We are excited to bring you the 5th issue of the Metabolomics South Africa (MSA) Newsletter. In this issue, you will find the MSA spotlight featuring MSA members and their exciting wins and successes. The spotlight features Dr. Mokgadi Hlongwane (Tshwane University of Technology), Dr. Fidele Tugizimana (University of Johannesburg(UJ)), Abisola Regina Isaiah  (North-West University and VUMC), Kgalaletso Othibeng (UJ) and Prof. Aurelia Williams (North-West University). You can also read about an international collaboration/visit to the Tugizimana Lab (UJ) by Prof. Justin van der Hooft (Assistant Professor in Computational Metabolomics in the Bioinformatics Group at Wageningen University & Research, NL).