Three students from the North-West University’s Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences received awards for their outstanding presentations and posters during this year’s symposium of the WaterNet/Water Research Fund for Southern Africa (WARFSA)/Global Water Partnership Southern Africa (GWP-SA).
Recent graduate Dr Luvhimba Tlhoaele and PhD students Keaobaka Precious Mahoko and Lawrence Sawunyama were honoured with awards during the event that took place in Maseru, Lesotho from 30 October to 1 November.
Dr Tlhoaele received a Best Oral Presentation award in the water, energy, agriculture and land sub-theme category. The title of the presentation was “Evaluation of sustainable energy generation from human waste: A case of EVIP toilets in the Limpopo Province”. Her supervisor is Prof Lobina Palamuleni.
Keaobaka received the Best Poster Presentation award in the same sub-theme. The title of her poster was “A systematic review of climate variability and water resources for agricultural crop production in South Africa”. Prof Palamuleni also supervised her.
Lawrence earned a Best Oral Presentation award in the sub-theme of innovative approaches, practices and technologies for affordable water supply and sanitation services. The title of his presentation was “Preparation and characterisation of Ti02-ZnO/CFA-NS photocatalytic ceramic membrane for the degradation of tetracycline and Ibuprofen under visible light”. His supervisor is Prof Damian Omwudiwe.
More about this year’s WaterNet/WARFSA/GWP-SA symposium
This year marks the 25th symposium of WaterNet/WARFSA/GWP-SA. The theme was “Enhancing sustainability: Upscaling innovations and best practices for integrated catchment and water resources management (ICWRM) in Eastern and Southern Africa – Leaving no one behind”.
The symposium was jointly convened with the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), Water Research Commission, AU/NEPAD Southern African Network of Water Centres of Excellence (AU/NEPAD SANWATCE) and the Local Organising Committee led by the National University of Lesotho.
It was a blended event held virtually at the Avani Maseru Hotel.
WaterNet aims to ensure the equitable sharing and sustainable use of water
WaterNet’s vision is to ensure a future in which the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and East African Community (EAC) region have the institutional and human capacity to educate and train its own water managers.
These managers will contribute to the fair sharing and sustainable use of water resources for poverty alleviation, economic development (livelihood security) and environmental security.
NWU Research and Postgraduate Support promotes postgraduate students
“Research and Postgraduate Support (RPS) is delighted to promote excellence and visibility of postgraduate students. We’re even more excited about working with the faculties and Corporate Relations and Marketing to increase visibility of master’s and high-achieving PhD students and their supervisors,” says Prof Nnenesi Kgabi, chief director of the newly upgraded RPS directorate.
Making the NWU proud: Dr Luvhimba Tlhoaele, Keaobaka Precious Mahoko and Lawrence Sawunyama
