Panellists and special guests at the 15th Annual Chief Albert Luthuli Memorial Lecture, one of UKZN’s most prestigious public lectures. It is time Africans stop seeing each other as foreigners, says Ms Samia Nkrumah, daughter of Ghana’s first president, the late Dr Kwame Nkrumah.
Highlights from UKZN’s Research Awards evening.
From left: Professor Thumbi Ndung’u, Professor Francois Venter, Ms Gethwana Mahlase, Professor Mosa Moshabela and Professor Salim Abdool Karim.Great strides have been made in the fight against AIDS and although society is not yet out of the woods regarding the spread of the virus, there is every reason to celebrate World AIDS Day, which is observed annually on 1 December.
UKZN’s zero tolerance on Gender-Based Violence.While awareness is being raised throughout South Africa around gender-based violence (GBV) during the 16 Days of Activism against Women and Children campaign, UKZN encourages staff and students to take a stand and speak out against any form of violence and abuse.
Dr Hangwelani Magidimisha was the first Black South African woman to earn a PhD in Regional Planning from UKZN and one of the Mail & Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans in 2018.
Dr Ntemsie Dube.Dr Nontembeko (Ntemsie) Dube, who graduated with a doctorate in Entomology at UKZN’s September Graduation ceremonies, recently posted a story in the #ImStaying Facebook group that highlighted the importance of supportive supervisors and mentors - an example of whom she found in Dr Costas Zachariades.
Professor Vaughn John delivers his inaugural lecture on the Pietermaritzburg campus.Professor Vaughn John of the School of Education delivered his inaugural lecture on the Pietermaritzburg campus under the title: Troubling Violence: a Praxis for Transformative Learning.
Abafundi base-Eden College eThekwini bezitika ngeminye yemibukiso yase-STEC@UKZN.Click here for English version
I-Science and Technology Educational Centre e-UKZN i-(STEC@UKZN) ibivakashelwe ngabafundi bebanga le-8 ne-9 base-Eden College emhlanganweni wokucobelelana ngolwazi kulomkhakha.
UKZN Artist-in-Residency Fana Tshabalala.
Dr Brett van Niekerk and Dr Trishana Ramluckan at the ISACA South Africa SheLeadsTech event.
Dkt Julia Sibiya.Click here for English version
UDkt Julia Sibiya waseSikoleni sezeSayensi yezoLimo, ezoMhlaba neMvelo (i-SAEES) uqokwe njengePhini likaMongameli lokuqala we-African Plant Breeders’ Association (i-APBA) engqungqutheleni yayo yokuqala e-University of Ghana e-Accra eyayingomhlazingama-23 kuya kumhlazingama-25 kuMfumfu.
From left: Ms Normah Zondo, Professor Thabo Msibi, Ms Kerry Frizelle, Mr Sello Maake-kaNcube, Ms Cookie Edwards and Mr Suntosh Pillay.
USolwazi Kriben Pillay noDkt Kriyanka Moodley bexoxa kwividiyo.Click here for English version
I-University Technology Enhanced Learning yase-UKZN (i-UTEL) ibambisene noSolwazi Kriben Pillay ofundisa ngezokuhola eSikoleni esifundisa ngamaBhizinisi nezokuPhatha bahlanganise ividiyo besebenzisa inkulumo ayethule kwesinye isifundo.
Professor Sid Nair (right) receives a token of appreciation from Professor Stephen Mutula from the School of Management, IT and Governance.
Professor Sundhya Pahuja gives an address on decolonising international environmental law.The Director of the Institute for International Law and Humanities at the Melbourne Law School in Australia Professor Sundhya Pahuja gave an address at UKZN at the invitation of the Law School on decolonising international environmental law.
Abafundi bame noDkt Myat Razak (owesithathu kwesokudla), uDkt Nisha Nadesan-Reddy (owesibili kwesokudla) kanye noDkt Silingene Ngcobo (osekugcineni kwesokudla).Click here for English version
IKolishi Lezifundo Zezempilo e-UKZN, njengabahlomuli bangaphambilini be-Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI), lihlomule ngesabelo sezinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye (kusukela mhla ka-1 kuNcwaba ngowezi-2019 kuya mhla ka-31 kuNdasa ngowezi-2020) osabelwe yi-Human Resources and Services (HRSA) ngaphansi kweNyuvesi yaseCalifornia eSan Francisco (UCSF), ukuqinisa ukuqeqeshwa ngegciwane lesandulela-ngculazi ngokubambisana kwemikhakha enhlobonhlobo (STRIPE).
Speakers and School of Clinical Medicine staff at the healthy lifestyle event.
Participants at the Methodology Enhancement Workshop.The School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science (SMSCS), hosted a Methodology Enhancement Workshop aimed at postgraduate students and researchers who need to use statistical, mathematical and computational methods in answering their research problems for thesis writing and publications.
The second class of CompLit4U students show-off their certificates supported by their facilitators at the back.The Science and Technology Education Centre (STEC@UKZN) piloted the second phase of its CompLit4U outreach project, which aims to provide UKZN cleaning staff with basic computer literacy skills.
The College of AES dropped off over 100 toys at East Coast Radio House for the Toy Story campaign.The College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science (CAES) has donated over 100 toys to the East Coast Radio (ECR) Toy Story campaign that gives gifts to underprivileged children in government hospitals, orphanages and children’s homes across KwaZulu-Natal.
Participants at the Centre for Civil Society Training Day.The Centre for Civil Society (CCS) within the School of Built Environment and Development Studies (BEDS) held a workshop for activists facilitated by CCS Community Scholar, Ms Mzamo Zondi and Director at Sensys Training Ms Nina Sen.
