The Madzaringwe Formation in the Tuli Basin, Limpopo Province of South Africa is one of the coal-bearing late Palaeozoic units of the Karoo Supergroup. The Madzaringwe Formation in the former Vele colliery (now referred ...
Breast cancer is a malignant tumour that starts in the cells of the breast. Many studies
revealed aromatase (CYP19A1) and cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) as possible
therapeutic targets regarding breast cancer treatment, ...
Surface water from the rivers serves as a source of water for many purposes including drinking, irrigation and animal farming. The quality of surface water deteriorates due to human, animals and industrial waste. Amongst ...
Tuberculosis is one of the top 10 leading causes of death in the world. The development of drug resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis such as Multidrug resistant (MDR) and Extensively drug resistant (XDR) strains ...
Recently, the use of electrochemical supercapacitors as energy storage devices has
drawn great attention due to their high charge/discharge rate, long life span, high
power and energy densities. However, the choice of ...
The Glentig, Alma and Swaershoek Formations were deposited after the emplacement of the Bushveld igneous complex (BIC). The sediments accumulated in what is termed as the proto-basin of the Waterberg Group. The Glentig ...
Water pollution associated with dyes and bacteria has become a concern to researchers due to lack of quality sanitation. South Africa falls amongst the water scarce countries. Thus, it is important to develop materials ...
Titanium metal and its alloy components find extensive applications in various industries such as aerospace, medicine and automotive due to its light weight-strength ratio. More importantly, titanium-based components with ...
Fusarium species are among pathogenic organisms responsible for massive yield and quality losses in crop production. They cause crop diseases in the field and during storage, and some species are capable of producing ...
The present research work deals with the study of some of the important physicochemical
parameters of restaurant wastewater effluents collected from Mankweng
business centre along the University of Limpopo road. Studies ...
Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa (HSFSA) reports that about 17.3% of
deaths in the country are associated with heart-related diseases and this rate is
expected to increase to 41% by the year 2030. This severe ...
Calcium and magnesium are two dominant species that contribute to water hardness.
The aim of this study was to develop a poly (vinylidene fluoride-co hexafluoropropylene) (PVDF-HFP) composite membrane for treatment of ...
Water contamination caused by toxic elements has serious human health and
ecological implications. The increasing quantity of toxic elements in surface and
groundwater is currently an area of greater concern, especially ...
The Two Rivers Platinum Mine (TRP) located in the Eastern Bushveld Igneous
Complex is currently exploiting platinum-group elements (PGE) in the Upper Group
2 chromitite (UG2) Reef at the Dwarsrivier Farm. TRP has ...
Using “gravimetric analysis, potentiodynamic polarisation (PDP), and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), an investigation into the corrosion prevention properties of the metals aluminium (Al), mild steel (MS), ...