Meet the Team

Head of Department

Dr Marguerite Walton

07 02 21

+27 41 504 2055

marguerite.walton@mandela.ac.za

Administrative

Christa Esterhuizen
Departmental Secretary
07 02 20
+27 41 504 2310
christa.esterhuizen@mandela.ac.za

Ms Vuyokazi Xako

Administrative Assistant
+27 41 504 3457
Vuyokazi.Xako@mandela.ac.za

Academics

Mathematics
Mr. Mark Conley
Location:	07 02 17
Telephone:	+27 41 504 3271
Email:	Mark.Conley@mandela.ac.za

Dr Gerrit Goosen
Location:	07 02 25B
Telephone:	+27 41 504 2756
Email:	gerrit.goosen@mandela.ac.za
Interests:	Quantum Groups, Low-Dimensional Topology, Linear Algebra
Webpage:	Orcid

Dr Suresh Juglal
Location:	07 02 29
Telephone:	+27 41 504 2595
Email:	suresh.juglal@mandela.ac.za
Interests:	Abstract Algebra

Dr Jacob Maritz
Location:	07 02 15
Telephone:	+27 41 504 2018
Email:	jakes.maritz@mandela.ac.za
Interests:	Graph Theory, Algebra

Mr Sboniso Mzulwini
Location:	07 02 14
Telephone:	+27 41 504 1233
Email:	sboniso.mzulwini@mandela.ac.za
Interests:	Algebra and Graph Theory

Mr Christopher Parsons
Location:	07 02 12
Telephone:	+27 41 504 2658
Email:	christopher.parsons@mandela.ac.za

Mr Quentin Petersen
Location:	07 02 25B
Telephone:	+27 41 504 2594
Email:	quentin.petersen@mandela.ac.za

Dr Bulelani Sokopo
Location:	07 02 28
Telephone:	+27 41 504 4891
Email:	bulelani.sokopo@mandela.ac.za
Interests:	Functional Analysis, Operator Algebra Theory, Algebra, Topology and Number Theory

Mr Tanki Thelejane
Location:	-
Location:	South Campus
Telephone:	+27 41 504 2999
Email:	tj.thelejane@mandela.ac.za

Dr Shirley Wagner-Welsh
Location:	-
Telephone:	+27 41 504 2553
Email:	shirley.wagner-welsh@mandela.ac.za
Interests:	Mathematics Education

Dr Marguerite Walton
Location:	07 02 21
Telephone:	+27 41 504 2055
Email:	marguerite.walton@mandela.ac.za

Dr Martin Weigt
Location:	07 02 25B
Telephone:	+27 41 504 4742
Email:	martin.weigt@mandela.ac.za
Interests:	Functional Analysis, Banach and operator algebras, non-normed topological algebras

Applied Mathematics
Prof. Rao Appadu
Location:	07 02 23
Telephone:	+27 41 504 2830
Email:	Rao.Appadu@mandela.ac.za
Interests:	Numerical Analysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics
Webpage:	Orcid

Ms Tresia Holtzhausen
Location:	07 02 27
Telephone:	+27 41 504 2602
Email:	tresia.holtzhausen@mandela.ac.za
Interests:	Applied Graph Theory / Network Theory, Biomathematics
Webpage:	Orcid

Ms Mulalo Makhuvha
Location:	07 02 34
Telephone:	+27 41 504 2756
Email:	Mulalo.Makhuvha@mandela.ac.za
Interests:	Biomathematics (Epidemiology), Optimal control, Multiscale modelling
Webpage:	Orcid

Dr Willard Mbava
Location:	07 02 32
Telephone:	+27 41 504 2289
Email:	Willard.Mbava@mandela.ac.za
Interests:	Biomathematics (Ecological and Epidemiological Modelling), Control and Optimal Control
Webpage:	Orcid

Dr Christiaan Pretorius
Location:	07 02 26
Telephone:	+27 41 504 2220
Email:	cpretorius@mandela.ac.za
Interests:	Evolutionary Optimization, Robotic Control, Artificial Neural Networks, Differential Equations
Webpage:	Orcid

Mr Heinrich Smith
Location:	07 02 30
Telephone:	+27 41 504 4598
Email:	h.smith@mandela.ac.za
Interests:	Numerical Analysis, Scientific Programming (MATLAB )

Mr Phumelela Zembe
Location	07 02 19
Telephone:	+27 41 504 2134
Email:	pumelela.zembe@mandela.ac.za

Meet the Team

Head of Department

Dr Marguerite Walton

Administrative

Academics

Mathematics

Applied Mathematics