Dr Lliane Loots, UKZN Dance and Performance Studies lecturer who graduated with a PhD.Dance and Performance Studies lecturer and founder of the Flatfoot Dance Company, Dr Lliane Loots, graduated with a PhD for her research titled, Choreographies of Identity, Self and the ‘African’ Dancing Body in Negotiating Contemporary Dancing Histories and Practices in KwaZulu-Natal Post 1994: A Case Study of Flatfoot Dance Company
UKZN lecturer, Dr Judith Ojo-Aromokudu, graduated with a PhD in Architecture. Lecturer in the School of Built Environment and Development Studies Dr Judith Ojo-Aromokudu, graduated with her PhD in Architecture. Her research focused on what informs the spaces created in informal settlements and how residents live and carry out their daily activities within these spaces.
Ms Minenhle Nxumalo who graduated with her Master's in Development Studies degree.Ms Minenhle Nxumalo was all smiles when she graduated with her Master's in Development Studies degree. Her research focused on the perspectives and experiences of female traders in securing their livelihoods in Warwick Market, the challenges they face, their daily working conditions and their reasons for trading.
Master's in Housing graduate, Ms Sinethemba Zungu.Ms Sinethemba Zungu received her Master's in Housing for her research on Post-settlement Support Challenges of Land Reform Housing Beneficiaries: A Case Study of the Oakford Priory Housing Project. ‘I have prodigious interest in the land reform programme, and my curiosity as to why it has not been impactful in South Africa is what led me to this research topic.’
Mr Bongani Ndimande who graduated with his Bachelor of Arts degree.
Mr Thando Masiko, Honours in Media and Cultural Studies graduate.
Dr Isaac Khambule, PhD in Development Studies graduate.Lecturer in the School of Built Environment and Development Studies, Dr Isaac Khambule was awarded a PhD in Development Studies for his study on the role and effectiveness of local economic development agencies in improving the prospects of local economies.
Ms Hazel Ncube with her mother, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, KZN Cogta MEC. 
PhD graduate and Music lecturer, Dr Andrew Warburton. Music lecturer and renowned pianist Dr Andrew Warburton graduated with his PhD in Music for his thesis on Towards a personal interpretation of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata in E, Op.109.
Dr Majahamahle Nene Mthethwa who received his PhD in Architecture.UKZN staff member Dr Majahamahle Nene Mthethwa received his PhD in Architecture for his study on collectively accepted makings of Afrocentric sources that would inspire Afrocentric placemaking and architecture in contemporary urban built form as well as promote social equality, justice and a sense of belonging.
Mr Nkanyiso Shange was excited to receive his Master’s degree in Housing.
Centre for Civil Society graduates, from left, Dr George Masimba, Mr Sthembiso Zwane and Mr Thokozani Magwaza.Five students working in the field of civil society supervised by Dr Shauna Mottiar of UKZN’s Centre for Civil Society (CCS) graduated in the Discipline of Development Studies.
