Sibusiso Mashiloane.Click here for isiZulu version
Accomplished pianist, composer, and researcher, Sibusiso Mashiloane, has been awarded the prestigious Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) Award for Music Composition.
From left: Ms Elize Botha, Sorgho; Professor Hussein Shimelis; Mr Enock Maereka and Dr Seltene Abady Tesfamariam, UKZN; and Professor Maryke Labuschagne, University of the Free State at the sorghum trial on UKZN’s Ukulinga Research Farm.UKZN’s African Centre for Crop Improvement (ACCI) is part of a collaborative plant breeding project with the University of the Free State (UFS) and the Sorgho (Pty) Ltd company, initiated and funded by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), that seeks to improve the yield of this neglected and underutilised crop by research into genetic improvement to result in higher-yielding hybrids.
Mr Tyreece Iyer receiving his Gradstar Award.Click here for isiZulu version
Bachelor of Laws student, Mr Tyreece Iyer, was named amongst the Top 100 Most Employable University Students Across South Africa at an awards ceremony in Johannesburg.
Mandela Washington Fellow and studentpreneur, Ms Nokwanda Cele.Click here for isiZulu version
UKZN student and entrepreneur, Ms Nokwanda Cele, has been selected to attend the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders in the United States this June.
Mr Tashmeer Chetty.Click here for isiZulu version
Mr Tashmeer Chetty, a first-year Drama and English student has successfully kicked off his academic journey with a win.
The BRU team with conference keynote speakers, Professor Marius Pretorius (second from left) and Mr Andrew Donelly (second from right).Academicians, postgraduate students, entrepreneurs, policy-makers, and practitioner-researchers from around the world exchanged research results and problem-solving approaches on the issues surrounding business rescue at the 2nd annual International Conference on Business Resilience, Continuity and Regeneration (BRCR) hosted by the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Business Rescue Unit (BRU) at the Southern Sun Elangeni and Maharani Hotel, South Africa.
Dr Muziwakhe Madala Kunene.World renowned guitarist, Dr Muziwakhe Madala Kunene - who was honoured with an honorary doctorate at a University of KwaZulu-Natal 2023 graduation ceremony - is currently experiencing critical health issues and needs some medical attention.
Mr Luthando Molefe.Click here for isiZulu version
UKZN PhD candidate Mr Luthando Molefe recently bagged the “Most Outstanding Transformational Educator” award at the 2nd International Organisation of Educators and Researchers (IOER) Pinnacle Awards 2024 that was recently hosted in Malaysia.
Guests at the Steve de Gruchy Memorial Lecture.
Highlights from the lecture delivered by Professor Regina Chermokina.Russian Soul or Russian Background Through Nature and Artifacts in the Frame of Internationalisation was the subject of a recent public lecture delivered by Professor Regina Chermokina as part of UKZN’s Professor Nirmala Gopal’s projects funded by the National Institute for the Social Sciences and the South African BRICS Think Tank.
