Degrees Held
- CIES/FIFA/NMU Sport Management Certificate
- Senior Secondary Teacher’s Diploma
- Bachelor of Paedagogics
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Biokinetics
- Master of Science (Human Movement Science)
Profile
Experience
- Teaching and researching human movement science/sport science, physical activity, physical education, indigenous sport and games and Biokinetics.
Awards
- Senate’s Merit Award: Best Second Year Education Student
- Senate’s Council Award: Best Third Year Education Student
- Council’s Merit Award: Best Final Year Degree Education Student
- Best Performance: NMU Certificate in Sport Management
Accomplishments
- Research Writing Awards (Academic Writer’s Programme).
- Presentation of research findings at national conferences and publishing articles thereafter.
- Co-investigator – NRF Funded project: Towards a Decolonised Postgraduate Supervision as Pedagogy (with Prof. S. Maistry and Dr. J. Ngwenya)
Research Interests
- Physical activity
- Physical Education
- Indigenous Games and Sport
- Curriculum and Higher Education
Teaching Interests
- Biochemistry and Physiology of Exercise
- Health and the Management of Chronic Diseases
- Sport Injuries
- Physical Education
Selected
Publications
Journal Articles
- Nxumalo, S. & Semple, S.J. 2013. The effects of a 10-week Zulu stick fighting intervention programme on body composition of prepubescent Zulu males. Indilinga, 12(1): 96–107.
- Nxumalo, S.A., Semple, S.J. & Longhurst, G.K. 2015. Effects of Zulu stick fighting on health-related physical fitness of prepubescent Zulu males. African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance, 21(1:1), 32–45.
- Nxumalo, S.A. & Beetge, R. 2017. Sport participation of female university students. South African Journal for Research in Sport, Physical Education and Recreation, 39(2), 163–179.
- Nxumalo, S.A. & Edwards, S.D. 2017. Attitudes of female students towards sport participation. African Journal for Physical Activity and Health Sciences, 23(1:2), 226–240.
- Nxumalo, S. A., & Mncube, D. W. 2018. Using indigenous games and knowledge to decolonise the school curriculum: Ubuntu perspectives. Perspectives in Education, 36(2), 103-118.
- Hlatshwayo, M.N., Shawa, L.B. and Nxumalo, S.A. 2020. Ubuntu currere in the academy: a case study from the South African experience. Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal, 1–17.
- Nxumalo, S., & Edwards, S. D. 2020. On Universalising and Indigenising the Meaning and Practice of Love post-COVID-19. International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change, 30, 130–144.
Conference Proceedings
- Seed, J., Olivier, S.C., Allin, L.J. & Nxumalo, S. 2004. Changing bodies, changing times: Exploring body dissatisfaction among black women in rural South Africa. In Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, 12(2): 184.
- Seed, J., Olivier, S.C., Allin, L.J., Szabo, C.P. & Nxumalo, S. 2005. Body dissatisfaction and pursuit of thinness in black South African females: The role of men. In Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, 13(1): 24.
Chapters in Books
- Nxumalo, S.A. 2020. The Conundrum of COVID-19 and the Sports Industry: When Saving Lives is More Important than Entertainment. In Manik, S. (ed.). From High-risk Sports to Sports as High Risk: Crisis, Capitulation, and Creativity during COVID-19. Durban: CSSALL Publishers (Pty) Ltd. pp. 33-68.
- Hlatshwayo, M. N., Shawa, L. B., & Nxumalo, S. A. Ubuntu currere in the academy: a case study from the South African experience. In Morreira, S., Luckett, K., Kumalo, S. H., & Ramgotra, M. (Eds.). 2021. Decolonising Curricula and Pedagogy in Higher Education: Bringing Decolonial Theory into Contact with Teaching Practice. London: Routledge. pp. 120-136.
Student
Supervision
Honours
BSc. Honours (Biokinetics) Students
Masters
- Ndlovu, Phumlani Sinakho: Sport participation and non-participation among student-teachers at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (ongoing)
- Nyamazane, Zandile: Female students’ experiences of gender discrimination in university sport: A case study of UKZN Edgewood Campus(ongoing)