani Shadrack RESEARCH REPORT: Dolerite control on the distribution of high-grade iron orebodies at Assen Iron Ore mine, South Africa Archaeological Heritage Management NGOBENI, Nokusho RESEARCH REPORT: Human trampling as an agent of archaeological disturbance: an experimental study of the effect of trampling on ceramic shard preservation and distribution

NKETSI, Mpoetsi Hilda RESEARCH REPORT: Optimisation of national groundwater monitoring network of Lesotho

Hydrogeology

Economic Geology NTIKANG, Thato Joseph RESEARCH REPORT: Follow-up soil survey to evaluate regional Pb and Zn soil anomalies in Modimolle, Limpopo Province, South Africa Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing NXUMALO, Alwande (with Distinction) RESEARCH REPORT: Mapping and monitoring long-term changes in gully erosion: a case study from the Senekal region, eastern Free State

KUKU, Gomolemo Mmatebogo

MOTLHOMI, Thabiso

KULANI, Phumla

MTI, Xolani Earl

LAING, Kal Alpha

MUDAU, Mulweli

LEGWETE, Ofentse Justice

MUKATUNI, Thendo Fellicia

MAFATLE, Dieketseng

MURUDILI, Mohlabane

MAJOLA, Mlungisi Nicky

SAKATSHANE, Philly Boikobo

MALAN, Ethan Storme

SEBETLELA, Nthati Simphiwe

MASONDO, Xolani Moses

THOKWANE, Tumiso Praise

MGIBA, Mokgatetsi Chantel

THWALA, Matimu Gerald

MOGAPI, Tshiya Easy

TWIGGS, Alistair John

MOGODIE, Refentse Primrose

VAN DER RIET, Andrew

MOHLOMI, Konstantunus Khechane

VON BUDDENBROCK, Nicholas Peter

MOKOENA, Karabo Realeboga

VOYIYA, Tandile

MOTAUNG, Tshepang

ZAMA, Lwazi

MOTHUPI, Natefo Tsholanang

ZULU, Simphiwe

Molecular and Cell Biology

Archaeology OBERHOLZER, Roné (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: A comparative lithic study of the cave of hearths Pietersburg and Klasies River MSA II techno-complexes Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences OXLEY, Sarah Diana (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: Assessing water quality using benthic diatoms as bioindicators in the Sabie River (Kruger National Park) Archaeology PEARSON, Alexandra Natalie Thom (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: A zooarchaeological analysis of faunal remains from the Middle Stone Age III and Howiesons Poort layers at Klasies River, Eastern Cape, South Africa Hydrogeology RAMANGOA, Mothipa Bridget RESEARCH REPORT: Application of hydrochemical and tracer techniques to investigate the source of seepage water in deep gold mines: a case study at South Deep Gold Mine, Gauteng Province, South Africa Computer Science RICH, William Beyers Alistair (with Distinction) RESEARCH REPORT: Exploring the Latent Space of Autoencoders with a Metric of Artistic Style Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences SCOTT, Robyn Ashleigh DISSERTATION: Critical review of assessment tools for the evaluation of organisational resilience

SHAIK, Ifthakaar (with Distinction) RESEARCH REPORT: AUTOENCODERS FOR COMPRESSION Applications in Medical Image Analysis

Computer Science

Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences SHILUBANE, Natasha (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: Investigating, measuring and characterising whistles of Indian Ocean humpback dolphins Sousa plumbea in Richards Bay, KwaZulu Natal Physics SITHOLE, Phumlani DISSERTATION: Hand-foot-clothes contamination in nuclear medicine: monitoring of staff at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH)

Postgraduate Diploma in Scientific Studies MNCUBE, Cyrlyne Saziwe

NYAMUPANGEDENGU, Kudakwashe Lazarus DISSERTATION: The Impact of 1α,25(OH)2D3 on genome-wide methylation

