UKZN has been placed in 4th position in Africa and South Africa in the Centre for World University Rankings.
Attending the 19th Victoria and Griffiths Mxenge Memorial Lecture are (from left): Mr Raj Badal, Justice Thoba Poyo-Dlwati, Advocate Shamila Batohi, Dr Mark Hay, Ms Deborah Samuel, and Professor Warren Freedman.Violence should not be a way of life and society should ensure that this issue remains high on the agenda. This clarion call was made by Justice Thoba Poyo-Dlwati when she delivered the 19th Victoria and Griffiths Mxenge Memorial Lecture at UKZN.
Mr Khumbulani Mngadi.I recently attended the African Language Teachers Association (ALTA) Conference in Washington DC, United States of America. The conference was attended by representatives of more than 30 universities from across the globe and 15 from the African continent.
Mr Mohamed Hoosen Suleman (right) with European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases President-elect, Dr Robert Skov.Fifth-year MBChB student at the Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, Mr Mohamed Hoosen Suleman was selected by the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) to attend its conference in Copenhagen, Denmark recently.
DIFF programmers who will be putting together the films, features and documentaries for the upcoming festival.Click here for isiZulu version
The 44th edition of the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts (CCA) within the College of Humanities will run from 20 to 30 July 2023.
Professor Refiloe Masekela (left) and Mr Nicolas Hellens inspired medical registrars.
The UKZN ECHO Team (from left): Dr Sudesh Hariparshad, Professor Rajendra Bhimma, and Drs Serela Ramklass, Leann Munian and Kimesh Naidoo.The School of Clinical Medicine has partnered with an international outreach project, the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (The ECHO Institute) at the University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, USA), and ECHO India to strengthen its reach to healthcare professionals in peripheral hospital sites in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN).
UKZN alumnus, Mr Linda Sikhakhane.Click here for isiZulu version
Well-known jazz musician and UKZN alumnus Mr Linda Sikhakhane was nominated for a Metro FM Music Award for his album Isambulo in the Best Jazz Album category.
Highlights from the signing of the MOU with DKMS.
Speech Language Therapy lecturer Dr Vuledzani Ndanganeni, was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Pretoria.
UKZN academic, Professor Shenuka Singh.‘This is very exciting, but I also feel humbled to be recognised at such a prestigious level at another university,’ said Professor Shenuka Singh of her appointment as Professor Extraordinary in the Centre for Medical Ethics and Law at Stellenbosch University until 2025.
Professors Thomas Afullo (left) and Akshay Saha.Professors Thomas Afullo and Akshay Saha of the Disciplines of Electronic and Electrical Engineering were inducted as Fellows of the South African Academy of Engineering (SAAE) at the Academy’s annual induction luncheon.
UKZN’s Professor Gavin George (fifth from left) and Malawian Minister of Health, the Honourable Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda (sixth from left) along with colleagues from the APHRC and UNESCO.In 2020, researchers from the Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD) at UKZN, the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) in Kenya, and the Kamuzu University of Health Sciences in Malawi formed a partnership to conduct a problem-based political economy analysis (PB-PEA) of adolescents’ access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and services in Malawi.
Top achiever, Ms Dolly Mkize.Click here for isiZulu version
High flying staff member, Ms Dolly Mkize, the acting Safety, Health and Environment (SHE) Monitoring and Evaluation Manager on the Pietermaritzburg campus, has been awarded a bursary for her Master’s degree in Safety Management at the University of South Africa (UNISA).
Scholar and activist, Dr Princess Sibanda.Click here for isiZulu version
UKZN alumnus, Dr Princess Sibanda was invited to make a presentation at the Africa is So Queer webinar hosted by the Centre for Civil Society (CCS) in the School of Built Environment and Development Studies.
Mr Ntuthuko Mhlongo.Click here for isiZulu version
Master’s graduate and PhD candidate in Political Science Mr Ntuthuko Mhlongo was invited by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to present the findings of his research on Opportunities and Challenges of Youth Engagement in the South African Context.
Dr Andrisha Beharry-Ramraj.
Dr Myrna De Rooij from the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences at Utrecht University in The Netherlands.
