Ms Lindelwe Mabika has won an award for conducting research on the use of grass as a biocontrol agent.Ms Lindelwe Mabika, who completed a Biological Sciences Honours degree in 2019, has received the JD Scott Award for the best student in Grassland Science after conducting research on the use of grass as a biocontrol agent for a plant that is invasive in numerous countries.
Second-year Bachelor of Nursing students with their lecturers.Click here for isiZulu version
UKZN’s second-year Nursing students conducted an intervention programme aimed at making a positive contribution in the fight against drug abuse in Austerville, Durban, as part of their Community Nursing module.
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Poetry Africa is set to take place from 12 to 17 October.
Head of the Discipline of Nephrology at UKZN, Professor Alain Assounga.A medical team led by UKZN’s Professor Alain Assounga has trained 23 Nephrologists using a College of Medicine syllabus and Grey’s Hospital in Pietermaritzburg and the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital (IALCH) in Durban as teaching platforms.
At the webinar (clockwise from top left): Professor Rozena Maart, Dr Maserole Kgari-Masondo, Dr Mlamuli Hlatshwayo, Ms Wendy Knowler, Professor Thuli Madonsela, and Ms Shannon-Leigh Landers.Following the social media outrage sparked by a Clicks online post that featured a TRESemmé advert, UKZN’s Corporate Relations Division hosted a webinar titled: Why does Black Identity Remain in the Margins of Corporate Companies in SA?
Professor Pranitha Maharaj with her book titled: Health and Care in Old Age in Africa.
Highlights from the Enactus UKZN Award Ceremony for farmers.Twenty-one farmers from Umbumbulu south of Durban have been awarded a skills development accreditation in Plant Production by Enactus UKZN in partnership with Toutele Agriculture College South Africa and AgriSETA.
Professor Mosa Moshabela, Dean and Head of the School of Nursing and Public Health at UKZN.Click here for isiZulu version
Dean and Head of UKZN’s School of Nursing and Public Health Professor Mosa Moshabela and Professor Lucy Gilson of the University of Cape Town’s School of Public Health and Family Medicine led an informative online discussion on global health, development and colonialism.
Presenters at the annual Steve Biko Memorial Lecture were (from left): Professor Towani Duchscher, Mr Brian Kamanzi, Mr Pule Monama and Advocate Mojankunyane Gumbi.Click here for isiZulu version
Biko’s Quest for True Humanity: Racism and Corruption as Crimes against Humanity, was the title of the 2020 Annual Steve Biko Memorial Lecture hosted online by UKZN and the UMTAPO Centre.
Co-authors Professors Purshottama Reddy and Henry Wissink.Click here for isiZulu version
A text book titled: Reflections on African Cities in Transition - Selected Continental Experiences has been written and published by a group of UKZN and international scholars and practitioners as well as masters and doctoral students.
Scenes from the International Translation Day webinar.In celebration of International Translation Day (ITD) which was held on Wednesday, 30 September, UKZN hosted a webinar titled: Finding the Words for a World in Crisis: Language Practitioners’ Challenges and Opportunities Presented by the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Award winners (clockwise from top left): Ms Shinese Ashockoomar, Mr Marshlin Delon Naicker, Mr Oluwaseun Faborode, Mr Joastin Naidoo, Dr Dharshni Pillay, Ms Zakithi Mkhize, and Ms Andile Mtshali.In the face of the huge challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, a total of 26 projects were presented at the annual research symposium of the School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences.
UKZN academics (from left) Dr Patricia Opondo, Professor Sihawukele Ngubane and Ms Gugu Mkhize.
UKZN alumnus and published author, Dr Quraisha Dawood.
Member of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19, UKZN’s Professor Nombulelo Magula.
