Wits Postgraduate Symposium 2019

CROSS FACULTY POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM Showcasing Graduate Research at Wits Tuesday 3 and Wednesday 4 September 2019 New Commerce Building, Braamfontein Campus West

POSTGRADUATE ASSOCIATION

INTRODUCTION The 10th Cross-Faculty Postgraduate Symposium will take place on 3 and 4 September 2019.

This series of symposia consistently attracts the top postgraduate students from across the five University faculties.

CONTENTS PAGE

Keynote Speakers

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Prizes

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General Information

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Thank you’s

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The Symposium will provide students from the different Faculties with the opportunity not only to learn about research activities in the different Schools in their Faculty, but also to hear about activities going on in other Faculties.

Programme

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Finally, a thank you to Lucille Mooragan who has been the person who did all the ‘behind the scenes’ work. She has coordinated the numerous activities that have allowed for this event to happen.

Participants (Orals, Gradflash, Posters)

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Wits Postgraduate Association Committee

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This year we are introducing an exciting new format that will be used – the GradFlash presentation in which presenters have 60 seconds to present their research. The use of traditional poster and oral presentations will again be used at this Symposium. Another key incentive is the increase in prize money across all categories and a surprise overall award and opportunity.

Our keynote speakers include Professor Zeblon Vilakazi, our DVC for Research, Ms Keabetswe Khutsoane, former Chairperson of the Postgraduate Association (2018/19) and Ms Babalwa Bekebu, the Chairperson of the Postgraduate Association (PGA) (2019/2020).

I hope that all the delegates will enjoy the event and I wish all well as they compete for the various awards.

Professor Robert Muponde Director, Postgraduate Affairs University of the Witwatersrand

POSTGRADUATE ASSOCIATION

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Prof. Zeblon Vilakazi

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Bibliographical Profile

Bibliographical Career Profile

Zeblon Zenzele Vilakazi is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Postgraduate Affairs) and a Professor in the School of Physics at the University of the Witwatersrand, a position he has held since January 2014.

Keabetswe Khutsoane is the former Chairperson of the Postgraduate Association (2018/19). She is a Masters student in the department of Political Studies and is a fellow of numerous academic institutes which including the Wits Institute of Social and Economic Research-WISER. She is a former student representative at the Gender Equity Office and is a student representative of two important task teams at Wits University, namely the Gender Studies curriculum establishment task team and the Student success framework task team.

He was appointed Group Executive for Research and Development at the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) in 2011, while also serving as the Director of iThemba LABS, the largest nuclear research laboratory in the Southern Hemisphere – a position he has held since 2007. He was also a visiting scientist at the Atomic Energy Commission and Alternative energy (CEA), Saclay, France.

Ms Keabetswe Khutsoane

He obtained his PhD from Wits on a project undertaken at CERNNA43 experiment, in 1998, followed by a National Research Foundation (NRF) postdoctoral fellowship at CERN. He took up an academic post at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 1999 where he was the Group Leader of the UCT team that developed the High-level Trigger (HLT) tracker for the ALICE experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. This effort involved design of algorithms using highly complex real-time data transportation framework.

The HLT was successfully commissioned at Large Hadron Collider in 2008. The group he led was the first on the African continent to independently launch an effort of this magnitude at frontier level. He initiated the search for electroweak probes (W and Z bosons) for the study of the quark-gluon plasma – using the HLT – which is now a sub-project lead by a young team member (Dr Zinhle Buthelezi) from iThemba LABS whom he mentored.

He is an Honorary Professor of Physics at the University of Cape Town. Dr Vilakazi currently serves – among others – as a member of the Program Advisory Committee of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia. He also served as a chairman of the IAEA Standing Advisory Committee on Nuclear Applications from 2009 to 2011. In 2010 he was nominated by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader. He is a member of the Academy of Sciences of South Africa (ASSAf) and also serves on the ASSAf Council. He was recently awarded the Fellowship of the African Academy of Science(FAAS). Prof Vilakazi’s research interests include the study of relativistic nuclear collisions and computational physics. He has served as MSc and PhD external examiner amongst others, at Wits, UCT and Aarhus University, Denmark. He has more than 160 publications and an H-index of 41.

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Keabetswe’s research interests are Healthcare and Sexual citizenship in South Africa. She theorizes through a human rights and legal lens for the normalization and legalization for sex work, particularly sexual surrogacy in South Africa. Keabetswe’s future research plans include exploring the position of the African women and youth and sexuality in the fourth industrial revolution.

Keabetswe is a former member of Council, Senate, the Graduate Student Committee, Convocation and an outgoing member of the Postgraduate Representative in the Student Representative Council (SRC).

Bibliographical Career Profile Babalwa Bekebu is the Chairperson of the Postgraduate Association (PGA) (2019/2020), a student body that works to represent and protect postgraduate students’ interests within the University.

Bekebu’s interests in student leadership have long existed before she joined the PGA, she leads in the David Webster Hall House Committee (2016/2017) and in the Wits Bioethics Student Society (2018/2019).

Babalwa Bekebu

Her passion for leadership was groomed during her high school years, at Get Ahead College in a small town called Queenstown, where she was a prefect. Her vibrancy and eagerness to help others have contributed towards making her a leader that is compassionate, intentional and head-strong.

She is studying towards an MSc in Medicine: Bioethics and Health Law by dissertation. Her research interests lie within the ethics of healthcare access in rural areas and foreign nationals’ access to healthcare. Before she ventured into this research, she studied a BSc in Biochemistry and Physiology and a BHSc (Hons) in Bioethics and Health Law. She has an unwavering passion for advocating for equal access to quality healthcare and healthcare rights.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER Bibliographical Profile Professor Robert Muponde is a rated scholar whose work encompasses a broad but interconnected range of literary and cultural studies themes. It can best be described as characterised by a politics of critical redress, innovation and renovation. He situates his work in global scholarship rooted in local contexts.

Prof.

