
High Accolade for Town and Regional Planning PhD Candidate
Doctoral student in Town and Regional Planning at UKZN Mr Edmore Mutsaa is one of the South African Council for Planners (SACPLAN) Top 30 Young Planning Professionals.
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UKZN Town Planning lecturer and SARChI Chair in Inclusive Cities Professor Hangwelani Magidimisha-Chipungu has been named as one of the finalists of the Mail & Guardian’s 2022 Power of Women listing under the category of The Governing Woman.
Specialist psychiatrist at the Townhill Hospital’s Out Patients Department in Pietermaritzburg Dr Vidette Juby has been lauded by UKZN’s School of Clinical Medicine for identifying gaps and improving systems in the management of the facility.
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First-year Bachelor of Education students were welcomed back to campus by the Dean and Head of the School of Education Professor Thabo Msibi and his staff after an extended period of online teaching and learning.
The International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) Africa Chapter in partnership with UKZN held the inaugural online Scientific Conference recently, featuring eight keynote speakers and 32 other senior and junior presenters.
The Macroeconomics Research Unit (MRU) in UKZN’s School of Accounting, Economics and Finance has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) and eThekwini Municipality that lays a framework for the development of the Durban Business Confidence Index (BCI).
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Members of the UKZN Division of Emergency Medicine helped provide medical care at the Comrades Marathon medical tent at the finish of the race at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban.
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UKZN senior lecturer and researcher Dr Andile Khathi has received the National Research Foundation (NRF) Research Excellence Award for Early Career / Emerging Researchers in the Life Sciences.
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UKZN’s Pietermaritzburg campus hosted a Safety and Awareness Day at the Students Union Building which, despite cold and rainy weather, attracted a large number of students.
‘Everything I do for the community, I do for myself, so I can draw strength from the same people that I’ve had the privilege of helping.’ These were the words of Her Royal Highness Queen Ntokozo kaMayisela in her address at a Women in Conversation Dialogue hosted by UKZN.
UKZN Law students will benefit from a prestigious mentorship programme initiated by the South African Chapter of the International Association of Women Judges (SAC-IAWJ).
The Multinational Lung Cancer Control Programme (MLCCP) housed in UKZN’s Cancer and Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Research Unit (CIDERU) is hosting two-day X-ray screenings and awareness projects on lung cancer at eight clinics in the uMgungundlovu area.