Ms Kristy Greener (left) and her swimming partner, Ms Nicola Murray.Click here for isiZulu version
‘It was awesome to complete but a very tough swim,’ said first-time Midmar Mile medallist Ms Kristy Greener, a blind UKZN staffer who has idiopathic motor polyneuropathy - an illness affecting her hands and feet.
Dr Ismail Mahomed.
Award winner, Mr Luthando Molefe.Click here for isiZulu version
UKZN PhD student Mr Luthando Molefe has been named one of the Top 100 South African Shining Stars for 2023 by Inside Education in partnership with the National Youth Development Agency.
Recipients of the 2023 Most Inspiring Student Awards.
Professor Nyna Amin.Click here for isiZulu version
If school focuses on transferable facts, it risks becoming irrelevant. Science and maps change, language is unclear while its interpretation is uncertain, and curricula compete with the curricula of life. Great cultural stories lose their explanatory power over time.
Dr Trishana Ramluckan.Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Law Dr Trishana Ramluckan was recently one of only two researchers from the Global South who participated in an International Working Group event titled: Unpacking the Cyber Mercenaries.
Dr Patricia Opondo (centre) with the School of Arts students.Dr Patricia Opondo, a senior lecturer in African Music and Dance and Director of the African Music Project (AMP) at the School of Arts, delivered a presentation at the World Music Distinguished Scholar Series held at the University of Southern California in the United States.
Thuthuka Bursary Fund recipients during Orientation Week.Click here for isiZulu version
UKZN’s School of Accounting, Economics and Finance (SAEF) has welcomed 17 Thuthuka Bursary Fund (TBF) recipients into its Accounting programme following a rigorous review process by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA).
Severe HIV with persistent SARS-CoV-2.Investigations into the case of a 70-year-old woman who presented with a cough and shortness of breath eventually led to a collaborative study which brought together scientists from South Africa and the United States with their findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Professor Molla Demlie.The profound significance of groundwater beyond its conventional role in water supply was the focus of an inaugural lecture to the professoriate presented by Professor Molla Bekele Demlie of the School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences at UKZN.
Ms Dooshima Gbahabo (left) and Professor Sinegugu Duma.The often-overlooked condition of tonic immobility (TI) experienced by women who have been raped was the subject of research by UKZN PhD Nursing student Ms Dooshima Dorothy Gbahabo, supervised by Professor Sinegugu Duma.
Ms Onazo Daniso.Click here for isiZulu version
UKZN final-year Medical student Ms Onazo Daniso is happy to be home after winning an Erasmus Clinical Rotation Mobility Scholarship which saw her spend nine weeks at the Medical University of Graz (Med Unigraz), a public research institution in Austria.
