Degrees Held
- CIES/FIFA/NMMU Sport Management Certificate cum laude
- Senior Secondary Teacher’s Diploma cum laude
- B. Paed. cum laude
- B A Hons (Biokinetics); MSc.
Experience
Teaching and research in human movement science/sport science, physical activity, physical education and Biokinetics.
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)
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: NMMU Certificate in Sport Management
Research Interests
- Physical activity
- Physical Education
- Exercise Immunology
- Indigenous Games and Sport
Teaching Interests
- Physical Education
- Physiology of Exercise
- Kinesiology and Biomechanics
- Sport Management
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.
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.
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)
- Jacob Velaphi Msweli: Factors that inform teacher performance in schools under King Cetshwayo District (on-going) Co-supervision with Professor SB Khoza
Complete
Research Record
- 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.