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Project	Supervisor		Affiliation	Node
MeerLICHT Transients: Search for Historical Transients in the LMC and SMC	Paul	Groot	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Multi-wavelength studies of Gamma-ray detected Novae	Zwidofhela	Khangale	South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)	(UCT)
Magnetic fields in galaxy clusters	Gianni	Bernardi	Rhodes University (RU)	(UCT)
Searching for OH from Comets with MeerKAT	D.J.	Pisano	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Searching for Life in Extraordinary Places with MeerKAT and BLUSE	D.J.	Pisano	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Searching for Life in Extraordinary Places with MeerKAT and BLUSE	D.J.	Pisano	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Long-term photometric study of Be X-ray binaries using MeerLICHT	Itumeleng	Monageng	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Time-domain studies of compact binaries	Zwidofhela	Khangale	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT) (NWU)
Radio Luminosity Functions of Radio-Quiet Quasars with MIGHTEE and SDSS	Eliab	Malefahlo	University of South Africa (Unisa)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)
Vertical corrugations in HI disc	Meera	Nandakumar	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Cir X-1, the Africa nebula: Exploring the MeerKAT time-series of the youngest known X-ray binary	Kelebogile	Gasealahwe	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Radio Spectral Energy Distributions of Remnant Radio Galaxies	Sushant	Dutta	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Relativistic neutron stars beyond general relativity	Bishop	Mongwane	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Quasinormal modes of a Schwarzschild black hole	Bishop	Mongwane	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Studying the ionization mechanism in a nearby starburst galaxy	Petro	Janse van Rensburg	South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)	(UCT)
Modelling the modulation of light cosmic ray isotopes	Innocentia	Ramokgaba	North-West University (NWU)	(NWU)
Multiwavelength properties of Nearby Galaxies using SALT and MeerKAT	Moses	Mogotsi	South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)	(UCT) (NWU)
Projects in Observational Cosmology	Catherine	Cress	University of South Africa (Unisa)	(UCT)
Optimising Detrending and Transit-Search Methods for Exoplanet Detection in KELT-South Light Curves	Rudi	Kuhn	South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)	(UCT)
Classifying Sutherland Nights into Observing-Condition Regimes Using Unsupervised Learning	Rudi	Kuhn	South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)	(UCT)

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Project	Supervisor		Affiliation	Node
MeerKAT(+) and Euclid Team up: an X-Ray and multi-wavelength galaxy evolution study	Lucia	Marchetti	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Statistics of radio halos in galaxy clusters	Gianni	Bernardi	Rhodes University (RU)	(UCT)
Primordial Non-Gaussianity from Galaxy Surveys	Simthembile	Dlamini	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)
The Gas Content of Galaxies in the Galaxy Cluster A2626	Sarah	Blyth	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Resolving Source Confusion in the MIGHTEE XMM-LSS Field using XID+	Eliab	Malefahlo	University of South Africa (Unisa)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)
Simulating the Structure and Stability of Relativistic Neutron Stars	Bishop	Mongwane	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)
Projects in Observational Cosmology	Catherine	Cress	University of South Africa (Unisa)	(UCT)
Investigating the presence of ′ New′ Extended Radio Emission in The KAT-7 Clusters of Galaxies	Nceba	Mhlahlo	University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)	(NWU)
Exploring Extended Radio Emission in DAFT/FADA High-Redshift Galaxy Clusters	Nceba	Mhlahlo	University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)	(NWU)
Multi-wavelength Investigation of the MeerKAT Giant Radio Galaxies.	Nceba	Mhlahlo	University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)	(NWU)
Pair Cascades initiated by ultra-high-energy gamma-rays from Galactic PeVatrons	Markus	Boettcher	North-West University (NWU)	(NWU)
Mechanistic interpretability for astronomical/cosmological image models	Sultan	Hassan	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Probing the nuclear activity of radio AGN in the Boötes field	Zara	Randriamanakoto	South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)	(UCT)
Study of bending waves in MHONGOOSE galaxies	Meera	Nandakumar	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Time-domain studies of compact binaries	Steve	Potter	South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO)	(UCT)
CHARACTERISING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF A2626 GALAXIES	Julia	Healy	University of Cape Town (UCT)	(UCT)
Star formation and quenching in massive clusters at z ~ 0.8	Matt	Hilton	University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)
A potential triple supermassive blackhole system in a massive galaxy cluster at z = 0.83	Matt	Hilton	University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)
Tomographic Cross-Correlations of MALS Radio Cubes with DES Galaxy Surveys	Chandrachud B V	Dash	University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)
Calibration of Weak Lensing Survey Systematics Using HI intensity mapping surveys	Chandrachud B V	Dash	University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)	(UCT) (UKZN) (NWU)