Ms Michaela Geytenbeek with training and school participants in the Kinship Programme.
Mr Luthando Molefe.Click here for isiZulu version
UKZN doctoral candidate Mr Luthando Molefe won two awards during the 2024 Youth Month celebration for his outstanding diligence and application in the areas of academic excellence, community outreach and leadership.
From left, Dr Edwell Gumbo, Professor Mogie Subban, Professor Phocenah Nyatanga, Professor Thea van der Westhuizein, Professor Gabriel Kabanda and Dr Phumlani Nkontwana during the launch of two entrepreneurial books.In a significant contribution to youth entrepreneurship and academic discourse, multi-award-winning academic leader and a visionary founder of Shifting Hope, Activating Potential Entrepreneurship (SHAPE), Professor Thea van der Westhuizen launched two books at the recent third KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD) Summit held at the Durban ICC.
45th DIFF programme statistics.Click here for isiZulu version
The 45th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) hosted by UKZN’s Centre for Creative Arts drew to a close on 28 July after a highly successful 10-day run which attracted large audiences ensuring the screenings, workshops, panel discussions and networking were all well attended.
Professor Mariam Seedat-Khan.Click here for isiZulu version
Clinical Sociologist within the School of Social Sciences Professor Mariam Seedat-Khan has been appointed as a Trustee to the KwaZulu-Natal Children’s Hospital Trust (KZNCHT).
From left: Professor Yunus Moosa, Dr Richard Lessells, Dr Nokukhanya Msomi and Professor Michelle Gordon.Four infectious diseases experts from UKZN’s College of Health Sciences were panellists on an Mpox webinar that was applauded for raising critical awareness on the global outbreak of the disease and its increasing prevalence in African countries, especially Central and West Africa, where most cases have been reported.
Delegates at the SA Neuroscience 2024 conference.Bridging the Bench-to-Bedside Gap in African Neuroscience was the theme of this year’s highly successful Southern African Neuroscience Society (SANS) Symposium held in partnership with UKZN’s School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences (SLMMS) together with the Disciplines of Neurosurgery, Psychiatry and Physiology.
Speakers at the SoBEDS Colloquium, Professors Yashaen Luckan (left) and Ernest Khalema.Decoloniality Through Inclusion - Towards a Vision of Promotion and Support of Marginalised Communities through Bridging the Oppressive Divide between Arts, Humanities, Sciences and Technology, was the title of a colloquium at UKZN.
Dr Naimah Ebrahim Khan presenting at the conference (far left) and Professor Kovin Naidoo (third from left) and Professor Vanessa Moodley (far right) receiving their awards from the president of the SAOA, Ms Nivien Subramany.Click here for isiZulu version
UKZN’s Professor Kovin Naidoo and Professor Vanessa Moodley have received awards for their exceptional service and dedication to the optometry profession.
Highlights from the launch of the UKZN ACFE SA Student Chapter.The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, South Africa (ACFE SA) - an anti-fraud organisation and premier provider of anti-fraud training and education - supported the formal launch of the UKZN ACFE SA Student Chapter on the Howard College campus.
Scenes from the DSRA Workshop.
Dr Boby Varghese and Dr Pam Pillay.Click here for isiZulu version
Two UKZN academics were awarded Teaching Advancements Through Universities (TAU) Fellowships this year.
Dr Ayentimi Desmond Tutu.Opportunities and challenges of “gig work” - freelance or temporary employment - in sub-Saharan Africa were examined during a public lecture at UKZN presented by Dr Ayentimi Desmond Tutu, senior lecturer in Management and the Graduate Research Co-ordinator at the Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania, in Australia.
Participants and UKZN staff members who attended the Language Planning and Development Office multilingualism workshop.
Second session panellists who focused on mentorship in the local South African context; from left: UKZN’s Professor Michael Samuel, Professor Nyna Amin, Dr Thembelihle Dlungwane, and Professor Khumbulani Hlongwana.UKZN hosted the third annual Working on Applications for Data Science and Health in Africa (WASHA) Takwimu (Swahili for “Ignite Data”) Symposium - a training hub focused on the theme of mentorship in data science and global health.