Robert Muponde

I would like to thank Professor Vilakazi and the Research Office for the generous support given to run the Symposium. The Office covered all costs associated with the venue, catering, bags, memory sticks etc. Most importantly they have provided the prizes that will be awarded to the best Oral, GradFlash and Poster presenters

Oral: Faculty Prizes to all 5 faculties 1

R9000

Global Childhood studies led him to enduring questions of memory, politics and family, and resulted in the publication of his critical monograph, Some Kinds of Childhood: Images of History and Resistance in Zimbabwean Literature (Africa World Press, 2015), and inevitably to father figures, the so-called founding imaginaries of cultures and nations. He conceptualised and co-edited Manning the Nation: Father Figures in Zimbabwean Literature and Society (Harare & Johannesburg: 2007) as well as Versions of Zimbabwe: New Approaches to Literature and Culture (2005) which sought to undo the cultural, literary walls and imaginaries that contributed to the political blindness that led Zimbabwe into a multi-layered crisis. Prior to 2005, he coedited Sign and Taboo: Perspectives on the Poetic Fiction of Yvonne Vera (Harare & Oxford, 2002), widely considered by researchers as the locus classicus on the internationally acclaimed Zimbabwean writer. The idea was again to address the poverty of local and international perspectives on a leading African author.

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R6000

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R4000

His recent co-edited publication is While the Harvest Rots: Possessing Worlds of Kudzanai Chiurai’s Art (The Goodman Gallery, 2017). It is a close, critical visual analysis and interpretation of one of the leading African voices in the field, and attempts to deepen and complicate perspectives on his art beyond the usual, stereotypical vocabulary reserved for the criticism of African art. His just-completed solo research project is titled, The Scandalous Times of a Book Louse: A Memoir of a Childhood (to be published by Umuzi, an imprint of Penguin Random House), which depicts and questions the nature of social transitions and pedagogic transformations and aesthetic transfusions on growing up an African child in a turbulent time.

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R15000

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R9000

3

R6000

Professor Muponde also worked as Assistant Dean of International Affairs and Partnerships in the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand (2008-2011). He became Wits’ Director of Postgraduate Affairs in August 2018.

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PRIZES

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Poster: Faculty Prizes to all 5 faculties 1

R9000

2

R4000

3

R3000

1 min GradFlash: Faculty Prizes to all 5 faculties 1

R9000

2

R4000

3

R3000

Oral: Cross Faculty Competition

Poster: Cross Faculty Competition 1

R15000

2

R9000

3

R6000

1 min GradFlash: Cross Faculty Competition 1

R15000

2

R9000

3

R6000

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GENERAL INFORMATION

THANK YOU’ S I would like to recognise all those who have assisted in making this event a success.

The event will be held at the New Commerce Building on the Wits West campus on 3 and 4 September 2019.

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Professor Zeblon Vilakazi, DVC Research at the University

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The Faculty Assistant Deans, Post graduate Affairs

THE PROCESS

They had to ensure there were post graduate speakers and judges who could assist with the symposium.

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Registration. This will start at 8 am on 3 Septembe 2019.

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Professor Robert Muponde, Director, Postgraduate Affairs. For awarding the prizes

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ALL delegates and observers must register.

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On registration you will be given a bag. This will contain a memory stick, booklet, a copy of the programme, plus advertising material. Please wear the name tag supplied at all times during the symposium.

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The Keynote Speakers Professor Zeblon Vilakazi, Ms Keabetswe Khutsoane, Ms Babalwa Bekebu and Professor Robert Muponde.

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Ms Lucille Mooragan. Lucille is the one who worked overtime to ensure the logistical success of the event.

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Tea, coffee and biscuits will be available on arrival as well as full catering for the 2-day event.

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The judges and the student session chairs. They are the ones who gave up time to ensure the smooth running of the Symposium.

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The symposium will start at 9 am on 3 September 2019. The programme in this booklet gives an approximate breakdown of the events on those days.

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The Postgraduate Association. For assistance with bag filling and registration

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Prof Robert Muponde. The new Director, Postgraduate Affairs

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Dr Sadhna Mathura and Ms Bianca Davids. For assistance with the administration and judging process

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Ms Rechelle Tsunke: Our Functions and Events Coordinator

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Olives and Plates, for the catering and refreshments throughout the day.

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the GradFlash presentations and Poster viewing. The Oral presentations will then follow.

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Tea and coffee/water will be available throughout the day.

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Lunch will be supplied, including halaal, kosher and vegetarian options.

9 The event will end by 4:30 - 5:30pm. The finalists will be announced at the end of the day 10

On the 4 September 2019 the event will start at 8 am. Tea/coffee/biscuits will be available from 8.15 am onwards.

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The finalists in the Oral, GradFlash and Poster events will compete in the inter-Faculty competition on the 4 September 2019.

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Lunch will be served approximately 1-2pm

13 Prizes will be awarded at the conclusion of the event and after lunch at about 2-3pm

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PROGRAMME 3/09/2019 8.00 - 8.50

Registration and coffee

Posters on boards

9.00 - 9.10

Welcome

Lucille Mooragan

9.10 - 9.20

DVC Research

Prof Zeblon Vilakazi

9.20 - 9.30

Keynote Speaker

Ms Keabetswe Khutsoane

9.30 - 9.40

PGA Speaker

Ms Babalwa Bekebu

9.40 - 9:50 Director: PG Affairs Professor Robert Muponde INTRO and SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT 9.50 - 10.00

TEA BREAK

10.10 - 11.10 Session 1

GradFlash presentations and Poster viewing

11.15 - 12.15 Session 2 (Orals)

And concurrent session 2C (Orals)

12.15 - 1.00

LUNCH (45 MINUTES ONLY) and poster viewing

1.10 - 3.10

And concurrent session 3C (Orals)

Session 3 (Orals)

3.10 - 3.45 TEA BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING 3.50 - 4:00

Winners announced

4/09/2019 8.00 - 8.30 Session 1: GradFlash presentations and Poster Viewing

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8.35 - 10.35

Session 2 (Orals) Talks 1-8

10.35 - 10.50

TEA BREAK AND POSTER VIEWING

11.00 -1:00

Session 3 (Orals) Talks 9-15

1.00 - 2.00

Lunch

2.10 - 2.30

Award ceremony

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FA CU L T Y OF C OM M E R CE , L A W A N D M A N A GEMENT ORALS: SESSION 2

11:15- 12:15

C1

CELESTE

NGOBENI

Accountancy

1097638

AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE FINANCIAL REPORTING BY A BURIAL STOKVEL

ORAL

C2

KYLE

KILDAIRE

Accountancy

1054702

The Determinants of Earnings Growth for firms on the JSE - An empirical analysis

ORAL

C3

ISAAC

LIPSCHITZ

Accountancy

1079586

An evaluation of the impact of behavioural biases on savings patterns of individuals

ORAL

C4

Tendai

Jonhasi

Economics and Business Sciences

718525

SMMEs and climate change – assessing vulnerability to climate change, understanding perceptions of climate risk and responses by SMMEs in South Africa.

