Associate Professor Muthumuni Managa is an NRF Y2-rated researcher, a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC), and a member of the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS). Since joining the University of South Africa, she has secured approximately R4.6 million in competitive national and international research funding. Prof Managa is a Fellow of the Science by Women programme, a TWAS–UNESCO Associateship recipient, a University of Michigan African Presidential Scholar, and a participant in Cohort 2 of the Future Professors’ Programme. She has also served on the Executive Committee of the Association of South African Women in Science and Engineering (SA WISE). Her internationally recognised research focuses on the development of sustainable and cost-effective water disinfection technologies to combat antimicrobial resistance. Her research has resulted in a UK patent application currently under review and an intellectual property disclosure in 2026. She has published more than 80 peer-reviewed publications, has an H-index of 24, and has successfully supervised 14 postgraduate students to graduation, reflecting her commitment to research excellence and human capacity developmen