University of Venda

Staff

The following is a list of staff members in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics:

Head of Deapartment: Dr S Moyo
MSc(Moscow), PhD(Brunel- UK).
Teaching Areas: Partial Differential Equations, Ordinary Differential Equations, Fluid Mechanics, Numerical Analyisis
Research interests: Computational Fluid Mechanics, PDEs and Numerical Analysis
Tel.: +27-15-962 8446
E-mail: smoyo@univen.ac.za

Associate Professor(s)

W Garira
BSc(UZ), MSc(Bristol), PhD(London).
Teaching Areas: Mathematical modeling, Complex Analysis, Dynamical Systems, Vector Analysis, Differential and Integral Calculus
Research Interests: Bio-mathematics and Dynamical Systems
Tel.: +27-15-962 8233
E-mail: Winston.Garira@univen.ac.za

Senior Lecturer(s)

Dr S Shateyi
Teaching Areas: Ordinary Differential equations, Numerical Analysis, Multivariable Calculus, Fluid Mechanics
Research Interests: Computational Fluid Dynamics and Numerical Methods
Tel.: +27-15-962 8163
E-mail: Stanford.Shateyi@univen.ac.za

Dr NS Mavhungu
Teaching Areas: Rings and Fields, Algebra
Research Interests: Rings and Combinatorics
Tel.: +27-15-962 8175
E-mail: mavhungus@univen.ac.za

Lecturer(s)

MA Luruli
BSc(Georgia State, USA), MSc(Clark Atlanta, USA).
Teaching Areas: Differential Equations, Topology, Matrix Analysis, Mathematical Modelling, Real Analysis
Research Interests: Differential Equations and Topology
Tel.: +27-15-962 8129
E-mail: lurulim@univen.ac.za

NS FS Netshapala
BSc(Ed), B.Sc(Hons)(Univen), MSc (Pret).
Teaching Areas: Graph Theory, Measure and Integration Theory, Mathematics Foundation, Linear Algebra, Differential and Integral Calculus
Research Interests: Graph Theory
Tel.: +27-15-962 8083
E-mail: snetshap@univen.ac.za

RM Mukhodobwane
BA(Hons) Univen, HED (Unisa), B.ED (Unisa), MSc (Univen)
Teaching Areas: Business Mathematics and Financial Mathematics
Research Interests: Financial Mathematics
Tel.: +27-15-962 8225
E-mail: Rosinah.Mukhodobwane@univen.ac.za

VJ Hlomuka
B.Sc(Hons) (Wits); M.Sc.(Pretoria), Dipl.In Datametrics(Operations research & Statistics) (Unisa), Ph.D.(Pretoria)(pending)
Teaching Areas: Numerical analysis, Functional analysis, Linear algebra, General topology.
Research Interests: Functional Analysis, Partial Differential Equations , Numerical Analysis(finite differences & finite element methods), Fluid dynamics, Radiative heat transfer, Stability in systems of nonlinear partial differential equations.
Tel.: +27-15-962-8263
E-mail:joe.hlomuka@univen.ac.za

BP Ntsime
UDES(Hebron College), BSc(Unibo), BSc Hons(NWU), MSc(NWU)
Teaching Areas: Algebra, Calculus, Ordinary Differential Equations
Tel.: +27-15-962 8230
Email : Pauline.ntsime@univen.ac.za
Research Interests: Lie Groups and Application of Differential Equations to different fields of learning areas such as Astrophysics and Financial Mathematics.

V Makhoshi
Teaching Areas: Mathematics for Biology and Earth Sciences, Differential Equations, Differential and Integral Calculus
Research Interests: Classical Orthogonal Polynomials and Spectral Theory of Differential Equations
Tel.: +27-15-962 8225
E-mail: vuledzani.makhoshi@univen.ac.za

Junior Lecturer(s)

AD Maphiri
BA, BSc Hons(Univen), PGDE
Teaching Areas: Service Mathematics
Research Interests: Ordinary Differential equations
Contact: 27-15-962 8083
E-mail: Azwindini.Maphiri@univen.ac.za

A Manthada
BSc, BSc Hons(Univen), PGDE
Teaching Areas: Service mathematics, Maths for planners, Integral calculus
Research Interests: Fluid dynamics and Numerical methods.
Contact: +27-15-962 8410
Cell: +27-72466251
E-mail: Avhatakali.Manthada@univen.ac.za