Dr NP Ngqwala
Nosiphiwe Ngqwala
Qualification
Bsc (Fort Hare),MSc (Rhodes),PhD (Rhodes)
Position
Senior Lecturer
Room no: T8 Telephone: 0466037427 Email: mailto:n.ngqwala@ru.ac.za
Teaching
- Pharmaceutical Biochemistry
- Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Immunology
- Research methodology
Research
My special area of focus is on pharmaceutical chemistry, water, sanitation and the removal of pharmaceuticals from wastewater. I concentrate on waste water treatment, wastewater, and antimicrobial resistance in the environment
Recent research projects
- Removal of pharmaceuticals from freshwater systems
- Calibration of the citizen-based water quality monitoring programme for Makana Municipality
- Investigating the viability and performance of a for pilot-scale flyash/lime filter tower (FLFT) for greywater treatment and the fate of Triclosan post treatment
- Significance of heavy metals in domestic wastewater
- Investigate consumers use and disposal of the selected pharmaceuticals and explore means of reducing exposures through possible change in disposal pattern, behaviour and knowledge exchange
- Explore selected expert stakeholders’ views on possible management strategies for the presence of pharmaceutically active compounds in South African water resources.
- Available local natural products from plants and animals
Selected publications
- Nondlazi, S., Ngwala, N. P., Tandlich, R., Zuma, B. M. (2016). Investigating the viability and performance of the pilot scale fly ash/lime filter tower for onsite greywater treatment. Desalination and Water Treatment (manuscript number TDWT-2016-1430)
- Ngqwala, N. P., Srinivas, C. S., Tandlich, R., Pyle, D. M., Oosthuizen, R. (2016). Participatory multi-stakeholder platforms for effective disaster management in South Africa. Journal of Disaster Research (manuscript number Dr8316)
- Ngqwala, N.P., Tandlich, R., Al-Adawi, S., Ahmed, M., Madikizela, P. (2015). Reuse of greywater to retrench water needs. Caledonian Journal of Engineering – Oman 11(1): 2-6
- Tandlich, R., Luyt, C. D., Ngqwala, N. P. (2014). A community-based rainwater monitoring and treatment programme in Makhanda, South Africa. Journal of Hydrocarbons, Mines and Environmental Research 5(1): 46-51
- Okoh, A. I., Cwala, Z. N., Ngqwala, N. P., Igbinosa, E. O., Odjadjare, E. O. and Okoh, O. O. (2012). Assessment of Listeria bacteria abundance and physicochemical quality of the effluents of a typical semi-urban wastewater treatment in South Africa. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 6(40; 1645-1652
- Eden Padayachee, Nosiphiwe Ngqwala, and Chris G Whiteley (2011) Association of β-amyloid peptide fragments with neuronal nitric oxide synthase: Implications in the etiology of Alzheimers disease Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry,28(4):727-331-9
Other publications
https://equleni.wordpress.com/
http://mywaterafrica.weebly.com/contributors.html
Technical reports
- 1. Tandlich, R., Luyt, C., Ngqwala, N. P. (2013). Final project report on the rainwater community monitoring and treatment programme. Direct Aid Programme, Embassy of Australia in South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
Awards and grants
- 200 Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans 2017
- Rhodes University Community engagement award 2016 https://issuu.com/theoppidanpress/docs/oppiedition7
- Makana Environmental Award 2016 https://www.ru.ac.za/environment/awards/2016awards/
- SA Young independent media top 100 2016: http://tyi.co.za/mzansis-100/healers/the-healers/
Web presence
Twitter: @Nosie_Ngqwala: https://twitter.com/Nosie_Ngqwala
Instagram: Nosie Mahlaba Ngqwala: https://www.instagram.com/nosiemahlaba/
Linked in: Nosiphiwe Ngqwala: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nosiphiwe-ngqwala-phd-28251826/
Recent former students
Supervision of PhD students
February 2017 -present Mr Adebayo Farounbi (main supervisor with Dr. P. Mensah as co-supervisor p.mensah@ru.ac.za (PhDin science- ongoing).The occurrence of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and pathogenic organisms in sludge and water resources pose a serious threat to water ecosystems sustainability
February 2016--present Phindile Madikizela (co supervisor with Dr. R. Tandlich as main-supervisor r.tandlich@ru.ac.za). PhD in Pharmaceutical Chemistry – Solid waste management policies and strategies in addressing solid waste service delivery in the informal settlements of South Africa and the use of waste transfer stations in the informal settlements to improve solid waste service delivery
Supervision of Master of Science students
February 2017 -present Ms. Sesethu Vumazonke (main supervisor with Dr. S. Khamanga as co-supervisor s.khamanga@ru.ac.za (Masters of Pharmacy -ongoing) – Removal of pharmaceuticals from freshwater systems
Febraury 2015-present Ms. Hallo Angala (main supervisor with Dr R. Tandlich as co-supervisor r.tandlich@ru.ac.za) Bachelor of Science Honours candidate – Calibration of the citizen-based water quality monitoring programme for Makana Municipality (degree awarded in April 2016). The candidate continued to Masters (main supervisor with Dr. R. Tandlich as co-supervisor r.tandlich@ru.ac.za)