ORAL

ORALS: SESSION 3 1:10 - 3:10 C5

Maurice

OmaneAdjepong

Wits Business School

1766375

Probability Distributions of Returns in Virtual Currencies and Emerging Financial Markets

ORAL

C6

Daniel

Kungu Njau

Economics and Business Sciences

1248993

EARNINGS MANAGEMENT AND FIRM PERFORMANCE OF SEASONED EQUITY OFFERINGS OF SOUTH AFRICAN LISTED FIRMS

ORAL

C7

Thato

Mpete

Accountancy

1080415

EXPLORING SEGMENTAL REPORTING IN INTEGRATED REPORTING

ORAL

C8

Bhavik

Patel

Accountancy

1073806

An evaluation of the impact of the Global Financial Crisis on working capital management practices of South African firms

ORAL

C9

TAFADZWA

LUKE MUPINGASHATO

Economics and Business Sciences

1590005

Magnitude of Capital Flight through Trade Misinvoicing from Mineral Rich SADC Countries (1995-2018)

ORAL

C10

Apoti

Potye

Economics and Business Sciences

542410

Acquisition of technological capabilities in firms operating within Special Economic Zones: The case for South Africa

ORAL

C11

Melusi

M. Makhoba

Economics and Business Sciences

896 904

The effect of sport sponsorship on brand awareness

ORAL

C12

Kevin

Flowers

Accountancy

826086

Disciplinary power and the Proactive Monitoring Unit

ORAL

ORALS: SESSION 2C CONCURRENT 11:15- 12:15 C13

Shirley

Genga

Law

1532637

THE INSTITUTIONALISATION OF INEQUALITY BETWEEN DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BY THE WTO’S AGREEMENT ORAL ON AGRICULTURE

C14

Anees

Kathrada

Accountancy

1057682

The Incidence and Quality of Graphs in Annual Reports: A South African Analysis of Graph Disclosure in State Owned Enterprises

ORAL

C15

AMMAR

SIDDIQUI

Economics and Business Sciences

1259143

IMPACT OF COMPENSATION PRACTICES ON EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION; EVIDENCE FROM SOUTH AFRICAN BANKING INDUSTRY

ORAL

C16

KENNEDY

MANDUNA

Governance

1333092

Intersections of Indigeneity, Accumulation and Expropriation: Evidence from the Rise and Fall of Economic Nationalism Discourse in Zimbabwe.

ORAL

ORALS: SESSION 3C CONCURRENT 1:10- 3:10

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C17

TONDERAI

SIBANDA

Wits Business School

1974915

ANTECEDENTS AND CONSEQENCES OF ONLINE CUSTOMER BRAND ENGAGEMENT IN BUSINESS TO BUSINESS IN AN EMERGING MARKET

ORAL

C18

Leo

Chishamba

Economics and Business Sciences

1250528

A moderated model of the relationship between diversity, inclusion and employee engagement: A study of select Universities in Gauteng.

ORAL

C19

MUSA

CHAUKE

Wits Business School

0103426G

High Growth Women Entrepreneurs Induces Women Entrepreneurship Theory

ORAL

C20

VIEVIENE

AJAOBAZI ANTIFON

Law

1766525

HARMONISING ENERGY TRADE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE PARIS AGREEMENT: AN EVALUATION OF THE MANDATE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

ORAL

C21

Thompson

Mathabatha

Economics and Business Sciences

1762417

Work-Life Balance and Turnover intention of Generation Y Employees in SMEs in the Information Technology Industry in Johannesburg, South Africa

ORAL

C22

Baneng

Naape

Economics and Business Sciences

1015781

Does South Africa’s Tax Effort Fall Short of its Tax Capacity?

ORAL

C23

ZAINAB

ABDULLA

Accountancy

856092

AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF KEY AUDIT MATTERS REPORTED OF THE TOP 50 LISTED COMPANIES AND THEIR POTENTIAL DRIVERS: A COMPARISON BETWEEN SOUTH AFRICA, AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM

ORAL

C24

OLANREWAJU

ADEDIRAN

Economics and Business Sciences

766536

THE EFFECT OF OLD AGE PENSION INCOME TRANSFER ON WOMEN’S AUTONOMY IN SOUTH AFRICA

ORAL

C25

USHA

BAPOO

Law

1148232

So you have been SLAPPed!

ORAL

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FA C UL TY OF HUM AN IT IE S ORALS: SESSION 2 11:15 - 12:15 H1

Akintola

Olaniyan

Literature, Language and Media Studies

1724603

Donor-Funded Media And The Nigerian Political Process: Stray Gods or Watchdogs

ORAL

H2

Sable

Leicher

Human Community and Development

880627

EXPLORING THE EXPERIENCES OF ADULT CARERS OF SIBLINGS WITH SEVERE AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS

ORAL

H3

Razeenah

Mahomed

Human Community and Development

307054

Raising Children: A Descriptive Analysis of single-parents’ parenting styles of children living with Attention Deficit / Hyperactive Disorder

ORAL

H4

Nabeelah

Nagdee

Human and Community Development

593922

“Are we set-up to become these apathetic robots?”-Speech therapists’ and audiologists’ experiences regarding patient death and dying.

ORAL

HYBRIDITY IN IGBO CHORAL ART MUSIC: BEYOND THE POPULAR DISCOURSE

ORAL

ORALS: SESSION 3 1:10 - 3:10 H5

Obijiaku

Chidi

Arts

1841129

H6

Natalie

Paoli

Literature, Language and Media Studies

0713387D Literature as Witness: Failure of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Bosnia and Herzegovina

ORAL

H7

Mpho

Mathebula

Human and Community Development

0206978W “The afterlife of naked body protests”

ORAL

H8

Skye

Nandi Adams

Human and Community Development

1618420

An Exploration into Mealtimes for Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Gauteng, South Africa

ORAL

H9

Paul

Maluleka

Education

519132

Towards a decolonized and Africanized school history curriculum in post-apartheid South Africa: A case study of the further education training phase.

