From left: Wouter Kellerman, Nomcebo Zikode and Zakes Bantwini are Grammy Award winners.Click here for isiZulu version
South African House musician, Mr Zakhele Madida known onstage as Zakes Bantwini, recently won his first Grammy award.
From left: Professor Daya Moodley, Dr James Rooney and Professor Glenda Gray.An international study led by the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Professor Dhayendre Moodley confirmed the safe use of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and emtricitabine as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in pregnant women not living with HIV.
PhD in Linguistics student, Mr Peter Tshetu.Click here for isiZulu version
PhD in Linguistics student, Mr Peter Tshetu, won the Young Linguist Award for his oral presentation on A Compendium of Dangerous Speech: A Case of Twitter-Discourse between Zimbabwean Political Actors at the annual conference of the Southern African Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Society (SALALS).
UKZN recently hosted a virtual Orientation for first-year students.
Participants of the inaugural HEAL Series, from left: Professors Craig Blewett, Romeela Mohee, Dick Ng’ambi and Jo-Ansie van Wyk.The Discipline of Information Systems and Technology at the UKZN School of Management, Information Technology, and Governance (SMIG) collaborated with the institution of the Higher Education Commission, Mauritius on Tuesday, 24 January 2023, hosting its first Higher Education Activation Lab (HEAL) series webinar which coincided with International Day of Education.
UKZN Anatomy staff with the donors’ families.
From left: Mr Gan Moodley, Dr Gyda Christophersen and Dr Jan Sunde of Norway, Professor Ahmed Thandar, Dr Moses Okpeku, Ms Cassandra Upton, Mr Jethro Broughton, Ms Jahnavi Persadh, and Ms Neyaksha Maharaj at the Sea Cucumber Aquaculture Symposium in Durban.Mr Gan Moodley of the Marine Biology, Aquaculture, Conservation Education and Ecophysiology Laboratory (MACE Lab) at UKZN was one of two Principal Investigators (PIs) invited to participate in a conference on board the Norwegian tallship ‘Staatsraad Lehmkuhl’ during its docking in Cape Town as part of the South Africa/Norway Joint Research Programme on Ocean Research (SANOCEAN).
Highlights from the Conference.The Ma’at Institute within the College of Humanities, together with the History Partnership Engagements and Developments consortium (HPEDC) of Higher Education Institutions, Government Municipalities and Community Organisations, hosted the Engaging the World Through the African Perspective (EWTAP) conference.
Dr Sheetal Soni.
First-time blood stem cell donor, Mr Kwazinkosi Mhlongo.Click here for isiZulu version
Master of Commerce student Mr Kwazinkosi Mhlongo, who has become a blood stem cell donor, says he was driven to do so after reading about a patient in desperate need.
Mrs South Africa 2023 semi-finalist, Mrs Thobeka Zondi.
From left: Professors Msizi Mkhize and Purshottama Reddy, Associate Professor Liza Jaarsveldt, Dr Upasanga Singh and Professor Zwelinzima Ndevu were panellists during the roundtable discussion.After successfully hosting a three-day conference of the Association of Southern African Schools and Departments of Public Administration and Management (ASSDPAM), the Discipline of Public Governance in the UKZN’s School of Management, Information Technology, and Governance (SMITG) reflected on experiences and lessons learned from online teaching and learning in Higher Education.
Dr Lindokuhle Thela, Head of Psychiatry at King Edward VIII Hospital. Click here for isiZulu version
Neuropsychiatrist and honorary lecturer at UKZN’s School of Medicine, Dr Lindokuhle Thela, was awarded the prestigious Professor Bongani Mayosi Netcare Scholarship for 2022.
Professors Radhamany Sooryamoorthy (left) and Ernest Khalema with their new book.Click here for isiZulu version
Professor Radhamany Sooryamoorthy from the School of Social Sciences and Professor Ernest Khalema, the Dean and Head of the School of Built Environment and Development Studies, recently edited a timely volume: The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Africa, published by Oxford University Press, New York.
First-year Master of Medicine registrars attended an orientation session recently.The College of Health Sciences recently hosted an orientation session for first-year Master of Medicine (MMed) Registrars (medical specialists in training), during which the cohort familiarised themselves with the requirements of the course, learn more about University resources and acquire skills on learning, research and self-care.
Panel member of the AORC Webinar, Honorable Chijioke Nnanna Ibeku.The African Ombudsman Research Centre (AORC), in partnership with the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), hosted a successful webinar to provide skills on resolving complaints through mediation or alternative dispute resolution on Tuesday, 17 January 2023.
The GSB&L welcomes new postgraduate students.The Graduate School of Business and Leadership Studies (GSB&L) hosted a successful virtual orientation for students who have registered for postgraduate studies for the year 2023.
