29 November 2018
Volume: 6
Issue: 61
Highlights from the 14th annual Chief Albert Luthuli Memorial Lecture delivered by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng.

Peaceful Solution Critical for SA Land Issue - Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng

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Solutions to the land expropriation without compensation challenge in South Africa must ensure enduring peace, stability and shared prosperity, says UKZN Chancellor Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng.

Professor Salim Abdool Karim.

Prestigious Prize for AIDS Researcher

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Renowned AIDS researcher Professor Salim S. Abdool Karim of UKZN has been awarded the prestigious Al-Sumait Prize for research contributions to African development.

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Of Rag, Rugby and Raucousness

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Life as an academic was much tougher (and much more fun) in the 1960s and 1970s. Research funds were scarce, some lecturers often were more scarce, usually consulting, but a few did do research. High student attrition rates were encouraged, and the statistically significant thirty-three and one third exclusion was thought to be a fair reflection at first-year level in some departments. Teaching was a haphazard affair.

Community Care Givers with their facilitators during the launch of the Multinational Lung Cancer Control Programme (MLCCP).

Launch of Lung Cancer Control Programme at UKZN

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UKZN’s College of Health Sciences launched a Multinational Lung Cancer Control Programme (MLCCP) in which about 35 Community Care Givers (CCGs) received palliative care training.

Ecohealth Conference attendees and the organising team.

UKZN Co-Hosts Inaugural African Chapter on Ecohealth Conference

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The College of Health Sciences (CHS) hosted the first African Chapter on Ecohealth Conference at the International Convention Centre in Durban in collaboration with the Durban Tourism and National Convention Bureau.

UDkt Zifikile Phindile Shangase (phakathi nendawo) nabasebenzi base-eKing Dinuzulu Hospital Thekwini.

Umhlangano Wokuxoxa Ngendlela Iziguli Ezinesifo Sofuba Esingalapheki Ngemithi Ejwayelekile Ezibuka Ngayo Ukubhema

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Umhlangano mayelana nezindlela, ulwazi nezinkolelo zeziguli ezinesifo sofuba i-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (DR-TB) ezibuka ngayo ukubheka wethulwe onguthisha kwezeNtuthuko YoMphakathi eSikoleni SeziFundokuhlelwa Komumo Wezakhiwo Nentuthuko uDkt Zifikile Phindile Shangase.

From left: UCLA’s Dr Chris Buck and Professor Lee Miller; Dr Bernhard Gaede, UKZN; Dr Kelly Gates, Bethesda Hospital; Dr Cyril Nkabinde, UKZN; and Ms Maya Barad, UCLA.

UCLA Representatives Visit Bethesda Hospital

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Colleagues from the University California - Los Angeles (UCLA) in the United States visited Bethesda Hospital in Ubombo in northern KwaZulu-Natal as part of a growing relationship between the UKZN Family Medicine Department and UCLA.

Education students during a drug abuse and gender-based violence awareness campaign.

Education Students Involved in Campus Community Upliftment

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>Fourth year Biological Science for Educators students from the School of Education engaged in an advocacy service-learning community engagement/outreach as part of their module to address issues affecting students and others on campus.

The University of KwaZulu-Natal hosted the 2018 American African European (AAE) Summer School.

American African European Summer School Hosted at UKZN

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UKZN’s College of Law and Management Studies hosted the 2018 American African European (AAE) Summer School at which Professor Betty Mubangizi, former Dean and Head of the School of Management, Information Technology and Governance officially welcomed students, staff members, and guests.

At the official opening are from left: Professor Ross Robinson, Mr Mark Tufts, Ms Normah Zondo, Mr Muzi Khumalo, Professor Brian McArthur and Professor Stephen Ojwach.

New Chemistry Facility Opened on UKZN’s Pietermaritzburg Campus

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UKZN’s School of Chemistry and Physics (SCP) on the Pietermaritzburg campus has officially opened a new building housing its Chemistry Postgraduate Research Facility which has the capacity to accommodate 70 postgraduate students in state-of-the-art laboratories and offices.

USolwazi Bonga Chiliza ehalaliselwa nguSolwazi Bernard Janse Rensburg (Osanda kwehla Esikhundleni Sokuba nguMengameli we-SASOP) eNgqungqutheleni Kazwelonke ye-19 ye-SASOP.

Inhloko Yodokotela Bezifo Zengqondo e-UKZN Iqokwe NjengoMengameli Wenhlangano Esemqoka

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Inhloko Yodokotela Bezifo Zengqondo e-UKZN uSolwazi Bonga Chiliza uqokwe njengoMengameli weNhlangano Yezodokotela Bezifo Zengqondo eNingizimu Afrika (i-SASOP).

Uthisha we-Jazz e-UKZN, uMnu Sibusiso Mashiloane, owine indondo ye-Best Artiste ku-All Africa Music Awards

Uthisha Wase UKZN Uthole Umklomelo we-Best Artiste

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Uthisha we-Jazz e-UKZN, uMnu Sibusiso Mashiloane, uwine i-Best Artiste kumculo we-Jazz waseNingizimu Afrika ku-All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA).

Uphinde wakhethwa esigabeni se-Best Male Artist eNingizimu ne-Afrika.

Isithombe: Ukunikezwa kwemiklomelo, Champions 2018.

Osomabhizinisi Abayisishiyagalolunye Bahlonishwe Ohlelweni Lwe-Business School Champions

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Uhlelo Lokuthuthukiswa Komnotho Wendawo olungaphansi kweSikole Seziqu Zezamabhizinisi Nezobuholi babungaze ukuphumelela koHlelo Lwezingqwele ngokuhlonipha osomabhizinisi abayi-15 ngokusebenza ngokuzikhandla kanye negalelo labo emphakathini yabo.

Miss Rhoda Abiolu at DePaul University Student Center, Chicago.

Doctoral Student Delivers Presentations at Two International Conferences

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In pursuit of more intercultural knowledge and the proliferation of her academic interests, a doctoral student at UKZN’s Centre for Communication, Media and Society (CCMS), Miss Rhoda Abiolu, presented papers at the Conference of the African Studies Association in Germany (VAD), and the 24th International Conference of the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies (IAICS) in Chicago in the United States.

Academics who had fun while learning how to enhance their assessment practices in Higher Education.

Workshop on Assessing Learning in Higher Education

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Academics from UKZN and other institutions attended an Extended Learning workshop recently titled: Assessing Learning in Higher Education.

From left: Mr Mbekezeli Madida, Mr Siphamandla Yaka, Ms Portia Maphumulo, Mr Sikhumbuzo Mloyi and Mr Sandakahle Hadebe.

Student YMCA Holds Inaugural Thanksgiving Dinner

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UKZN’s Student Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) held its Inaugural Thanksgiving Dinner at the Pavilion Hotel in Durban under the theme: Generational Impact… Be the Legacy.