ORAL

H10

Yvonne

Sanders

Education

0402970f

The longitudinal development of learners’ procedural competencies in responding to mathematics test items that relate to negative number and solving linear equations.

ORAL

H11

Mercy

Mupavayenda Social Science

886227

The Coca-Cola 5by20 Global Women's Empowerment Initiative: A discourse analysis of empowerment in an era of neoliberal development

ORAL

H12

Keabetswe

Khutsoane

694690

SEXUAL SURROGACY: SEX (ABILITY) INTIMACY AND CARE

ORAL

Social Science

ORALS: SESSION 2C CONCURRENT 11:15- 12:15

12

H13

Riekert

Koen

Social Science

811599

Biology versus the Subject?

ORAL

H14

GLORIA

OOKO

Literature, Language and Media Studies

1769821

Enter Subaltern voices, a panacea to exclusionary participation practices? Presenting ‘right to participate’ as an identity construct in WhatsApp groups in Kenya.

ORAL

H15

Zimbali

Mncube

Social Science

790930

Critical analysis of the formalization of the informal taxi industry through the Bus Rapid Transit system

ORAL

H16

Claire

Ceruti

Sociology

8550828

Eventful identities in the 2007 public sector strike

ORAL

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ORALS: SESSION 3C CONCURRENT 1:10 - 3:10 H17

Edwin

Tallam

Literature, Language and Media Studies

1662374

Online news consumption in Kenya: Public exposure, private engagement?

ORAL

H18

Thembinkosi

Singwane

Human and Community Development

1366917

Rendering services to people with substance use disorders: perceptions of social workers in Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga

ORAL

H19

Christiana

Alex-Ojei

Social Science

1232329

Patterns of delivery assistance among adolescent mothers in Nigeria

ORAL

H20

Annie

Mafunganyika

Education

0714697D Teaching and learning English and SePedi Literature: rural teachers’ perceptions and teaching approaches.

H21

Fiona

Chawana

Literature, Language and Media Studies

676254

An analysis of the ideological interventions during #FeesMustFall: A Case study of the University of the Witwatersrand ORAL

H22

Ryan

Poinasamy

Literature, Language and Media Studies

2220123

Recognising LGBTQ+ Faces within the Mauritian Nation State through Queer Utopianism on Grindr

ORAL

H23

Hlamulo

Wiseman Mbhiza

Education

487440

Grade 10 rural mathematics teachers’ discourses and approaches of teaching algebraic functions in Acornhoek classrooms, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

ORAL

H24

Caitlin

Taylor

Arts

778609

If Homo naledi got on a bus: The implications of anthropomorphising hominid ancestors

ORAL

H25

Megan

Scott

Human and Community Development

557955

“We are pretty sure we can never say never”: Communicating genetic risk and uncertainty in the South African Health care context

ORAL

ORAL

GRADFLASH SESSION 1 10:10-11:10 H26

Michelle

Leal

Psychology

1280858

Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder: A Polyvagal Perspective

GRADFLASH

H27

Rutendo

Chigudu

Arts

571971

Retracing democracy: An investigation into the Story and Progress of Democracy in Zimbabwe during the years 2008 – 2018

GRADFLASH

H28

Nqobile

Tshezi

Social Science

816698

Empowered womxn after trauma and healing: A case study of the Eldorado Park Women’s Forum

GRADFLASH

H29

Judy

Engela

Literature, Language and Media Studies

483291

Five Open Boat Narratives: Trauma and Survival at Sea

GRADFLASH

H30

Naledi

Mokoena

Human and Community Development

507304

LIVING WITH A CHILD WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER: THE SIBLINGS’ EXPERIENCES

GRADFLASH

H31

Shakira

Akabor

Education

768367

The intention and impact of visible rewards as school-wide practice: a mixed methods study

GRADFLASH

H32

Christine

Charity Mwebesa

Education

1764142

CORPORATISATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN UGANDA: WIDENING OF THE POOR-RICHDIVIDE.

GRADFLASH

H33

Thembela

Ndesi

Arts

0614233J

Composing African Futures on Screen: Exploring Music in African Science Fiction

GRADFLASH

POSTER SESSION 1 10:10-11:10

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H34

Candice

Ramsammy

Human and Community Development

745074

A CHILD IN CONTEXT: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND STIMULATION IN THE HOME ENVIRONMENT

POSTER

H35

KOKETSO

MONTJANE

Social Science

2010402

HOW AND TO WHAT EXTENT ARE CURRENT DEMOCRATIC PRACTICES EVIDENT IN TRADITIONAL OR INDIGENOUS AFRICAN GOVERNANCE PRACTICES

POSTER

H36

Macdelyn

Khufsafalo Mosalagae

Education

1592853

Reforming Higher Education Landscape through e-Inclusion: A Look at its Adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa

POSTER

H37

Idorenyin

Williams

Literature, Language and Media Studies

1972633

“My Body-Not Your Crime Scene”: Challenging Rape Logic in the#TheTotalShutDown Protest

POSTER

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FA C UL T Y OF SC I E N CE ORALS: SESSION 2 11:15 - 12:15 S1

Nandipha

Masondo

GeoSciences

800342

CRACKS DEEP BELOW: Basement deformation analysis of the Kalahari-Karoo Basin, Botswana, using 2D seismics.

ORAL

S2

Silindokuhle

Siyabonga Mavuso

GeoSciences

461219

Changing environments and evolution over time: Sequence stratigraphy in modelling past environment for future projection

ORAL

S3

Alexander

Stansell

Molecular and Celullar Biology

937996

Using Unsupervised Learning to Uncover Gene Co-Expression Networks

ORAL

S4

Tshwarela

Kolokoto

Chemistry

670850

NbSe2 and Nb2Se9 nanostructures as alternatives to Pt electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells

ORAL

ORALS SESSION 3 1:10 - 3:10 S5

Themba

Ntuli

Chemistry

1888266

ADSORPTIVE REMOVAL OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM FROM WASTEWATER USING CARBON NANO-ONIONS

ORAL

S6

Nokukhanya

Nozipho Mhlongo

Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences

518617

The ecology, conservation and sustainable use of Euphorbia bupleurifolia

ORAL

S7

Michael

Sarkis

Physics

710801

Did Dark Matter Kill the Dinosaurs?