SEEBAN, Sayuri

NZIMANDE, Bongiwe

Environmental Sciences SLABBERT, Hermien Christina RESEARCH REPORT: The quality of environmental impact reports for solar photovoltaic projects in the renewable energy independent power producer procurement programme of South Africa Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies STEYN, Ian DISSERTATION: An analysis of Extreme Temperature Events (ETEs) of Namibia Geology TAU, Merrily Mathume (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: Geochemical constraints on the development of Archaean greenstone belts: new insights from the Stolzburg Complex, Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa Computer Science TCHAPAROV, Iordan Mihailov (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: Enabling collaboration with intention inference using partially observable Markov decision processes Computer Science TESSERA, Kaleab Abebe (with Distinction) RESEARCH REPORT: On sparsity in deep learning: the benefits and pitfalls of sparse neural networks and how to learn their architectures Computational and Applied Mathematics

TSHEHLA, Godfrey (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: Derivatives pricing with xVAs

Economic Geology TSHIBALO, Rudzani RESEARCH REPORT: Mineralogical, petrographic and geochemical characteristics of shales of the Karoo Supergroup, South Africa Molecular and Cell Biology TSHISEKEDI, Kalonji Abondance (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: Genome assembly and comparative genome analysis of the basidiomycetous yeast Naganishia randhawae isolated from avian guano in South Africa Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences TURNER, Jonathan (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: The dynamics of the Vachellia xanthophloea and Faidberbia albida woodlands in the floodplains of the Makuleke Contractual Park

Geography

MASANGO, Simile Bongekile

Computational and Applied Mathematics

MBATA, Bafana (with Distinction) MBATHA, Honey Philile

Science Education

MBHELE, Saneliso

Science Education Computational and Applied Mathematics

MBUNE, Dalubuhle Thabani

Big Data Analytics

MOKOENA, Kutlwano Lethabo Evans TURUNDU, Safiya Laminde (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: Automatic vision-based firearm recognition using deep learning approaches: a comparative analysis

Mathematics

MONDLANE, Sibusiso Jackson Archaeology

VAN DEN HEEVER, Stephen Wepener DISSERTATION: Botanical motifs in the Rock Art of Zimbabwe

Geology

MOTHAPO, Hlagala Given

Microbiology and Biotechnology

MOTSEPE, Keabetswe Oratile

VAN WYK, Cody Frazer DISSERTATION: Evaluating the anti-fungal properties of indigenous plant species VARIAWA, Mohamed Zayyan (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: Galaxy classification using machine learning

Computer Science

Molecular and Cell Biology Actuarial Science

MUHONI, Xavier Bongani Computer Science

Computer Science WEIHER, Kyle Brandon DISSERTATION: A comparative analysis of two image synthesis networks repurposed for video synthesis Hydrogeology WELGUS, Marcja Natalja (with Distinction) RESEARCH REPORT: Surface water and groundwater interaction in the Vredefort Dome, South Africa

Computer Science

NAGAN, Tristan Kyde (with Distinction)

Mathematics

NDLOVU, Thubelihle Ian Honour

Microbiology and Biotechnology

NEMAKONDE, Mufunwa

Mathematical Sciences

NEPHAWE, Mafanedza

Palaeontology WOLVAARDT, Frederik Petrus (with Distinction) DISSERTATION: Sedimentology and taphonomy of a tetrapod fossil accumulation in the Triassic Burgersdorp Formation of the Karoo Basin

NXUMALO, Nkosinathi Marang

Geography

PEERBHAAI, Sherilyn Nicole

Geography

Environmental Sciences YINGWANI, Hlayiseka Mishack RESEARCH REPORT: Evaluation of particulate matter emissions from aircraft engines: analysis of chemical and morphological properties

RAPHESU, Patricia Kholofelo

Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences Applied Bioinformatics

SEEBAN, Sayuri

Geography

SIKHAKHANE, Nokwanda Precious

Bachelor of Science Honours

Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies

VAN DER BYL, Danielle Elaine Geology

CELE, Kwanele Masibulele DUIKER, Kamogelo

Geophysics

GOVENDER, Venita

Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences

Bachelor of Science with Honours Computational and Applied Mathematics

MKHIZE, Ayanda Peaceworth Venesa

Actuarial Science

KRAMER, Dylan Doron

Palaeontology

LEGODI, Thato

Geography

LELAKA, Innocentia Ofentse

Mathematical Sciences

MAMABOLO, Mantlhapile Kgaogelo

Bachelor of Science BAKER, Lunga Lucky

KETIME, Thabo Culney

DU PLESSIS, Pieter Johannes

KHUTSHWANE, Modisaotsile Refentse