Zamanzima Mazibuko

Zamanzima Mazibuko is a senior researcher in the Knowledge Economy and
Scientific Advancement Faculty at MISTRA. She is a Wits university
alumni and holds a BSc degree in Biochemistry and Cell Biology and a BSc
honours in Pharmacology. She obtained her MSc (Med) in Pharmaceutics
cum laude and has published on nano-enabled drug delivery technologies
in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. She has a patent filed with Wits
Enterprise for a nano-enabled drug delivery system designed and
formulated for her master’s degree. Zamanzima’s current research
interests are on the low-carbon economy; beneficiation of strategic
minerals in South Africa, particularly platinum group metals;
nanomedicine; and epidemics and health systems in Africa.