ORAL

S8

Edward

Chavalala

Chemistry

832814

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Plasmodium falciparum Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase Inhibitors for Malaria Treatment and Transmission-Blocking

ORAL

S9

Monique

Bignoux

Molecular and Celullar Biology

678040

LRP::FLAG rescues cells from Amyloid-β-mediated cytotoxicity through increased TERT levels and telomerase activity

ORAL

S10

Khaled

Mohamad

Physics

1133140

Parabolic trough efficiency gain through use of a cavity absorber with a hot mirror

ORAL

S11

Boitumelo

Tlhaole

Chemistry

1872377

Nickel sulphide-reduced graphene oxide composite as possible ammonia sensing material

ORAL

S12

Roland

Worth

Molecular and Celullar Biology

598272

The Interaction of IAA-94 with the Soluble Conformation of the CLIC1 Protein and its Structural Homolog hGSTP1-1

ORAL

ORAL

ORALS SESSION 2C CONCURRENT 11:15- 12:15 S13

Motshwaedi

Sepeng

Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies

419847

Examining the dynamics shaping water access for rural and peri-urban areas in the region of Moretele, North West Province, South Africa

S14

Jessica

Olfsen

Molecular and Celullar Biology

831391

Structural basis for the inhibition of Plasmodium glutathione transferase by bromosulphophthalein: insight from structureORAL function studies

S15

Lerato

Mokoloko

Chemistry

562061

The synthesis of carbon dots (Cdots) from a vertical chemical vapour deposition method for application in catalysis

ORAL

S16

Joni

Symon

Molecular and Celullar Biology

752364

THE EFFECT OF DOPAMINE ON THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE FOXP2 FORKHEAD DOMAIN AND DNA

ORAL

ORALS SESSION 3C CONCURRENT 1:10 - 3:10

16

S17

Siyasanga

Gxaba

Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies

1764050

Public perceptions of nanotechnology-enabled water treatment: A study of mining community, Bekkersdal, South Africa

ORAL

S18

Lungile

Ncube

Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies

1101268

EXPLORING SPATIAL VARIABILITY IN THE RIVERS AND STREAMS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN CAPE REGION THROUGH DIATOM ANALYSIS.

ORAL

S19

Alice

Magubane

Social Science

543749

Hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde using carbon dots reduced palladium nanoparticles

ORAL

S20

Thapelo

Mofokeng

Chemistry

1746729

Nitrogen and boron doped carbon nanotubes grown on carbon nanofibers as electrode material for supercapacitors

ORAL

S21

Selisha

Sooklal

Molecular and Celullar Biology

450050

Identification and characterisation of a novel fluorinase from Actinopolyspora mzabensis

ORAL

S22

Mihai

Tomescu

Molecular and Celullar Biology

387090

De novo assembly and functional annotation of the transcriptome from the corm, leaf and flower of Hypoxis hemerocalliea (African potato)

ORAL

S23

Ts'epo

Tumeli

Chemistry

1413908

Preparation of bis-(salicylaldiminato) Cr and Co complexes and their catalytic evaluation for the coupling of CS2/ CO2 with propylene oxide

ORAL

S24

Naadhirah

Munshi

Molecular and Celullar Biology

540305

A genetic and stable isotope interpretation of behavior and social structure in Pale-winged Starlings, Onychognathus nabouroup

ORAL

10th CROSS FACULTY POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM

10th CROSS FACULTY POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM

17

GRADFLASH: SESSION 1 10:10 - 11:10

18

S25

Pious

Shuro

Chemistry

1706354

The design and synthesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis caseinolytic protease inhibitors

S26

Lineo

Mxakaza

Chemistry

1465370

Preparation of Cu2ZnSnS4/N-MWCNTs nanocomposite as potential Pt free counter electrode in dye sensitized solar cells GRADFLASH

S27

Josiah

Oluwaleye

GeoSciences

2091818

DO THE SYENITES AND THE CARBONATITES ROCKS FROM THE PHALABORWA COMPLEX, SOUTH AFRICA FORMED FROM THE GRADFLASH SAME MANTLE (MAGMA) SOURCE?

S28

Eunice

Niyobuntu

Molecular and Cell Biology

903879

Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha is a putative regulator of peroxidasin

GRADFLASH

S29

Snegugu

Ziqubu

GeoSciences

808528

The intention and impact of visible rewards as school-wide practice: a mixed methods study

GRADFLASH

S30

Masethabela

Maphatsoe

Molecular and Cell Biology

1316723

Identification of novel carboxylic acid reductase enzymes for biocatalytic applications

GRADFLASH

S31

Siyabonga

Nkabinde

Chemistry

564058

MoP and α-WP2 nanoparticles as non-noble electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction

GRADFLASH

S32

Zakhele

Ndala

Chemistry

491384

Colloidal synthesis of ReSe2 nanomaterials and their carbon nanocomposites for applications in hydrogen evolution reactions

GRADFLASH

S33

Rufaro

Razuwika

Chemistry

2060726

GOLD (III) CARBOXAMIDE PINCER COMPLEXES: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERISATION AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY STUDIES.

GRADFLASH

S34

Thabang

Mashinini

Computer Science And Applied Mathematics

717385

Inspection of Echo State Networks

GRADFLASH

S35

Olga

Faerch

Molecular and Cell Biology

563776

TARGETTING CLIC4 NUCLEAR IMPORT AS A POTENTIAL ANTICANCER STRAGETY

GRADFLASH

S36

Pratibha

Chauhan

Chemistry

1778345

X-RAY STRUCTURE ANALYSIS OF DIFFICULT TO CRYSTALLIZE COMPOUNDS USING THE CRYSTALLINE SPONGE METHOD.

GRADFLASH

S37

Naadira

Pahad

Molecular and Cell Biology

684121

STRUCTURAL AND DNA-BINDING EFFECTS OF FOXP2 OLIGOMERISATION

GRADFLASH

S38

Nndivhiseni

Ramunenyiwa

Chemistry

730609

Synthesis of Fe/Cdots encapsulated hollow carbon spheres for Fischer-Tropsch process.