Ms Constance Dube.The Financial Aid Practitioners of South Africa (FAPSA) presented Senior Financial Aid Advisor in the College of Humanities, Ms Constance Dube with the prestigious Gold Award for 25 years of excellence in student funding.
ATEZS UKZN with their album titled uJesu Osindisayo.
Dr Maulana Karenga (centre) with his wife Tiamoyo (sixth right) and UKZN and Mazisi Kunene Foundation representatives.The College of Humanities hosted the inaugural Mazisi Kunene lecture in partnership with the Mazisi Kunene Foundation.
The Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 was hosted by UNFPA and the governments of Kenya and Denmark in Nairobi, Kenya, November 12–14, 2019.The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s (UKZN) Vice-Chancellor and Principal and Executive Director of the Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), Professor Nana Poku participated in the 25th International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Summit, which took place in Nairobi from 12 to 14 November 2019.
UKZN academic Dr Msizi Mkhize.School of Accounting, Economics and Finance lecturer, Dr Msizi Mkhize received the Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award at the 2019 Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of Southern Africa (HELTASA) conference held at Rhodes University in Grahamstown.
Professor Ncoza Dlova (centre) at the Health Excellence Awards in Johannesburg.Internationally respected Dermatologist and Dean of UKZN’s School of Clinical Medicine Professor Ncoza Dlova has won two national awards – first prize in the Leadership Excellence section at the South African Health Excellence Awards and runner-up for the Global Excellence Award.
Professor Fayth Ruffin.
Fashion made from “trash” was on display at the Waste to Art: the Neptune Project extravaganza.UKZN hosted a unique fashion show on the Howard College campus as part of a cocktail evening themed: Waste to Art: the Neptune Project, in aid of tackling pollution, especially plastic that is infesting South Africa’s oceans.
Top Mathematics pupils, teachers and staff at the Women in Analytics function hosted by UKZN’s School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science.In an effort to attract top performers to the field of data analytics and ensure that women are well represented in and exposed to this exciting career, UKZN’s School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science teamed up with the Statistical Analysis System (SAS) to offer an information session and recruitment drive with a difference.
UKZN Construction Studies students at the Malvern Child and Youth Care Centre.
Mr Bonga Ngcobo received an ISHS Young Minds Award for the best poster presentation from Professor Manuel Palada.UKZN was well represented at the Second International Symposium on Moringa (ISM) held at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Pretoria.
Mr Lateef Bello with his poster at the Postgraduate Research and Innovation Symposium.Agricultural Economics scholar, Mr Lateef Bello received an award for the best poster in the Master’s category at UKZN’s annual Postgraduate Research and Innovation Symposium (PRIS).
Dr Anissa McNeil discusses how issues of leadership, organisational change and development can help improve education systems.UKZN’s Corporate Relations Division invited the Chief Executive Officer of the Education Works consulting firm based in Los Angeles in the United States, Dr Anissa McNeil, to discuss how issues of leadership, organisational change and development can help improve education systems.
From left: Professor Deresh Ramjugernath, Dr Phil Mjwara, Ms Rose Msiza, Ms Bessie Mchunu, Mr Itumeleng Makoloi, Ms Sindi Kayi, Mr Nkosinathi Zondi, Mr Charles Mokonoto and Professor Nhlanhla Mkhize.
Faculty from sub-Saharan countries with Gullapalli N Rao the founder and chair of the LVPEI.UKZN’s Discipline of Optometry lecturer, Ms Nishanee Rampersad recently participated in the International Low Vision Capacity Building Programme, a collaboration between the LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) in India, Standard Chartered Bank and the Brien Holden Vision Institute which aims to develop human resources at global level to meet the needs of the population that require low vision care and rehabilitation.
Dr Thirusha Naidu.‘It is great honour to be a recipient of the Karolinska Fellowship as I find myself in the company of the most innovative, up-and-coming global scholars in medical education,’ said senior clinical psychology lecturer at UKZN, Dr Thirusha Naidu after receiving the new award from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.
UKZN’s Medical School Class of ‘69 at their 50-year Reunion held in Durban recently.
Recipients of the College of Humanities 2019 Staff Excellence Awards.Professional and academic staff were recognised for their hard work, dedication and positive impact when the College of Humanities hosted its annual staff excellence awards event at Tala Game Reserve.
Prize winners at the School of Social Sciences Culture Cluster Awards ceremony.The Culture Cluster within the School of Social Sciences held an awards function to honour staff, tutors and lecturers on the Howard College and Pietermaritzburg campuses.
UKZN’s Mr Naren Bhimsan at the SimGHOSTS Conference.UKZN’s Principal Technician in the Discipline of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care in the College of Health Sciences, Mr Naren Bhimsan presented a paper at the SimGHOSTS Conference in Miami titled: New Trend in Training: Taking Hi-Fidelity Simulation Cross-Country to Under-Resourced Anesthetists.
Long service award recipients in the College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science on the Pietermaritzburg campus (left) and on the Westville campus.
From left: Mr Nhlakanipho Mnqayi, Mr Lungisani Ngcobo, Ms Ntandokazi Buthelezi, Ms Nombulelo Ngobese, Mr Thulani Mthembu, Mr Jabulani Nyembe, Ms Nonhlakanipho Ntuli and Mr Muhle Ndwalane.
Prize-giving, 2019 Champions.The 2019 “Champions Cohort” of businessmen and women has promised to “grow seeds planted” during a year-long development programme and to partner with UKZN’s Graduate School of Business and Leadership (GSB&L) in upscaling the initiative.
UKZN Employees at the on-boarding session.
