Time of the Writer festival curator, Ms Sibahle Khwela.Click here for isiZulu version
When Ms Sibahle Khwela took on an arts administration internship at the Centre for Creative Arts (CCA) within UKZN’s College of Humanities, little did she know she would liaise with more than 100 authors selected to participate in this years’ Time of the Writer Festival (16-21 March) in Durban.
From left: UKZN scientists Professor Frank Tanser, Professor Henry Mwambi, and Dr Andrew Tomita.Click here for isiZulu version
Scientists from UKZN’s College of Health Sciences (CHS) and the College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science (CAES) - in collaboration with researchers at Stellenbosch University - have been awarded a prestigious R40 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States.
CIMA Teaching Excellence Award 2022 winner, Dr Patricia Shewell.Click here for isiZulu version
School of Accounting, Economics and Finance (SAEF) Senior Lecturer and Academic Leader for the Teaching and Learning Unit Dr Patricia Shewell is the recipient of a Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Teaching Excellence Award 2022.
Panelists (clockwise from left): Mr Abdulbaqi Badru, Dr Jin Kuwata, Mr Melikhaya Noqamza, Dr Upasana Singh, and Dr Reginald Govender.UKZN’s Teaching and Learning Office (UTLO) hosted a panel discussion to discuss the latest disruptive artificial intelligence (AI) tool ChatGPT, which is able to mimic human conversations and write computer programmes, music, poetry, jokes… and even students’ essays!
Professor Hangwelani Magidimisha-Chipungu, who is also SARChI Chair in Inclusive Cities. Click here for isiZulu version
Senior Town Planning lecturer and South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) Chair in Inclusive Cities Professor Hangwelani Magidimisha-Chipungu has been appointed to serve on the Scientific Committee of the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP).
At the signing of an MOU between Phikiswayo Primary School and Monarkhia Academy were (from left) Phikiswayo’s Deputy Principal, Mrs TO Ngubane, and Principal, Mr TLM Mchunu, with Monarkhia’s Mr Sboniso Zuma and Mr Cebo Mzinyane.Electronic Engineering alumnus Mr Cebo Mzinyane is making good progress with a non-profit company he founded to motivate children in underprivileged areas in the Greater Durban area to excel academically, socially, personally and recreationally.
Dr Richard Smart at his Beckman Coulter Diagnostics office in Munich, Germany.Dr Richard Smart was awarded his PhD in Agricultural Economics from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) three decades after he left the then University of Natal (now UKZN) with an MScAgric degree in Agricultural Economics and Pasture Science.
Professor Nobuhle Hlongwa. 
Social Work academics (from left): Mr Bongane Mzinyane, Dr Thembelihle Makhanya, and Dr Mbongeni Sithole.Click here for isiZulu version
UKZN Social Work academics Mr Bongane Mzinyane, Dr Thembelihle Makhanya and Dr Mbongeni Sithole presented papers at the fifth National Global Change Conference held at the University of the Free State.
Thuthuka Bursary recipients with their mentors.The Discipline of Accounting, within UKZN’s School of Accounting, Economics and Finance (SAEF), welcomed 15 new Thuthuka Bursary recipients in collaboration with the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) during orientation week for first-year students.
