From left: Professor Onisimo Mutanga, Professor Andrew Green and Professor Jeff Smithers.Click here for isiZulu version
UKZN’s College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science has won three of the prestigious National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF)-South32 Awards for the 2022-2023 cycle.
Facilitators (from left) Dr Ashley Subbiah, Mr Nevil Balakrishna and Mr Consolatrix Mungwe.Click here for isiZulu version
UKZN’s Disability Support Unit (DSU) ran a Disability Equality Training (DET) programme for all employees in the KwaZulu-Natal Office of the Premier.
Dr Ray Maharaj.Click here for isiZulu version
Dr Ray Maharaj of UKZN’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology who heads KwaZulu-Natal’s largest maternity unit at Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital in Durban, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the South African Medico-Legal Association (SAMLA).
Academic Advisory Board members of the School of Management, Information Technology and Governance.The School of Management, Information Technology, and Governance (SMIG) held its inaugural Academic Advisory Board meeting on 10 July 2023 at the Westville campus.
Professor Debbie Vigar-Ellis, UKZN’s professor in Marketing and President of AfSMA who co-chaired the conference.
Highlights from the US-South Africa Racial Justice Fellowship exchange.
Ms Abulele Njisane.Click here for isiZulu version
UKZN lecturer in Cinema Studies Ms Abulele Njisane has been selected by the African film-making agency, Realness, as an industry professional for the second edition of the Southern Africa-Locarno Industry Academy, a development programme for professionals working in distribution, sales, programming and exhibition.
Ms Rovashni Chetty, sociologist from the School of Social Sciences.Click here for isiZulu version
UKZN sociologist Ms Rovashni Chetty co-chaired a session at the 20th International Sociological Association (ISA) World Congress of Sociology in Melbourne, Australia.
Delegates at the uMngeni Resilience Project National Climate Change Indaba.A three-day national Climate Change Indaba held at St Ives in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands celebrated the successful implementation of one of South Africa’s climate change adaptation flagship projects, the uMngeni Resilience Project (URP).
The ASASWEI international ground-breaking conference will be held from 27-29 September this year.The Association of South African Social Work Education Institutions (ASASWEI) in cooperation with the University of KwaZulu-Natal and all partner Higher Education Institutions in South Africa will host an international ground-breaking, hybrid conference at the Elangeni Hotel in Durban from 27 to 29 September 2023.
Highlights of the AfSMA Conference (left) Professor Debbie Vigar-Ellis with some of the AfSMA Board of Directors and (right) with some of her students.Marketing graduates and students from the UKZN’s School of Management, IT and Governance made noteworthy contributions during the African Social Marketing Association’s (AfSMA) inaugural annual conference 2023, focused on the advancement of social marketing to address economic, social and environmental challenges.
