From left: Alan Paton award winner Professor Pumla Dineo Gqola; Sunday Times Editor, Mr Bongani Siqoko; Dr Nkosinathi Sithole and Advocate Thuli Madonsela.UKZN’s School of Arts academic Dr Nkosinathi Sithole has won the 2016 Barry Ronge Sunday Times Fiction Award for his debut novel Hunger Eats a Man.
Ms Ndoni Mcunu.UKZN MSc graduate Ms Ndoni Mcunu was named in the Mail & Guardian’s 2016 list of 200 Young South Africans showcasing the talent, drive and innovation of young folk striving to improve the lives of others.
Professor Bernard De Meyer flanked by Philippe Bataille (AUF Director for the Indian Ocean region), answering questions from journalists.A new regional doctoral school in Social Sciences and Humanities, titled “Languages, Plurality and Development or Prélude”, has been launched in Antananarivo, Madagascar, as a project of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF).
Dr Carl Wright.The global economic effects of Brexit, terror attacks, and the violent protests in Tshwane and Durban were among issues debated at a round table discussion held at UKZN’s School of Management, Information Technology and Governance.
The UKZN student media lab team at the Durban International Film Festival.A team of students under the wing of UKZN’s Centre for Communication, Media and Society (CCMS) recently participated in a media lab for the 2016 Durban International Film Festival (DIFF).
Timelines, directed by Tarryn Crossman, premiered at this year’s Durban International Film Festival.
Professor Max du Plessis.School of Law’s Associate Professor Max du Plessis is the recipient of the Colenso Research Scholarship to St John’s College, Cambridge University in England.
Kalushi stars (from left) Thabo Rametsi as Kalushi; Gcina Mhlope as his mother, Martha Mahlangu; and Pearl Sithole, who played the role of Kalushi’s girlfriend, Brenda.Forty years after the Soweto uprising in June 1976, Kalushi - the story of freedom fighter Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu - featured at the 37th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts in UKZN’s College of Humanities.
The Principal of Dawnridge Primary, Mr SN Pillay (left) with learners and UKZN’s Mr Kumeren Govender and Dr Nadaraj Govender.
A panel of political party representatives during an hour-long live elections debate on the Howard College campus.
Together are some of the Film Festival Award winners.Award winners at the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) - hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts (CCA) within the College of Humanities - were announced during the closing ceremony at the Playhouse Theatre in Durban.
UKZN welcomed the second cohort of top candidates earmarked for academic careers at the University.UKZN’s Human Resources Division (HR) recently welcomed a group of high achieving, potential future academics during a congratulatory lunch held at the Durban Country Club.
Kufundwa imibhalo ka-Phyllis Naidoo. Click here for English version
Isizinda sase-UKZN i-Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre ekhempasini yase-Westville sibe nomcimbi wokufundwa kwemibhalo ekhethekile nezincwadi zika Phyllis Naidoo ongasekho emhlabeni.
Mr Chris Gevers.School of Law Lecturer Mr Christopher Gevers has been awarded the Institute for Global Law and Policy Fellowship allowing him to spend a year at Harvard University in the United States to further his research into the intellectual history of Pan-Africanism and International Law.
Maritime Teachers Training Workshop participants during their visit to the shipyard.UKZN’s Unit of Maritime Law and Maritime Studies in partnership with the eThekwini Maritime Cluster and the Durban University of Technology (DUT) recently hosted a Maritime Teachers Training Workshop to empower high school educators.
A Mile in my Shoes, directed by Saeed Khallaf.
