UKZN staff members who were vaccinated at the Howard College vaccination site.The University is the first academic institution in KwaZulu-Natal to be officially approved as a COVID-19 vaccination site. Deputy Vice-Chancellor for the College of Health Sciences, Professor Busi Ncama has been instrumental in leading the vaccination rollout at UKZN in partnership with the KZN Department of Health.
Dr Benedict Olalusi.Click here for isiZulu version
Cement & Concrete SA (CCSA), a consolidated body which is a leader in all matters relating to cement and concrete in South Africa, has named lecturer at UKZN’s School of Engineering Dr Benedict Olalusi as South Africa’s top Young Concrete Researcher for 2021.
Ms Tracy Vongai Mapfumo.The College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science (CAES) began its Alumni Talk series with a presentation by and conversation with alumnus Ms Tracy Vongai Mapfumo, the founder of healthy snack company Eny’s Treats, and cum laude Agricultural Plant Science graduate who expounded on what led her to start her company, named after her late mother, Eniya Dengu.
From left: Ms Roasia Hazarilall, Professor Donrich Thaldar and Mr Bonginkosi Shozi.Judgment has been given in a landmark case in the Pretoria High Court during which Professor Donrich Thaldar of UKZN’s School of Law served as an amicus curiae, enlisting the assistance of postgraduate students Mr Bonginkosi Shozi and Ms Roasia Hazarilall for behind-the-scenes research.
Dr Yashaen Luckan with his new book.Architecture lecturer Dr Yashaen Luckan has launched a new book titled: The Recognition of Prior Learning in Post-Apartheid South Africa: An Alternative Pedagogy for Transformation of the Built Environment Professions.
Clockwise from top left: Dialogue participants and speakers Dr Petra Schmitter, Mr Dhesigen Naidoo, Professor Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi, Professor Sylvester Mpandeli, Professor Ragab Ragab, Mr Peter Townshend, Dr Vimbayi Chimonyo, Dr Aidan Senzanje and Dr Abebe Chukalla.Click here for isiZulu version
UKZN’s Centre for Transformative Agricultural and Food Systems (CTAFS) partnered with South Africa’s Water Research Commission (WRC) to co-host a virtual dialogue on the topic of enhancing water security through improved agricultural water productivity.
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National Women’s Day is celebrated in South Africa every year during August - a significant time as back on 9 August in 1956 about 20 000 women of all races marched to Pretoria’s Union Buildings as a protest against Black women having to carry passes.
Durban International Film Festival award winners (from left) Downstream to Kinshasa; Ala Kachuu - Take and Run; and A Little Bird Reminds Me. Click here for isiZulu version
The 2021 Durban International Film Festival, organised by the Centre for Creative Arts (CCA) within the College of Humanities, has announced its award winners, ahead of the screening of the closing documentary film, Threshold by Brazilian director Coraci Ruiz.
Mr Luthando Molefe.Click here for isiZulu version
Master of Education candidate Mr Luthando Molefe was the only Black student in UKZN’s Bachelor of Education Honours Class of 2020 to achieve a summa cum laude pass!
Panellists from the webinar from left: Dr Gita Suraj-Narayan, Mrs Busisiwe Ramabodu, Ms Sheroma Surajnarayan and Mr Bhupendra Suraj-Narayan.
