Research Topics:

1. General Topology: Compactifications, generalized topological spaces, separation axioms, convergence, bitopological spaces, uniform spaces and metrization.

2. Point-Free Topology: Transferring of pointset notions to pointfree topology, sublocales, separation axioms of locales, uniform frames, bilocales, metrization of frames, coproducts of frames, remainders of frames and partial frames.

3. Categorical Topology: Extending topological results using categorical notions, reflective subcategories and monads.

Related courses at Rhodes:

• Analysis (MAM 202)
• Real Analysis
• Topology (Third Year and Honours)
• Introduction to Category Theory (Honours)

Members:

1. Dr. Mbekezeli Nxumalo, email: m.nxumalo@ru.ac.za 

Students:

Honours Students:

1. Ms Thobile Ngcamphalala, Distinction,
   Year: 2023,
   Project supervisor: Dr M. Nxumalo,
   email: g19n0670@campus.ru.ac.za 
2. Mr Bongamusa Tsabedze,
   Year: 2024,
   Project supervisor: Dr M. Nxumalo,
   email: g21t7174@campus.ru.ac.za  

Masters Students:

1. Ms Thobile Ngcamphalala,
   Year: 2024-Present,
   Project supervisor(s): Dr M. Nxumalo and Prof T. Dube (UNISA),
   Project title: On some types of normality.

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