Prof Themba Dube is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of South Africa. He has served at the managerial level as Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs at Zululand University. He does research in Topology and Commutative Rings. Prof Dube holds a B3 National Research Foundation rating and in 2013, he received the most prestigious award from the South African Mathematical Society (SAMS) for Research Distinction. In 2016, he was appointed by the said organisation to be the editor-in-chief of its accredited and ISI-listed journal called Quaestiones Mathematicae. Incidentally, he is the first person of colour to editing this journal in its history. In 2010, Dube received the Unisa Principal’s Award for Research, while in 2013 and 2017 he received the Unisa Chancellor’s Award for Research. He has now been nominated for the 2019-2020 NSTF-South32 Awards.
