An exciting moment for the Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) team.
The Big Science Show Off celebrated 15 years of UKZN’s Science and Technology Education Centre.Click here for isiZulu version
The Science and Technology Education Centre (STEC) marked its 15th anniversary with a spectacular science show on the evening of Wednesday, 23 July.
Ms Olive Olusegun, 2024 Poetry Africa Slam Champion.Click here for isiZulu version
The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre for Creative Arts (CCA) has secured an R800 000 grant from the National Lottery Commission to support the 29th edition of its flagship event, the Poetry Africa festival.
Highlights from UKZN’s annual Golf Day.
Delegates at the 60th Congress of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa at the ANEW Hotel in Hilton.The Grassland Society of Southern Africa (GSSA) held its 60th Congress in Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal and online.
Participants at ASH’s Mandela Week Surgical Marathon.
From left: Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research and Innovation, Professor Anil Chuturgoon; PhD student, Ms Colleen Stuart who won the naming competition; Director of Library Services, Dr Nonhlanhla Ngcobo; and right, Thola the Robot.UKZN Library Services recently held a competition to name a newly launched automated Artificial Intelligence (AI) prototype robot at the 5th International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Symposium, hosted by the University.
Thuthuka Bursary Winter School 2025.The School of Commerce at UKZN hosted the annual Thuthuka Bursary Winter School Programme, a three-day initiative designed to support and empower accounting students who are beneficiaries of the Thuthuka Bursary Fund.
Engineering Winter School participants 2025.A group of bright-eyed Grade 11 and Grade 12 learners from across KwaZulu-Natal recently spent an exciting week immersed in the world of engineering during the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s (UKZN) annual Engineering Winter School.
UKZN and Wenzhou Medical University strengthen global collaboration.A visionary partnership between the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and Wenzhou Medical University has been formalised through the China-Africa Eye Health Collaboration - an initiative aimed at advancing eye health, education, and research across Africa.
Internationally renowned epidemiologist, Professor Themba Ginindza.UKZN proudly celebrates the appointment of Professor Themba Ginindza, an internationally acclaimed epidemiologist and Director of the Cancer and Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Research Unit (CIDERU), to the Ministerial Advisory Committee on the Prevention and Control of Cancer.
Mr Yajna Jobraj (centre), Candidate Attorney at Barkers Attorneys with UKZN Law students, from left, Mr Siyabonga Mazibuko, Ms Mbali Gumbi, Ms Luyanda Shozi, and Ms Siphesihle Ndebele.Click here for isiZulu version
The Black Lawyers Association Student Chapter (BLA SC) at UKZN Howard College proudly celebrated the success of its Winter Internship Programme, hosted in collaboration with Barkers Attorneys, a leading Umhlanga-based law firm.
UKZN academics and students at the 2025 Southern African Law Teachers Conference.A distinguished delegation from the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s School of Law made a significant impact at the 2025 Southern African Law Teachers Conference (SALTC), held at the University of Pretoria from 13 to 18 July.
Ms Nomfundo Mthembu (seated, right in the first pic) and Professor Freddy Mnyongani (fourth from left in the second pic) with colleagues from the University of Messina.
Professor Lauren Dyll (left) and Dr Mary Lange.Click here for isiZulu version
The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s (UKZN) Professor Lauren Dyll and Dr Mary Lange, from the Centre for Communication, Media and Society (CCMS) in the College of Humanities, are part of an international team that has been awarded €2.4 million in European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant funding.
Ms Ishta Maharaj (left) and Ms Tamera Heeralal.Two students from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) have been honoured with prestigious national awards from the Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA), recognising their academic excellence and outstanding contributions to geological research.
Ms Andrea Voges.The 46th edition of the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), which ended on the weekend of 27 July, also marked the conclusion of Ms Andrea Voges’ tenure as Festival Manager and Head of Programming of DIFF at the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Four Living Legends were honoured at UKZN.
Highlights from the two-day Ignite Your Creativity Workshop.The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s (UKZN) Student Entrepreneurship portfolio hosted a two-day creative problem-solving workshop for students currently involved in entrepreneurship or aspiring to start their own businesses.
Dr Desiree Manicom and Dr Nokuthula Ngubane.University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) academics, Dr Desiree Manicom and Dr Nokuthula Ngubane recently attended the Fifth International Sociological Association (ISA) Forum of Sociology, titled ‘Knowing Justice in the Anthropocene’, held from 6-11 July 2025 at Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco.
School learners participate in UKZN’s Physics Research Camp.Click here for isiZulu version
The Science Technology Education Centre (STEC@UKZN), based at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Westville campus, in partnership with Eskom Expo and Dr Angela Fösel and her team from the Friedrich Alexander University, Erlangen, Germany, hosted the second ‘Physics Research Camp’.
Be A Scientist programmes on the Westville and Pietermaritzburg campuses exposed aspirant young scientists to a number of disciplines.The College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science (CAES) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), in collaboration with the Science and Technology Education Centre (STEC@UKZN), hosted its annual Be A Scientist (BAS) Programme from 30 June to 4 July 2025.
Workshop participants at the Westville campus.The Discipline of Biokinetics, Exercise and Leisure Sciences (BELS), within the School of Health Sciences, proudly hosted an impactful two-day qualitative research workshop on 8 and 9 July 2025 at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Westville campus.
Scenes from the Mandela Day event.
From left: Professor Andrew Forbes, Dr Gcina Mhlophe, and Zibusiso Makhathini.In celebration of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s declaration of 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, UKZN’s proposed Centre for Quantum Computing and Technology (CQCtec), in collaboration with the South African Quantum Technology Initiative (SAQuTI), hosted the Quantum Science and Technology Across Africa Workshop.
Exploring nature’s legacy - UKZN alumni reconnect at the serene Shangrila Indigenous Garden on the beautiful KZN South Coast.
