UKZN academics (from left) Professor Petra Brysiewicz, Professor Thirumala Govender, Professor Kavilan Moodley and Professor Lembe Magwaza.Click here for the isiZulu version
Three UKZN academics are among 31 of the country’s leading scholars and scientists inaugurated as members of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) while a colleague is one of 10 admitted to the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS).
Dr Sinaye Ngcapu ecstatic to receive NIH R01 grant.Click here for the isiZulu version
Honorary lecturer at UKZN and scientist at the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) Dr Sinaye Ngcapu has been awarded the prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant.
Postdoctoral researcher at UKZN’s Centre for Quantum Technology, Dr Uriri Solomon.Click here for the isiZulu version
Postdoctoral researcher at UKZN’s Centre for Quantum Technology Dr Uriri Solomon was a member of the winning team at the recent Qiskit Hackathon Global - a 24-hour virtual experience.
A virtual strategic planning workshop was hosted by the School of Clinical Medicine.The School of Clinical Medicine (SCM) hosted a two-day strategic planning workshop attended by clinicians, academics and professional staff at the School. ‘What will it take from us to achieve what we seek?’ was the main focus of the virtual event.
Poetry Africa festival opens under the theme: Poetry as the Voice of Social Change. 
Poet Mafika Gwala. The 2020 Mafika Gwala Annual Lecture, launched in 2015 as a collaboration between the College of Humanities and South African History Online (SAHO), was featured this year at the opening of the Poetry Africa Festival as a livestreamed panel discussion themed: Poets, Artists and the Voices of Resistance in the 1970s.
Eco-warrior, Ms Palesa Mchunu. UKZN alumnus Ms Palesa Mchunu is a semi-finalist in the Miss Earth South Africa pageant - a leadership programme that aims to empower young South African women with the knowledge and a platform to create a sustainable difference in the struggle against the destruction of the country’s natural heritage.
UKZN alumnus, Dr Amanda Zondo.
UKZN academics Professor Verusia Chetty (right) and Professor Rowena Naidoo.Click here for the isiZulu version
UKZN academics have helped provide input for two policy briefs aimed at giving guidance to governments and civil societies in Africa on the critical need for people to stay physically active during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr Jenny Russell.Dr Jenny Russell received the Grassland Society of Southern Africa (GSSA) medal for outstanding academic achievement, awarded for her exceptional PhD in Grassland Science, shortly before her death earlier this month.
UKZN’s annual Cuppa for CANSA was hosted virtually this year. Clockwise from top left: Dr Sharlene Parasnath, Ms Tracey Brand, Dr Julia Ambler, Mr Xolani Hlongwane, Dr Mariam Seedat Khan and Ms Agie Govender.
Mr Barend Pretorius (left) and Dr Brett van Niekerk.
UKZN Ophthalmology staff took up the Jerusalema challenge to victory!
Academics and students on the set of the video presentation. Students in the Masters module, Leading in Turbulent Environments, got a taste of dynamic complexity when guest lecturer, Dr Shamim Bodhanya, devised an online simulation that gave the class the opportunity to experience first-hand how organisational decisions made in silos contribute to VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity).