GRADFLASH

S39

Orlette

Mkhari

Chemistry

1901046

Synthesis, characterization and supporting of carbon dots on the surface of TiO2, SiO2 and HCSs for methyl orange degradation

GRADFLASH

S40

Ravin

Kara

Physics

536692

An ultra-fast method of shaping light

GRADFLASH

S41

Victor

Mashindi

Chemistry

1589881

Hollow carbon spheres and broken bowl like hollow carbon spheres as supports for highly active and durable fuel cell catalysts

GRADFLASH

S42

Sourav

Saha

Molecular and Cell Biology

1575707

Mice studies with KS-01 might hold an answer to triple negative breast cancer

GRADFLASH

10th CROSS FACULTY POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM

GRADFLASH

10th CROSS FACULTY POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM

19

POSTERS: SESSION 1 10:10-11:10

20

S43

Olusola

Akinbami

Chemistry

1866971

Colloidal Synthesis of Cs2ZnBr4 Perovskite-like Material as Hole Transport Layer for Solar Cell Application

POSTER

S44

Clinton

Masemola

Chemistry

2167185

Modified polyaniline salts as potential gas sensors

POSTER

S45

Ntombizanele

Ngqinayo

Chemistry

462682

THE DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS PEPTIDOMIMETICS FOCUSING ON LASSOMYCIN DERIVATIVES

POSTER

S46

Jessica

Burns

Molecular and Cell Biology

1949504

Investigating the possible role of LRP/LR in the α-Synuclein pathogenesis of Parkinson’s Disease

POSTER

S47

Ntakadzeni

Nemuvumoni

Molecular and Cell Biology

1917821

An investigation into the effects of metformin in combination with nelarabine for the treatment of leukaemia using T-lymphoblastic leukaemia cell lines

POSTER

S48

Thabiso

Miya

Molecular and Cell Biology

488744

No association between Secretor phenotypes (FUT2 genotypes) and immune response to Rotarix vaccination in South African infants

POSTER

S49

Sibongiseni

Ntuli

Molecular and Cell Biology

687378

ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN GENETIC VARIANTS IN THE IDO PATHWAY AND CD4+ T-CELL RECOVERY AFTER ART

POSTER

S50

Ndivhuwo

Shumbula

Chemistry

677753

In-situ synthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles on the surface of polydopamine spheres: Towards wound healing application.

POSTER

S51

Auther

Maviza

Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies

1056030

ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE/ VARIABILITY AND LANDUSE-LANDCOVER CHANGES ON SURFACE RUNOFF IN THE UPPER MZINGWANE SUBCATCHMENT, ZIMBABWE

POSTER

S52

Tebogo

Marutha

Molecular and Cell Biology

1111612

Regulation of PXDN In Eye Development and PXDN Gene Variant Screening Within A South African Cohort of Patients Presenting with Anterior Segment Dysgenesis

POSTER

S53

Blair

Cowie

Animal, Plant and Environmental Science

540495

The biological control of Parthenium weed: new insights and future prospects

POSTER

S54

Bokome

Shaku

Chemistry

726829

Physico-chemical properties of catalyst-free carbon nano-onions grown by the flame pyrolysis method for possible application in supercapacitors

POSTER

S55

Monare

Thulo

Molecular and Cell Biology

1037081

FOXP1 and FOXP2 associate in transcriptional regulation through multiple and distinct dimerisation domains

POSTER

S56

Floyd

Ralepele

Animal, Plant and Environmental Science

728878

RESPONSES OF SELECTED METABOLITES IN MORINGA OLEIFERA LEAVES TO SEASONAL VARIATION

POSTER

S57

Bonakele

Mtolo

Chemistry

737945

Synthesis of carbon nanofibers made from nickel catalysts confined within hollow carbon spheres

POSTER

S58

Dineo

Nhlane

Chemistry

851430

Functionalized Graphene oxide Thin Film Nanocomposite Membranes for Remediation of Acid Mine Drainagecontaminated Waters

POSTER

S59

Lebogang

Mosiane

Chemistry

840679

Optimizing the growth conditions for synthesis of few walled CNTs (FWCNTs) using methane

POSTER

S60

Memory

Reid

Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies

400526

INTER-ANNUAL VARIABILITY OF CLIMATIC AND HYDROLOGICAL VARIABLES IN THE KARIBA SUB BASIN OF THE ZAMBEZI RIVER POSTER BASIN

S61

Heather

Donald

Molecular and Cell Biology

848182

The characterisation of the interactions between YY1, the FOXP2 FHD and DNA

POSTER

S62

Ashleigh

Blane

Molecular and Cell Biology

940523

A study on the dimerisation and DNA binding of the TBR1 T-Box domain.

POSTER

S63

Macdaline

Mathye

Computer Science And Applied Mathematics

1887635

A Bayesian approach to predicting students’ performance using biographical and enrollment observations

POSTER

S64

Yongezile

Mhlana

Chemistry

670607

Heteroatom Carbon Spheres incorporated with Titania for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants

POSTER

S65

Sikhumbuzo

Masina

Chemistry

1762101

Fast oxide ion conductors for solid oxide fuel cells: structure-property correlations in Bi2O3 based solid solutions

POSTER

S66

Anil

Pise

Computer Science And Applied Mathematics

1424928

Facial Image Analysis for E-learning using Relational Reasoning

POSTER

S67

Suramya

Bansal

Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies

1756138

PRACTICAL AND INTERPRETIVE IMPLICATIONS OF EXPERIMENTAL HAND IMPRINTS

POSTER

S68

Pumza

Mente

Chemistry

799012

Using functionalized polymers to make hollow carbon spheres to be used as supports in catalysis

POSTER

S69

Edith

Singini

Animal, Plant and Environmental Science

804218

The effects of high temperatures on the histology and bioactive compounds of Lippia javanica

POSTER

S70

Sandiso

Mnguni

GeoSciences

370596

Orapa Diamond Mine fossil treasures.

POSTER

S71

Emmah

Mandishona

Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies

965109

Rural wetlands use and sustainability, the case study of Honde Valley rural area in Zimbabwe

POSTER

S72

Felix

Kwabena Donkor

Animal, Plant and Environmental Science

1239639

"Dynamics of effective natural resource governance in transitional social contexts: evidence from traditional versus state institutions in a rural co-management framework."

