UKZN will roll out the red carpet for graduates at the Spring Graduation ceremonies next week.
Mr Skhumbuzo Mhlongo was inspired to write poetry after experiencing the KZN floods.
Dr Zane Farina.
Highlights from the Champions Demo Day programme.
UKZN alumna Ms Sibusisiwe Mngadi enjoying the sights and sounds of France.Click here for isiZulu version
If you fancy brushing up on your French, there’s no better place than France! UKZN alumna Ms Sibusisiwe Mngadi spent nine months at the Université de Tours as part of the Erasmus+ Mobility Scholarship.
Principal investigators of the Baby U study, Professors Thumbi Ndung’u (left), and Doug S Kwon.The HIV Pathogenesis Programme (HPP) at UKZN launched a new study, the Baby U Study on 5 September. Based at the FRESH Clinic in Umlazi, it focuses on the role of vaginal and gastrointestinal tract microbiota in preterm birth (PTB), a common public health challenge.
Dr Makie Kortjass and her new book.Click here for isiZulu version
Dr Makie Kortjass, a senior lecturer in the School of Education, was part of a recent launch of the book, Curriculum Pedagogy and Assessment: A Handbook on Early Childhood Education in South Africa with Professor Hasina Ebrahim, and Drs Colwyn Deborah Martin, and Mary Clasquin-Johnson.
Finalists of the Moot Court competition, from left, Mr Roberto Brown, Ms Mbalenhle Khumalo, Ms Sandisile Hlongwane and Mr Kwandile Mathebula.
Scenes from the BIO Africa Convention held in Durban.
.I received an invitation from publisher and organiser of the African Book Festival Ms Stefanie Hirsbrunner to attend the festival held in Berlin from 26 to 28 August. I met Hirsbrunner in 2021 when she was visiting South Africa and we had a long chat about what UKZN is doing in the language space.
Jazz lecturer Mr Sibusiso Mashiloane.Click here for isiZulu version
Jazz lecturer Mr Sibusiso Mashiloane won Best Contemporary Jazz Album at the 2022 Mzantsi Jazz Awards (MJA) for his sixth album titled Music From My People.
Mr Mohamed Hoosen Suleman has become a regular face at WHO meetings.Click here for isiZulu version
Mr Mohamed Hoosen Suleman, a fourth-year Medical student at UKZN, has become a regular face within the World Health Organization’s (WHO) ranks.
Miss Solam Nande Gcobo at Paris’s iconic museum, La Louvre.
Dr Viloshin Govender.Click here for isiZulu version
Dr Viloshin Govender, a lecturer in Architecture at the School of Built Environment and Development Studies, has organised and participated in the KwaZulu-Natal branch of the South African Institute of Architects’ (SAIA KZN) Spatial Inequality Dialogue Series.
Participants in the AORC Webinar, from left, (top) Mr Vusumzi Magwebu, Honorable Vusumuzi Masondo, Honourable Helena Nachtergaele, and (bottom from left) Honourable Oswald Reddy, Ms Marion Adonis and Mr Franky Lwelela.Showcasing Sectoral Ombudsman (Municipal, Police, and Military Ombudsman) was the title of a webinar hosted by UKZN and the African Ombudsman Research Centre (AORC) on 22 August, which focused on the legal basis and mandate of sectoral ombudsman.
The Durban Research Action Partnership and eThekwini Municipality’s Municipal Institute of Learning hosted a webinar on the response to the KwaZulu-Natal floods.The Durban Research Action Partnership (D’RAP) and eThekwini Municipality’s (EM) Municipal Institute of Learning (MILE) hosted a webinar where the municipality’s Disaster Management Unit spoke about its response to the severe floods experienced in KwaZulu-Natal in April 2022 while UKZN’s Professor Catherine Sutherland presented a research perspective on the social impact of the floods.
Black Blondy and Dr Naresh Veeren take centre stage at the IP meets music workshop.
