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2024
Prof Ben-Erik van Wyk
For his contribution as a botanist and an authority on traditional and commercial uses of plants
Prof Ben-Erik van Wyk, Chair: Department of Science and Innovation (DSI)/National Research Foundation (NRF) South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) in Indigenous Plant Use, University of Johannesburg (UJ) was awarded the 2024 NSTF-South32 Lifetime Award. He received this prestigious award for his contribution as a botanist and an authority on traditional and commercial uses of plants, with numerous books and publications covering all or most of the socially relevant and commercialised plant species of the world.
2024
Prof Patience Mthunzi-Kufa
For her research on HIV-1, TB, COVID-19, as well as non-communicable diseases
Prof Patience Mthunzi-Kufa won the TW Kambule-NSTF Researcher Award of the 2024 NSTF-South32 Awards. She is a Research Group Head: Biophotonics; and Manager: Photonics Centre, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR); and Professor Extraordinarius: University of South Africa (UNISA). Prof Mthunzi-Kufa received the award for her research on the construction and application of photonics-based diagnostic devices for point-of-care detection of HIV-1, TB, COVID-19, as well as non-communicable diseases in order to achieve early detection and to facilitate timely treatment.
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