POSTER

10th CROSS FACULTY POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM

10th CROSS FACULTY POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM

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FA C UL T Y OF EN GI NE E R IN G A N D T H E B U IL T E NVI R ONMENT ORALS: SESSION 2 11:15- 12:15 E1

LEUTSOA

MOTEKA

ELECTRICAL AND INFORMATION

1914265

User Pairing and Power Allocation in Underlay Cognitive NOMA Networks for 5G

ORAL

E2

Lubabalo

Luyaba

Civil and Environmental

1664444

Hydraulic Evaluation of the CDWQ-E₂ Post Treatment Water Quality Model on a Section of a Water Distribution Network

ORAL

E3

Nkosilomusa

Moyo

Chemical and Metallurgical

674949

Rare earth recovery from acid mine drainage tailings dam using ion exchange resins

ORAL

E4

TAIWO

AFINOWI

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING

1744446

THE INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN GLOBAL URBAN HOUSING AGENDAS AND PRACTICE AT LOCAL LEVELS: A CASE OF LAGOS.

ORAL

ORALS: SESSION 3 1:10 - 3:10 E5

NTSUNDENI

NDOU

Chemical and Metallurgical

818662

Combustion and co-combustion characteristics of Searsia lancea and Tamarix usneoides with coal.

ORAL

E6

Kelvin

Odafe Yoro

Chemical and Metallurgical

1230119

A New Technique for Energy and Resource Minimization during CO2 Capture in Coal-fired Power Plants.

ORAL

E7

TAMLYN

SASHA NAIDU

Chemical and Metallurgical

457495

E8

Ezinne

Igbokwe

Chemical and Metallurgical

1724241

Acid Mine Drainage Pilot Remediation System using Waste Products from the Steel Manufacturing and Sugar ORAL Industries Production of CNT yarns from methane for use as filaments in incandescent bulbs: Effect of Hydrogen co-feeding ORAL on the properties of as-spun CNT yarns

GRADFLASH: SESSION 1 10:10 - 11:10

22

E9

SEAN

MORROW

Mechanical, Industrial & Aeronautical

346718

AERODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE OF A LOW FLYING WING ACCELERATING TO SUPERSONIC SPEEDS

GRADFLASH

E10

Mduduzi

Mlilo

Mechanical, Industrial & Aeronautical

539592

Thermodynamic modelling of a diffusion-absorption bubble pump

GRADFLASH

E11

SEAN

ROSSOUW

Chemical and Metallurgical

537303

Using IOT and customizable tools for data capture, logging and control of experiments

GRADFLASH

E12

Oluwatobi Ifedayo

DAYO-OLUPONA, Mining

1820222

Technology Adoption in Mining: A Multicriterial Analytic tool for Emerging Technology Selection for Surface Mines. GRADFLASH

E13

OLAYILE

EJEKWU

Chemical and Metallurgical

709684

Optimization and recovery of succinic acid from a ’one pot’ bioconversion of waste corn cob

GRADFLASH

E14

Samaneh

Teimouri

Chemical and Metallurgical

1630835

A feasibility study into the extraction of gold from refractory sulfidic ore through the use of imidazolium-based ionic liquids

GRADFLASH

E15

Fortunate

Farirai

Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering

1660060

Sol-gel coupling adsorption method for extraction of high purity silica from sugarcane bagasse ash for solar cell application

GRADFLASH

E16

Dhruti

Dheda

Electrical and Information

458389

Water quality spatial pattern characterization of a river using machine learning techniques

GRADFLASH

E17

Mashilo

Pitjeng

Construction, Economics and Managaement

9311846P

Evaluate methods for measuring performance of government-owned property portfolios in South Africa

GRADFLASH

10th CROSS FACULTY POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM

10th CROSS FACULTY POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM

23

POSTERS: SESSION 1 10:10-11:10

24

E18

Lawrence

Obidike

Chemical and Metallurgical

0312936W Effect of Lamivudine on Nitrification During Biological Wastewater Treatment

POSTER

E19

Moloko

Fridah Moshokoa

Chemical and Metallurgical

533003

Adaptation of Actinobacillus succinogenes to an optimized ‘one-pot’ molten hydrate solvent system

POSTER

E20

Ntombikayise

Precious Bhengu Chemical and Metallurgical

547503

Optimization of the Extraction of Silica from Coal Fly Ash (CFA) and Pulp Waste

POSTER

E21

NNANNA-JNR

MICHAEL OKORO

Chemical and Metallurgical

1582331

SYNGAS PRODUCTION FROM PYRO-GASIFICATION OF INVASIVE ALIEN TREE WASTES

POSTER

E22

Craig

S. Carlson

Chemical and Metallurgical

0607729R

What were you inking? – Ultrasonic tattoo removal (Phase 1)

POSTER

E23

Sibusiso

Luthuli

Chemical and Metallurgical

900957

Binder Strengthening of WC-Co for Hard-Facing Applications

POSTER

E24

Poloko

Monaheng

Mining

676924

Local Content in the Lesotho Mining Sector

POSTER

E25

Tsireledzo

Mudau

Chemical and Metallurgical

551177

Optimization of the Synthesis and performance of bifunctional Co/H-ZSM-5 catalyst for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis

POSTER

E26

Nicole

Anderton

Electrical and Information

673663

Antibubbles in an Ultrasound Field

POSTER

E27

Kavisha

Patel

Chemical and Metallurgical

668771

Design, Construction and Testing of a Laboratory Scale Membrane Distillation Bioreactor for Water Purification

POSTER

E28

Mabusha

Sharon Rameetse

Chemical and Metallurgical

1448424

Synthesis and characterization of PSF/PES composite membranes for use in oily wastewater treatment

POSTER

E29

Charl

Smalberger

Electrical and Information

2026923

Experimental setup for optical observation of ultrasound-assisted cell manipulation

POSTER

E30

Shani

Feller

Electrical and Information

669874

Investigating ICA for EEG electrode optimization for sensorimotor BCI

POSTER

E31

Sancho

Nyoni

Chemical and Metallurgical

743158

WET BENEFICIATION POTENTIAL OF LOW-GRADE WITBANK COAL

POSTER

E32

Titus

Nghipulile

Chemical and Metallurgical

1871606

The development of the rotary offset crusher

POSTER

E33

Mats'olo

Seloanyane

Chemical and Metallurgical

1439795

Tribology of drill bit material in deep oil drilling process: variation of weight on bit (WOB) and bit rotating speed

POSTER

10th CROSS FACULTY POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM

10th CROSS FACULTY POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM

25

FA C UL T Y OF HE A L T H S CIE N CE ORALS: SESSION 2 11:15- 12:15 HS1

EVASHIN

PILLAY

PATHOLOGY (HAEMATOLOGY)

0705399E

HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY FOR AUTOMATION OF MALARIA DIAGNOSIS

ORAL

HS2

Mbuyi

Nelly Kalonji

Pathology

1043541

Effects of Different Sugar Water Concentrations on Male Anopheles funestus Biology

ORAL

HS3

BABALWA

BEKEBU

Clinical Medicine

1044202

THE ETHICO-LEGAL POSITION OF STATE PROVIDED HEALTHCARE FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS IN SOUTH AFRICA

ORAL

HS4

Nontobeko

M. Gumede

Physiology

904306

The protective effects of β-sitosterol against High-Fructose Diet-Induced Metabolic Dysfunction in rats.

