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Professors Ncoza Dlova, Mergan Naidoo, Mahendra Daya and Dr Keith Shongwe are part of the Medical School Class of 1989 which contributed generously to the humanitarian organisation, Gift of the Givers.

Medical School Class of ’89 raises R130 000 for Communities Affected by Recent Violence

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UKZN’s Medical School Class of 1989 comprising key leaders in the Medical community at provincial, national and global levels as well as those from academic and private sectors, fundraised R130 000 within a week to assist communities affected by the recent violence and looting in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.

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Mr Luthando Molefe.

Education Student a Finalist in SA Ten Outstanding Young Persons for 2021 Programme

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Master of Education student Mr Luthando Molefe is a finalist in the Junior Chamber International (JCI) SA Ten Outstanding Young Persons (JCI SA TOYP) for 2021 in the category: Academic Leadership and/or Accomplishment.

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Commemorating International Day of Substance Abuse and Drug Trafficking by encouraging students to #KickTheHabit.

Get High on Grades Not Drugs - #KickTheHabit

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Student Support Services (SSS) in the College of Health Sciences (CHS) hosted a webinar titled: Addressing Substance Use and Abuse after identifying a need for conversations on the issue following a noticeable increase in the problem among UKZN students.

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Mandela Day

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Mandela Day is celebrated on 18 July every year with the idea being to take action, inspire change and make every day a Mandela Day.

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Clockwise from top left: Professor Hussein Shimelis, Dr Nasser Yao, Professor Richard Sikora, Dr Ephrame Havazvidi, Dr Jean Claude Rubyogo, Mr David Cochrane, and Dr Shadrack Moephuli.

Webinar Series to Strengthen Plant Breeding in Africa

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As part of the international Demand-Led Breeding (DLB) project that is using the science of plant breeding to transform small-scale agriculture in Africa, members of the project based at UKZN’s African Centre for Crop Improvement (ACCI) are hosting a series of online dialogues to strengthen plant breeding and to make the case for investing in demand-led plant breeding in southern Africa.

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Five films from the Durban FilmMart (DFM) will be screened at this year’s Durban International Film Festival (DIFF).

Film Festival to Screen Durban FilmMart Alumni Projects

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Five films from the Durban FilmMart (DFM) will be screened at this year’s Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) - 22 July to 1 August - hosted by the College of Humanities.

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Drs Brett van Niekerk (top) and Trishana Ramluckan at the virtual 20th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security.

UKZN Researchers Contribute to International Cyber Security Conference

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Four UKZN researchers presented papers at the 20^th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security hosted online by the University of Chester in England.

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Ms Smangele Nkosingiphile Shandu.

Criminology Student Awarded NRF Research Funding for Youth Transformation

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PhD student in Criminology and Forensic Studies Ms Smangele Nkosingiphile Shandu has been awarded funding by the National Research Foundation (NRF) for her research titled: The Developments of a Prosecutorial Approach to Combat Income Tax Fraud in South Africa.

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Festival participants (from left) Ms Tankiso Mamabola, Ms Roné Roux, Mr Godfrey Johnson, and Mr Zeph Zama.

Centre for Creative Arts Hosts Cabaret and Beyond Festival

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The Centre for Creative Arts (CCA) within the College of Humanities has chosen a group of writers and composers to perform in its inaugural Cabaret and Beyond Festival (CAB) aimed at developing new works of musical theatre.

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The ALTERNATION journal (left) and Professor Rozena Maart.

UKZN Academic Hosts Virtual Symposium on Decolonial Collection

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UKZN academic Professor Rozena Maart hosted an online symposium related to the feature - Decoloniality and Decolonial Education: South Africa and the World - she edited in the journal ALTERNATION.

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From left: Dr Upasana Singh, Professor Purshottama Reddy, Professor Maxwell Phiri, and Dr Perienen Appavoo.

UKZN Academics Publish Book to Help Navigate the e-World

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A new book titled Global Trends in Management, IT and Governance in an e-World has been published by UKZN academics Dr Upasana Singh, Professor Purshottama Reddy and Professor Maxwell Phiri of the School of Management Information Technology and Governance (SMIG) together with the Head of Research at the Open University of Mauritius (OU), Dr Perienen Appavoo.

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From left, top row: Dr Beulah Shekhar, Professor Steven Collings, and Dr Nomakhosi Sibisi. Bottom row: Ms Cleola Govender, Professor Nirmala Gopal, and Ms Hazel Langa.

Curbing the Menace of Bullying Investigated During a UKZN Webinar

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Curbing the Menace of Bullying - the Need of the Hour was the theme of a UKZN Corporate Relations Division webinar which aimed to get a better understanding of why and how bullying exists in communities, as well as to find ways to reduce the scourge.

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