Outstanding Article Awardees

2023, 2022, 2021

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2023

Awardee:

A lifecycle-based evaluation of greenhouse gas emissions from the plastics industry in South Africa

Authors: Taahira Goga, Kevin Harding, Valentina Russo and Harro von Blottnitz

Runner up:

Advancing ecosystem accounting in estuaries: Swartkops Estuary case study

Authors: Susan Taljaard, Lara van Niekerk, Janine B. Adams and Taryn Riddin

Nominees: 

The pros and cons of buccal swabbing and tail clipping for monitoring reptilian biodiversity

Authors: Matthew G. Adair, Jean-Jacque Forgus, Devon C. Main, Jody M. Taft, Jessica M. da Silva and Krystal A. Tolley

Addressing missed visits to improve retention of young South African women in clinical trials

Authors: Khatija Ahmed, Mookho Malahleha, Thulisile E. Mbatsane, Dineo Thindisa, Veronique C. Bailey, Ishen Seocharan and Athmanundh Dilraj

The impacts of artificial light at night in Africa: Prospects for a research agenda

Authors: Bernard W.T. Coetzee, Izak P.J. Smit, Simone Ackermann and Kevin J. Gaston

A lifecycle-based evaluation of greenhouse gas emissions from the plastics industry in South Africa

Authors: Taahira Goga, Kevin Harding, Valentina Russo and Harro von Blottnitz

From waste cooking oil to oxygen-rich onion-like nanocarbons for the removal of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solutions

Authors: Themba D. Ntuli, Ludwe L. Sikeyi, Thomas H. Mongwe, Orlette Mkhari, Neil J. Coville, Edward N. Nxumalo and Manoko S. Maubane-Nkadimeng

Advancing ecosystem accounting in estuaries: Swartkops Estuary case study

Authors: Susan Taljaard, Lara van Niekerk, Janine B. Adams and Taryn Riddin

Alcohol consumption patterns, suppliers and online alcohol marketing: Before and during COVID-19 alcohol bans

Authors: Marieke Theron, Rina Swart, Mukhethwa Londani, Charles Parry, Petal Petersen Williams and Nadine Harker

Selection Committee:

Editorial Advisory Board Members

Stephanie Burton, Professor of Biochemistry and Professor at Future Africa, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

David Lokhat, Discipline of Chemical Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Robert Morrell, School of Education, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Himla Soodyall, Academy of Science of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

Leslie Swartz, Academy of Science of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

2022

Awardee:

Malaria risk and receptivity: Continuing development of insecticide resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Authors: Givemore Munhenga, Shüné V. Oliver, Leanne N. Lobb, Theresa T. Mazarire, Windy Sekgele, Thabo Mashatola, Nondumiso Mabaso, Dumsani M. Dlamini, Malibongwe Zulu, Fortunate Moletsane, Blaženka D. Letinić, Jacek Zawada, Ashley Burke, Avhatakali Matamba and Basil D. Brooke

Nominees: 

Data sharing governance in sub-Saharan Africa during public health emergencies: Gaps and guidance

Authors: Dirk Brand, Jerome A. Singh, Annelize G. Nienaber McKay, Nezerith Cengiz and Keymanthri Moodley

Lifting back the waters: Marine geophysics provides new insights into the uThukela Banks Marine Protected Area

Authors: Andrew N. Green, Luke D. Engelbrecht, Kerry Sink, Christine F. Mackay, Sean T. Fennessy and Kathrine Michalsen

Malaria risk and receptivity: Continuing development of insecticide resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles arabiensis in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Authors: Givemore Munhenga, Shüné V. Oliver, Leanne N. Lobb, Theresa T. Mazarire, Windy Sekgele, Thabo Mashatola, Nondumiso Mabaso, Dumsani M. Dlamini, Malibongwe Zulu, Fortunate Moletsane, Blaženka D. Letinić, Jacek Zawada, Ashley Burke, Avhatakali Matamba and Basil D. Brooke

Physicochemical properties of porous activated carbon prepared from palm kernel shell through a low-cost activation protocol

Authors: Aloysius A. Pam, Abdul H. Abdullah, Yen P. Tan and Zulkarnain Zainal

Zero-tolerance drink-driving and road safety in South Africa: What are the options?

Authors: Anesh Sukhai, Ashley van Niekerk and Mohamed Seedat

Pandemic governance: Developing a politics of informality

Authors: D. Trevor van Wyk and Vasu Reddy

Selection Committee:

Editorial Advisory Board Members

Stephanie Burton, Professor of Biochemistry and Professor at Future Africa, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Felix Dakora, Department of Chemistry, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa

Saul Dubow, Smuts Professor of Commonwealth History, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England

Catherine Ngila, Deputy Vice Chancellor - Academic Affairs, Riara University, Nairobi, Kenya

Leslie Swartz , Academy of Science of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

2021

Awardee:

Darting towards Storm Shelter: A minute dinosaur trackway from southern Africa
Author: Emese M. Bordy

Nominees: 

The urban water metabolism of Cape Town: Towards becoming a water sensitive city
Authors: Ffion Atkins, Tyrel Flügel and Rui Hugman

Darting towards Storm Shelter: A minute dinosaur trackway from southern Africa
Author: Emese M. Bordy

A five-year overview of fatal thermal and electrical burns in Johannesburg, South Africa
Authors: Craig Keyes and Khumo L. Liphoko

Unlocking and securing ecological infrastructure investments: The needs and willingness to invest and institutional support mechanisms used
Authors: Malukhanye S. Mbopha, Christo Marais, Theo Kleynhans and Karen J. Esler

An African violin – The feasibility of using indigenous wood from southern Africa as tonewood
Authors: Martina Meincken, Gerhard Roux and Thomas Niesler

Constraints on improving higher education teaching and learning through funding
Authors: Temwa Moyo and Sioux McKenna

A validated method for the analysis and profiling of ‘nyaope’ using gas chromatography – mass spectrometry
Authors: Pabalala M. Mthembi, Ellen M. Mwenesongole and Michael D. Cole

Rates and patterns of habitat loss across South Africa’s vegetation biomes
Authors: Andrew L. Skowno, Debbie Jewitt and Jasper A. Slingsby

Selection Committee:

Stephanie Burton, Professor of Biochemistry and Professor at Future Africa, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Lungiswa Nkonki, Division of Health Systems and Public Health, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Daya Reddy, South African Research Chair - Computational Mechanics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Leslie Swartz, Academy of Science of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

Lyn Wadley, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, and Evolutionary Studies Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa