\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report}
% Page layout
\usepackage[left=2.5cm,right=2.5cm,top=2.5cm,bottom=2.5cm]{geometry}
% Font and text
\usepackage[afrikaans,english]{babel}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{tcolorbox}
% \usepackage[scaled=.96]{XCharter}
\usepackage[scaled=.96]{caladea} % font required by Stellenbosch University
\usepackage[scaled=.96,lf]{carlito} % the scaling makes the math the same height
\renewcommand*\oldstylenums[1]{\carlitoOsF #1}
\newcommand{\myemph}[1]{{\sffamily\bfseries#1}}
\sloppy
\onehalfspacing
% Headings
\usepackage[raggedright,sf,bf]{titlesec}
\usepackage[margin=\the\parindent,small,bf,sf]{caption}
\titlelabel{\thetitle.\ }
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]{\huge\bfseries\sffamily}{\chaptertitlename\ \thechapter}{15pt}{\Huge \raggedright}
\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{0pt}{40pt} % remove spacing before chapter headings
\makeatletter
\let\originall@chapter\l@chapter
\def\l@chapter#1#2{\originall@chapter{{\sffamily #1}}{#2}}
\makeatother
%% Alternative headings using small-caps (comment out the top section)
%\usepackage[raggedright,bf]{titlesec}
%\usepackage[margin=\the\parindent,small,bf]{caption}
%\titlelabel{\thetitle.\ }
%\titleformat{\chapter}[display]{\huge\scshape}{\chaptertitlename\ \thechapter}{15pt}{\Huge \raggedright}
%\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{0pt}{40pt} % remove spacing before chapter headings
% Table of contents
\let \savenumberline \numberline
\def \numberline#1{\savenumberline{#1.}}
% Figures
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\setlength{\abovecaptionskip}{7.5pt} % spacing above and below captions
\newcommand*{\WaterMark}[2][0.2\paperwidth]{\AddToShipoutPicture*{\AtTextCenter{\parbox[c]{0pt}{\makebox[0pt][c]{\includegraphics[width=#1]{#2}}}}}}
% Mathematics
\usepackage[cmex10]{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{cancel}
\DeclareMathOperator*{\argmax}{arg\,max}
\newcommand{\T}{^\top}
\newcommand{\tr}{\textrm{tr}}
\renewcommand{\vec}[1]{\boldsymbol{\mathbf{#1}}}
\newcommand{\defeq}{\triangleq}
% Tables
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{multirow}
\newcommand{\mytable}{
\centering
\small
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.2}
}
\renewcommand{\tabularxcolumn}[1]{m{#1}}
\newcolumntype{C}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}X}
\newcolumntype{L}{>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}X}
% Header and footer
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\fancyhf{}
\renewcommand{\sectionmark}[1]{\markright{\normalsize \thesection.\ #1}}
\fancyhead[C]{\nouppercase{\textit{\rightmark}}}
\fancyhead[RO]{\thepage}
\fancyhead[LE]{\thepage} % double-sided printing
\fancyfoot{}
\setlength\headheight{14.5pt}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\fancypagestyle{plain}{\fancyhead{}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\fancyfoot[C]{\thepage}}
% Pseudo-code
\usepackage{algorithm} % should go before \usepackage{hyperref}
% Table of contents and hyperlinks
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{colorlinks=true,linktoc=all,citecolor=black,linkcolor=black}
\usepackage[nottoc]{tocbibind}
% Pseudo-code
\usepackage{algpseudocode} % should go after \usepackage{hyperref}
\renewcommand{\thealgorithm}{\arabic{chapter}.\arabic{algorithm}}
\captionsetup[algorithm]{labelfont={bf,sf},font=small,labelsep=colon}
% Bibliography
\usepackage{cite} % automatically reorder inline citations
\bibliographystyle{IEEEtran}
% Fix titlesec issue
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\ttlh@hang}{\parindent\z@}{\parindent\z@\leavevmode}{}{}
\patchcmd{\ttlh@hang}{\noindent}{}{}{}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
% Front matter
\input{frontmatter/title_page}
\pagenumbering{roman}
\input{frontmatter/declaration}
\input{frontmatter/abstract}
\input{frontmatter/acknowledgements}
\tableofcontents
%\listoffigures
%\listoftables
\input{frontmatter/nomenclature}
\newpage
\pagenumbering{arabic}
% Contents
\input{introduction/introduction}
\input{conclusion/conclusion}
% Bibliography
\bibliography{mybib}
% End matter
\appendix
\input{appendices/appendices}
\end{document}
