VICE CHANCELLOR’S RESEARCH AWARDS NEWLY NRF-RATED RESEARCHERS Professor Forget Mingiri Kapingura Faculty of Management and commerce Department: Economics NRF Rating category: C3 Professor Forget Mingiri Kapingura holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Economics from the University of Fort Hare (UFH). His research interests are in Development Economics with a special focus on the role of the financial sector in the economy. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Sriwijaya International Journal of Dynamic Economics and Business. Professor Kapingura was the recipient of the Emerging Researcher Award at both Faculty and Institutional level in 2017. Professor Nomthandazo Ntlama-Makhanya Faculty of Law Faculty Department: Public Law NRF Rating category: C3 Professor Ntlama-Makhanya is Professor of Public Law in the Nelson Mandela School of Law. Previously Head of Research in the School of Law, she also acted as Chairholder of the UNESCO ‘Oliver Tambo’ Chair of Human Rights. Professor Ntlama-Makhana is a former Commissioner of the South African Judicial Services Commission (JSC) and has acted as a judge of the High Court. Her research focuses on Constitutional Law and she has published on various topics related to human rights, customary law, gender equality, socio-economic rights and the judiciary and state institutions. Professor Ntlama-Makhanya holds a Doctor of Laws degree awarded by the University of Fort Hare. Professor Golden Makaka Faculty of Science and Agriculture Department: Physics NRF Rating category: C2 Professor Golden Makaka has more than 25 years of experience as a researcher in computational physics research and renewable energy applications. His research focus is in using computational physics in energy system design, simulation and modelling, heat transfer, temperature distribution and ventilation rate in buildings, and predicating energy consumption. He has been instrumental in developing techniques to mitigate climate change through smart power generation and his research has resulted in the design of a high efficiency, easy to maintain generator. Professor Makaka holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree awarded by the University of Fort Hare. 75 | University of Fort Hare