Education
BSc (Geology) – University of the Free State (2009-2011)
BSc (Hons) (Geology) – University of the Free State (2012)
MEM (Master of Environmental Management) – University of the Free State (2016-2019)

 BSc (Hons) (Geohydrology) – University of the Free State (2019)

Awards
9th annual Inkaba yeAfrica award for one of the best oral presentations, November 2012
Centre for Environmental Management (UFS), recognition for mini-dissertation with distinction
Nominee for the 2019 CTL Khotatsa awards

1. Ololade, O.O., Mavimbela, S., Oke, S.A. and Makhadi, R. (2019). Impact of leachate from northern landfill site in Bloemfontein on water and soil quality: Implications for water and food security. Sustainability 11(15) 4238; doi:10.3390/su11154238.
2. Makhadi, R., Oke, S. and Ololade, O. (2020). The influence of non-engineered municipal landfills on groundwater chemistry and quality in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Molecules 25(23), 5599; doi.org/10.3390/molecules25235599.

 Dissertations 

1. Makhadi, R. (2012) Geochemical analysis of surface water quality in the Welkom area with special reference to impacts on the environment. Unpublished honours dissertation, University of the Free State.
2. Makhadi, R. (2019) Assessment of groundwater quality in the vicinity of municipal solid waste landfill sites in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Unpublished master’s dissertation, University of the Free State.

Conference contributions
1. Makhadi, R., Tredoux, M. and Van der Merwe, J. (2012). Geochemical analysis of surface water quality in the Welkom area with special reference to impacts on the environment. 9th Annual Inkaba yeAfrica Workshop, GFZ Potsdam, 26-30 November 2012.
2. Ololade, O.O., Mavimbela, S., Oke, S.A. and Makhadi, R. Impact of leachate from northern landfill site in Bloemfontein on water and soil quality: Implications for water and food security. 7th World Sustainability Forum, Beijing China, 19-21 September 2018.

Publications

1. Ololade, O.O., Mavimbela, S., Oke, S.A. and Makhadi, R. (2019). Impact of leachate from northern landfill site in Bloemfontein on water and soil quality: Implications for water and food security. Sustainability 11(15) 4238; doi:10.3390/su11154238.

2. Makhadi, R., Oke, S. and Ololade, O. (2020). The influence of non-engineered municipal landfills on groundwater chemistry and quality in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Molecules 25(23), 5599; doi.org/10.3390/molecules25235599.

 First year general geology and South African Stratigraphy

Second year environmental geology