ORAL

ORALS: SESSION 3 1:10 - 3:10 HS5

SIMONE

SMITH

Pathology

806594

ISOLATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF NOVEL BROADLY NEUTRALISING ANTIBODIES FROM RABBITS IMMUNISED WITH THE HIV1/2DCD4S60C IMMUNE COMPLEX.

ORAL

HS6

Zianca

Smit

Physiology

816364

The effects of acute high-intensity interval training on pain thresholds of healthy females

ORAL

HS7

JUSTIN

KUMALA

Pathology

1598631

Intensity of Insecticide Resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles funestus from Chikwawa, rural Southern Malawi

ORAL

HS8

BULELANI

ELVIS MAZIZI

Physiology

1818458

The effect of dietary Marula nut meal on the Physico-chemical properties of broiler Japanese quail meat

ORAL

HS9

Kara

de la Harpe

Pharmacy (WADDP)

2169368

An advanced 3D monofilament biosuture

ORAL

HS10

Siphiwe

Ndumiso Dlamini Clinical Medicine

1445737

Genetic associations of common variants at CYP17A1 and SERPINA6/SERPINA1 loci with blood pressure and measures of central and whole body adiposity in black South African women

ORAL

HS11

Khaalid

Khan

364821

Neuroinflammation associated with neonatal Group B Streptococcus-induced hematogenous meningitis

ORAL

Physiology

ORALS: SESSION 2C CONCURRENT 11:15- 12:15 HS12

Kiyasha

Padarath

Pathology

806617

HUNGRY AND SLEEPY TB BACTERIA: A ROBUST IN VITRO MODEL FOR THE GENERATION OF NON-REPLICATING MYCOBACTERIA

ORAL

HS13

OLUCHUKWU

OBIORA

Therapeutic Science

1670233

Female Genital Mutilation in Africa: Scoping the Landscape of Evidence

ORAL

HS14

Mbuyi

Nelly Kalonji

Pathology

1043541

Effects of Different Sugar Water Concentrations on Male Anopheles funestus Biology

ORAL

HS15

Mohammed

Hayek

Therapeutic Sciences

1805123

THE OUTCOMES OF A SUPPORT PROGRAMME FOR CAREGIVERS OF CANCER PATIENTS IN PALESTINE

ORAL

ORALS: SESSION 3C CONCURRENT 1:10- 3:10

26

HS16

Thobekile

Precious Dladla

Physiology

0703096X

Stearic acid prevents the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver in female Sprague Dawley rats fed a high fructose diet

ORAL

HS17

Nondumiso

Lushozi

Physiology

820809

Effect of zingerone on high-fructose diet-induced metabolic derangements in growing Sprague-Dawley rats.

ORAL

HS18

Zola

Nkwanyana

Physiology

823588

Dietary effects of Sclerocarya birrea caffra nut meal on the growth performance and health profile of broiler Numida meleagris

ORAL

HS19

Yasar

Hoosen

Therapeutic sciences

714862

Anti-MUC 16 functionalized Cationic Nanoliposomes, for “Arresting” of Chondroitin Sulfate in Ovarian Cancer

ORAL

HS20

Khumblani

Mnqiwu

Oral Health Sciences

2050388

Virtual screening of benzoic acid derivatives as novel DNA topoisomerase I inhibitors: In silico study

ORAL

HS21

Hillary Mndlovu

Pharmacology

674238

Development of a fluid-absorptive alginate-chitosan bioplatform for Potential wound dressing application

ORAL

HS22

Edgar

Physiology

1578771

THE SODIUM-TO-POTASSIUM RATIO DETERMINES ARTERIAL STIFFNESS INDEPENDENT OF BLOOD PRESSURE IN HYPERTENSIVE PEOPLE OF AFRICAN ANCESTRY

ORAL

Phukubje

10th CROSS FACULTY POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM

10th CROSS FACULTY POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM

27

POSTERS: SESSION 1 10:10-11:10

28

HS23

Ntombikayise

Mhlambi

Clinical Medicine

1583242

Novel targets in dysregulated signalling pathways to inhibit metastasis in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

POSTER

HS24

NASIRU

MUHAMMAD

Physiology

1332380

Neonatally administered zingerone protects against high-fructose diet-induced dyslipidaemia and obesity in male SpragueDawley rats.

POSTER

HS25

Goodman

Bukelani Nyawose

Public Health

1508262

Outbreak Investigation of a Suspected Nosocomial Tuberculosis infection in a Psychiatric Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal, December 2018

POSTER

HS26

Maile

G Ralefatane

Chemical Pathology

866717

Assessing folate sufficiency of samples tested at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital in 2017

POSTER

HS27

Itumeleng

Boshielo

Pathology

1144115

Biomarkers to predict TB treatment response

POSTER

HS28

Previn

Ramiah

Therapeutic Science

1124742

Novel drug delivery approaches for the treatment of neuropathic pain

POSTER

HS29

Windy

Sekgele

Oral Health

669596

Reversal of fluconazole drug resistance in Candida albicans through the inhibition of the ABC drug efflux pumps by Eugenol Tosylate Congeners

POSTER

HS30

Kgomotso

Motshoane

Physiology

831228

4-Hydroxyisoleucine as prophylaxis against high-fructose diet-induced Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in growing rats

POSTER

HS31

NOMAGUGU

NDLOVU

Physiology

8900301

Dietary Hibiscus sabdariffa calyces meal: effects on pullet Japanese quail productive performance and egg quality

POSTER

HS32

Zanele

Nsingwane

Clinical Medicine

718625

Angiogenic pathways are overexpressed in early pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in a cohort of South African patients affecting immune response

POSTER

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