Dr Macdonald Kanyangale (left) and Mr Dhashen Naicker of UKZN’s Graduate School of Business and Leadership at the 2019 PMR.africa Excellence Awards ceremony. The Graduate School of Business and Leadership (GSB&L) has been ranked third in South Africa based on a survey conducted between March and May this year by the Professional Management Review (PMR) of South African Accredited Business Schools.
UKZN alumnus and musician Zakes Bantwini. Click here for isiZulu version
Award-winning South African House musician and UKZN Music alumnus Mr Zakhele Madida, known on stage as Zakes Bantwini, has been accepted into the prestigious Harvard University Business School in the United States.
Professor Pragashnie Govender (right) with her family, husband Sathiesh, mum and daughter, Giana Ruby.Click here for isiZulu version
UKZN Occupational Therapy academic Professor Pragashnie Govender is a finalist in the National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) South 32 Research Awards - also known as the Science Oscars.
At the webinar were (from left) Professor Sihawukele Ngubane, Professor Johannes John-Langba, Dr Candice Moore and Professor Eugene Maafo Darteh.Click here for isiZulu version
UKZN hosted a webinar that examined Africa’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant impact on peace, security, public health and social development.
UKZN PhD student, Mr Sepele Matlala has launched an agency that will help address the high rate of unemployment in South Africa.A UKZN PhD student in Leadership Studies, Mr Sepele Matlala, has launched Viwe Development Council, a socio-economic development agency to look after the interests of investors with the ultimate aim of addressing the high rate of unemployment in South Africa and beyond.
Ms Natalie dos Santos with a handful of loggerhead turtle hatchlings as she collected data about the new arrivals.A UKZN Marine Biology honours student’s experiences while doing research on the impact of climate change on sex ratios of turtle hatchlings has been published by journalism training agency Roving Reporters and online newspaper the Daily Maverick.
Mr Luthando Molefe of UKZN and Ms Kgotsofalang Mei of the University of Fort Hare.
Bachelor of Laws graduate, Mr Nkosinathi Masinga.
UKZN doctoral student, Mr Clement Agoni.Click here for isiZulu version
Doctoral student in the School of Health Sciences, Mr Clement Agoni has been selected to serve on an 11-member COVID-19 steering committee of the Global Shapers Community - an initiative started by the World Economic Forum in 2011.
UKZN’s Mr Tony Singarum has been volunteering his time during the lockdown to spread awareness during the pandemic.The COVID-19 pandemic has sent the world into survival mode with many South Africans unable to work or go about their daily life, prompting UKZN’s Mr Tony Singarum to volunteer his time by spreading awareness about the virus and assisting Law Enforcement Officials with compliance regulations in his community.
Professor Yousuf Vawda (left) and Professor Brook K Baker.
From left: Dr Upasana Singh, Professor Cecile Gerwel Proches and Dr Cristy Leask.The COVID-19 pandemic wave that spread like wildfire was similar to a personal wave of anxiety with tension heightened by media images and reports of increasing daily infections and deaths, leading to a desire to keep one’s family safe.
Academic and community activist Dr Lubna Nadvi participated in a webinar on the South African government’s response to COVID-19.
By default, online teaching and learning is becoming the future.
From left: Dr Cristy Leask, Dr Upasana Singh and Professor Cecile Gerwel Proches.The global pandemic COVID-19 has created major disruption across the world. Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have been affected significantly, with students and staff vacating campuses as lockdowns approached.