February 2015-May 2017 Cyril S. Dube (co supervisor with Dr R. Tandlich as main supervisor r.tandlich@ru.ac.za). Master of Science completed with distinction and graduated in April 2018) – Project title: Sorptive and microbial properties of low-cost adsorbents used in the extraction of ciprofloxacin and isoniazid from aqueous solution
February 2015-present Sinoyolo Nondlazi (main supervisor with Dr R. Tandlich as co-supervisor r.tandlich@ru.ac.za). Master of Science is completed and to be graduated in 2018). Project title: Investigating the viability and performance of a for pilot-scale flyash/lime filter tower (FLFT) for greywater treatment and the fate of Triclosan post treatment
February 2014-June 2016 Thomas J. Nicholson (co supervisor with Dr. R. Tandlich as main-supervisor r.tandlich@ru.ac.za). Master of Science in Pharmacy completed and graduated in April 2018. Project title: The applicability of anaerobically digested pasteurized pit latrine faecal sludge as a fertilizer to grow radish and garden cress
Supervision of final Bachelor of Science Honours in Biotechnology students
February 2017-present Chidinma Uche (co supervisor with Dr. R. Tandlich as the main supervisor r.tandlich@ru.ac.za) Bachelor of Science Honours in Biotechnology is ongoing) – Project title: The potential use of fly ash as an additive in ventilated improved pit latrines to improve onsite waste management and to assess environmental impact assessment
February 2016-November 2016 Thandiswa Nqowana (co supervisor with Dr. R. Tandlich as the main supervisor r.tandlich@ru.ac.za) Bachelor of Science Honours in Biotechnology completed with graduation in April 2017) – Project title: Monitoring of potable water quality utilized in the Makhanda region and the development of an information channel that serves to breach the information gap
February 2016-November 2016 Dylan Collings (co supervisor with Dr. R. Tandlich as the main supervisor r.tandlich@ru.ac.za) Bachelor of Science Honours in Biotechnology completed with graduation in April 2017) – Project title: The potential use of fly ash as a pit latrine additive to inhibit bacterial Growth
February 2013-December 2013 Ethel Chifunda (BSc Honours in Biotechnology – degree completed with graduation in April 2014): Concentrations and risk assessment from Bacillus anthracis and Brucella spp. in surface water bodies in Makhanda.
February 2015-November 2015 Hallo Angala (co supervisor with Dr. R. Tandlich as the main supervisor r.tandlich@ru.ac.za) Bachelor of Science Honours in Biotechnology completed with graduation in April 2016) – Project title: Calibration of the citizen-based water quality monitoring programme for Makana Municipality
Supervision of final Bachelor of Pharmacy students (Honours level mini-thesis)
Students supervised
February 2017-present Ms. Siphe Tsibani (sole supervisor; Bachelor of Pharmacy - ongoing) – Significance of heavy metals in domestic wastewater
February 2017 -present Ms. Anathi Makhonya (sole supervisor; Bachelor of Pharmacy c- ongoing) – “Hospital-acquired infections”
February 2017 -present Ms. Yolisa Pepu (sole supervisor; Bachelor of Pharmacy - ongoing) – Investigate consumers use and disposal of the selected pharmaceuticals and explore means of reducing exposures through possible change in disposal pattern, behaviour and knowledge exchange
February 2017 --present Mr. Bathandwa Gobingca (sole supervisor; Bachelor of Pharmacy- ongoing) – Explore selected expert stakeholders’ views on possible management strategies for the presence of pharmaceutically active compounds in South African water resources
February 2016-November 2016 Ms. Nonhlanhla Fortunate Magagula (sole supervisor; Bachelor of Pharmacy completed) – Available local natural products from plants and animals
February 2016-November 2016 Ms. Vuyolwethu Qata (sole supervisor; Bachelor of Pharmacy completed) – Investigating the Presence of Pharmaceuticals in Wastewater Effluents and Sludges, Including Pathogenic Microrganisms
February 2016-November 2016 Ms. Wendy Radebe (sole supervisor; Bachelor of Pharmacy candidate completed) – Makhanda water quality testing with the focus on Rhodes University
February 2015-November 2015 Mr. Thabo Dube (main supervisor with Dr. R. Tandlich as co-supervisor r.tandlich@ru.ac.za) (Bachelor of Pharmacy completed) – “Building a scientific laboratory off the grid”
February 2015-November 2015 Mr. Richard Ndava (co supervisor with Dr. R. Tandlich as the main supervisor r.tandlich@ru.ac.za) (Bachelor of Pharmacy completed) – Current status of biomedical waste processing in South Africa
Professional affiliations
2016 -present Member of South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS)
2016 -present Member of and Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP)
2013 -present Member of AfriAlliance: Integrated Water Resources Management and Ethics working group
2016 -present Member of South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS)
2012 -present South African Society of Biochemistry (SASBM), Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA), International Water Association-Young Water Professionals
Hobbies and interests
Mentoring, running, and squash
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