UKZN Central SRC President, Mr Sandile Zondi.
Mr Darryl Earl David made Durban UNESCO’s City of Literature.Through hard work and steely determination, lecturer in the School of Arts, Mr Darryl Earl David, has finally succeeded in getting Durban the UNESCO City of Literature status. Durban now joins the prestigious list of 21 other cities which include Prague, Dublin, Iowa City, Baghdad and Barcelona.
UKZN’s Professors, Thumbi Ndung’u and Frank Tanser.
The Inanda community benefitting from free legal advice.On Saturday 7 October 2017 the UKZN Street Law-Plus and ProBono Outreach Programme housed at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies provided legal literacy information and legal advice at the home of community activist Mr Thami Shandu in Ohlange.
The award-winning architectural design by College of Humanities alumnus Mr Rod Choromanski. UKZN alumnus Mr Rod Choromanski recently scooped the coveted "Best new building in Africa" award, during the inaugural Africa Architecture Awards, for his design of the uMkhumbane Cultural and Heritage Museum in Cato Manor, Durban.
From left: Mr Lwazi Ncanana, Mr Lawrence Ogunsanya, Mr Camrin Plaatjes and Mr Nhlanzeko Mbatha. Architecture students Mr Lwazi Ncanana, Mr Nhlanzeko Mbatha and Mr Camrin Plaatjes were all Top Ten finalists in the prestigious PG Bison 1.618 competition. Plaatjes won third place and a R10 000 cash prize. All finalists also received a R2 000 cash prize.
Dr Yaseera Ismail.Dr Yaseera Ismail, a postdoctoral researcher at UKZN’s Centre for Quantum Technology, has become the first South African to be selected as an Ambassador of the Optical Society of America (OSA).
From left: Mr Duncan Hay, Dr Albert van Jaarsveld, Professor Albert Modi and Mr Konrad Taeuber at the Symposium.Fountainhill Estate (FHE) recently hosted its annual two-day research symposium to disseminate the findings and purpose behind research being conducted at the estate. The estate avails its facilities to the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) for the facilitation of research.
Participants at the CLMS Teaching and Learning Day.
Mentors and Student Support Services staff celebrate the certification ceremony.
SCM and LMMS staff celebrate Heritage in style.UKZN staff from the School of Clinical Medicine (SCM) and School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences (LMMS) in the College of Health Sciences (CHS) joined hands recently to host a show-stopper celebration themed “Proudly South African.’ Held at the Medical School campus, the event was part of the Heritage celebrations.
Volunteers led by Non-Profit Organisation (NPO), Refilwe Matlotlo, collect bags of litter at Durban’s Harbour.
Professor Thomas Konrad (left) with his former post-doc Dr Sandeep Goyal who is now Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali. Together they published two teleportation schemes for structured light based on linear optics.Professor Thomas Konrad from UKZN’s School of Chemistry and Physics (SCP) and Centre for Quantum Technology is part of an international team of researchers that recently published research in Nature Communications detailing the first simultaneous teleportation of many pairs of light modes between two locations.
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Traditional healers on the medical science tour at UKZN.
From left: Mam Rose of Airspring Supply, Mr Siyabonga Ntuli and Ms Zusiphe Nako.Every day, ordinary wooden pallets are used to stock, store and move goods. A group of entrepreneurial and civic-minded UKZN students have come up with an ingenious way of upcycling discarded wooden pallets while rehabilitating ex-offenders.
Students at the OR Tambo pop-up exhibition on the Westville campus.The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Gandhi-Luthuli Documentation Centre held a pop-up exhibition to mark the birth centenary of one the most outstanding patriots in the struggle for South African freedom, Oliver Reginald Tambo. Staff and students were invited to sign their birthday greetings to OR Tambo on murals at the Centre on 27 October.
Ms Sarsfield Collins presenting a lecture on Legal Geographies and Social Justice.Ms Louise Sarsfield Collins, a PhD candidate at Maynooth University in Ireland recently presented a lecture entitled ‘Legal Geographies and Social Justice’ at the Pietermaritzburg campus.
Highlights from the CVA Student exhibit at the KZNSA Gallery. The Centre for Visual Art (CVA) and Digital Arts within the College of Humanities recently curated an exhibition by postgraduate students at the KZNSA Gallery in Glenwood. The exhibition was opened by the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of UKZN, Dr Albert van Jaarsveld.
SHAPE awards ceremony and business exhibition.
CHS hosts a successful Research Symposium.
Grade 12 learners at the UKZN exam prep workshop.
