Dr Ahmed Kathrada recalls some of the funnier aspects of being a political prisoner on Robben Island.Dr Ahmed Kathrada, who was a close personal friend of Nelson Mandela and also played a leading role in the naming of the University’s Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, recently spoke at a function hosted by the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) and UKZN’s College of Health Sciences.
Professor Betty Mubangizi.Professor Betty Mubangizi’s valuable contribution to the research ethos of the College of Law and Management Studies has earned her a National Research Foundation (NRF) rating.
Ms Felicity Anne Crouch.The lives of hundreds of senior citizens living in Durban’s old age homes have been touched by a musical intervention introduced by UKZN-affiliated Occupational Therapist, Mrs Felicity Anne Crouch.
UKSU members at the 2014 AGM.
PhD student, Ms Lydia Hangulu, who was recently awarded the African Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship.College of Humanities PhD student in Health Promotion in the School of Applied Human Sciences, Ms Lydia Hangulu, has been awarded the African Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship (ADDRF) by the...
From left: Dr Mikhalien DuBois; Professor John Mubangizi; Professor Anne Pope; Professor Warren Freedman; Professor Gerrit Pienaar and Professor Jeannie Van Wyk.The annual South African Property Law Teachers Colloquium hosted by the School of Law provided a platform for academics to exchange knowledge and share insights on the latest developments in the field of property law.
Professor Maurice Mars (left) and Professor Richard Scott.UKZN’s Head of the Discipline of TeleHealth, Professor Maurice Mars, and Professor Richard Scott have been named in an Australian study as the leading publishers in the field of telemedicine in Africa.
From left: Mr Sandile Dlamini; Mr Bhekingcebo Magwaza; Mr Thanda Nyawo; Mr Nkosinathi Shabalala and Mr Sboniso Luthuli. Seven Education students were involved in teaching Grade 12 learners in a rural high school - Charles Hlengwa High School in Illovo - recently. This is a result of a joint community engagement project between the College of Humanities and the College of Law and Management Studies.
From left: Ms Taylor Henry, Ms Nokuthula Mtshali, Ms Benina Mkhonto, Professor Johan van Heerden, Mr Alexander Mckerrow and Ms Nonzaliseko Bangisi. UKZN’s Sport Sciences Discipline recently held its annual prize-giving day which recognised first, second and third-year top-achiever undergraduates who were ranked among the leading five academic achievers in their class of 2014.
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Professor Rachel Thibeault at the public lecture. The remarkable achievements of the University of Ottawa-Canada’s Professor Rachel Thibeault in the field of occupational therapy were outlined during a public lecture she delivered at UKZN during a four-day visit.
Professor Purshottama Reddy at the Good Governance Conference.School of Management, Information Technology and Governance academics were among local government experts who participated in the 20 Years of Local Democracy in South Africa: Quo Vadis? Towards Good Local Governance, Conference, hosted by the Democracy Development Programme...
Development Studies Environment Students planting trees on the Howard College campus as part of their Environment and Development module.Students from the School of Built Environment and Development Studies (BEDS) planted indigenous trees supplied by the UKZN nursery on the Howard College campus as part of their Environment and Development masters module.
Professor Rob Slotow (centre) with UKZN scientists Dr Nesri Padayatchi, Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Professor Dhayendre Moodley and Professor Sabiha Essack.Three College of Health Sciences academics have been made members of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) which also presented...
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Professor Frank Tanser.HIV was decreasing slowly in South Africa and what had been achieved thus far was incredible but the current generation of scientists ‘will be judged on where we go from here’, said Professor Frank Tanser of the College of Health Sciences.
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Ms Samantha Govender. An Audiology Lecturer at UKZN, Ms Samantha Govender, received the Discovery Clinical Excellence Award for the best Audiology presentation at the 50th Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeons, Audiologists, Speech and Language Therapists Congress held in Cape Town.
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Awarded for her Honours project, Ms Rivona Harricharan. A UKZN Masters student in Physiology (Neuroscience) won the Emerging Young Scientist Award for an Honours project she presented at this year’s Physiology Society of South Africa Conference.
Westville and Pietermaritzburg students at the 27th Annual SA Society for Microbiology (KZN) Symposium.Microbiology and Biotechnology are in a very healthy state in KwaZulu-Natal and as leading disciplines they will make the greatest contribution to the challenges facing Africa in areas of water, food, agriculture, human health, and the environment.
Professor Maurice Mars.Habits and practices of mobile phone use by patients in KwaZulu-Natal as well as their understanding of informed consent for a telemedicine consultation, were the subjects of research by UKZN’s Head of the Discipline of TeleHealth, Professor Maurice Mars, and PhD student, Ms Caron Jack.
From left: Dr Patricia Opondo; Mr Jose Chemane; Ms Nontobeko Sibiya; Mr Lebogang Sejamoholo; Ms Thabile Buthelezi; Ms Ana Miguel and Mr Nhlakanipho Ngcobo. 
Accounting students at a talk on the new Revenue Standard.
Participants at the AAE Summer School.The School of Management, Information Technology and Governance (MIT&G) sent eight postgraduate students to the 8th American-African-European (AAE) Summer School hosted by the University of the Witwatersrand.
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