Dr Maureen Tong (third left) with Mr Zenzele Dube (fourth left) and staff from the College of Humanities. UKZN’s School of Education and the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics (SRPC), in collaboration with the University Language Planning and Development Office and the JL Dube Institute recently hosted the annual John Dube Memorial Lecture at the New Conference Centre, Edgewood campus.
Professor Colleen Downs.Professor Colleen Downs, South African Research Chair (SARChI) in Ecosystem Health and Biodiversity in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape, has been awarded a Trilateral Research Chair through an initiative jointly funded by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF).
Participants at the Audiology Students’ Deaf Awareness Day.
.Marketization, Foreignization, Translation. These are terms I have learned during four lengthy visits to China, 2015-2017. Marketization refers to translating Chinese enterprises from the pejorative “faked in China”, an indication of resistant pre-modernity, to “created in China”, an indication of consumerist post-modernity. Foreignization refers to translating Chinese culture abroad. And, translation means basically how to enable intercultural communication between China and the world at large.
Dr Muhammad Hoque.Graduate School of Business and Leadership academic, Dr Muhammad Hoque has been named as one of the Top 30 Published Researchers and is also ranked first in the Top 10 Young Published Researchers of UKZN for 2016.
The Fijian delegation during their visit to the School of Law.Professor David McQuoid-Mason, of UKZN’s Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, recently hosted a Knowledge Exchange visit for the Fiji Legal Aid Commission and Fiji Human Rights and Anti-discrimination Commission.
Highlights from the public debate. The Let’s Face The Challenges Initiative (LFTCI), a recognised club and society on UKZN’s Edgewood campus, recently held a programme on bullying and assault. Titled: Bullying and Assault; What are we going to do about them? The event included a debate to allow for various views on the issues under the spotlight.
Members of St Augustine’s Anglican Church with Dr Msizi Mkhize- from left: Dr Mduduzi Ndwandwe, Dr Msizi Mkhize, Dr Njabulo Khumalo and Professor Bonke Dumisa.Mathematics champion and School of Accounting, Economics and Finance academic Dr Msizi Mkhize recently gave a “sermon” at the St Augustine’s Anglican Church in Umlazi Township.
UKZN staff during their community outreach initiatives.The University of KwaZulu-Natal HIV and AIDS Support Unit recently conducted a series of Community outreach programmes as part of its comprehensive prevention, treatment and care/support strategy.
Mr Darryl Earl David will head up the exciting ARTiculate Africa Literary Festival.UKZN Academic Mr Darryl Earl David will head up the exciting ARTiculate Africa Literary Festival to be held at the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC) from 29 September to 01 October. ‘This will be the literary festival of 2017, nothing will come close to it,’ gushes Festival curator David, founder of SA’s national booktown in the Karoo.
Professor Ziska Fields.School of Management, IT and Governance academic Professor Ziska Fields is among the Top 30 Published Researchers at UKZN for 2016.
Professor Shahidul Islam.Professor Shahidul Islam of Biochemistry in UKZN’s School of Life Sciences (SLS) has been appointed as a Lead Guest Editor for a special issue of the international, peer-reviewed European Molecules journal, titled ‘Sugar Substitutes and Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome’.
College of Humanities Top performing researchers for 2016. Prof Vimolan Mudaly of the School of Education, says he is grateful to the many people who served as catalysts in motivating him to write. ‘There are few opportunities that are presented to us and we need to grab them. I am under no allusions about appearing on the list. There are wonderful teachers that are not recognised and to them in, particular I, offer my utmost respect.’
From left: Mr Duncan Hay, Professor Albert Modi, Dr Shamim Bodhanya, and Mr Bongani Khumalo, Director of the INR.The Institute of Natural Resources (INR) and the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) recently celebrated the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two institutions, formalising a relationship that has stretched back almost thirty years.
UKZN Drama and Performance students will perform LOVE, CRIME and JOHANNESBURG at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre. The UKZN Drama and Performance Studies Programme at the Howard College campus is staging its annual showcase production. This year, the students will perform Junction Avenues’ award winning play LOVE, CRIME and JOHANNESBURG at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre from 27 September to 01 October.
Mr Mzomuhle Mhlongo, Faculty Advisor of Enactus UKZN (left), with the Newly Appointed Executive Team.The UKZN chapter of Enactus has recently apponted its executive for the 2017/2018 year. Enactus UKZN had its AGM on 9 September, on the Westville campus. The outgoing executive of 2016/2017 reported on their term of office, the challenges they faced and their achievements.
