Professor Donrich Thaldar.Click here for isiZulu version
An innovative legal research project led by Professor Donrich Thaldar of UKZN’s School of Law has been awarded R18 million in funding by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Dr Asanda Mditshwa.Click here for isiZulu version
Dr Asanda Mditshwa from the School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences (SAEES) has been selected to participate in the National Research Foundation (NRF) and Department of Higher Education and Training’s (DHET) Future Professors Programme (FPP) in recognition of his potential as an up-and-coming academic leader in the field of Horticultural Science.
Dr Precious Mahlambi.Click here for isiZulu version
Dr Precious Mahlambi from the School of Chemistry and Physics has been selected to participate in the National Research Foundation (NRF) and Department of Higher Education and Training’s (DHET) Future Professors Programme (FPP) in recognition of her potential as an up-and-coming academic leader in the field of analytical environmental chemistry.
College of Law and Management Studies academics from left, Professors Vannie Naidoo, Stephen Mutula and Brian McArthur. Professor Vannie Naidoo of UKZN’s College of Law and Management Studies presented a paper titled: Digitisation of African Universities and how it was fast tracked during COVID-19 at the International Conference on Business and Management Dynamics.
Ms Nomzamo Msomi, co-founder and managing director of Kwakhanya Cleaning Services.
Mr Ngila Michael Muendane (left) and Mr Lukhona Mnguni.Click here for isiZulu version
As part of the four-day John Langalibalele Dube Memorial Lecture series, former political prisoner and author Mr Ngila Michael Muendane and PhD candidate in Political Science at UKZN Mr Lukhona Mnguni discussed land, climate change, and Higher Education.
The late Professor Ntongela Masilela.The Centre for Communication, Media and Society (CCMS) within the School of Applied Human Sciences, College of Humanities in association with the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) and the Critical Arts journal hosted the first virtual Ntongela Masilela Colloquium.
Mr Philip Hoekstra.UKZN’s technology transfer office, UKZN InQubate, in partnership with the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Department of Research Contracts and Innovation (RC&I) hosted a webinar on the protection and patenting of the drug discovery process.
Left: Professor John Odindi and right, an image of the Sentinel-2 mission taken by the European Space Agency.UKZN recently held a virtual launch of a new degree, the Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Earth Observation (EO) which will be taught for the first time in 2022 on the University’s Pietermaritzburg campus.
Professors Cherif Keita (left) and Simangaliso Kumalo.Click here for isiZulu version
UKZN’s School of Education and the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics in the College of Humanities, in collaboration with the University Language Planning and Development Office hosted the 2021 John Langalibalele Dube Memorial Lecture.
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The poster depicts a mother mourning the death of her United Democratic Front supporting son who was abducted and slain in the “Natal War”, Mpophomeni. KwaZulu-Natal. 1987 and a busker working outside King’s Park rugby stadium after the game, while Shark’s fans rush home for another cold beer, Durban, 2010.
Cultivating reporting skills for business success.
Dr Learnmore Mwadzingeni (left) and Professor Hussein Shimelis.Professor Hussein Shimelis, Professor of Plant Breeding at UKZN, Deputy Director of the African Centre for Crop Improvement and South African Sugarcane Research Institute Chair of Crop Science, co-authored a paper on breeding drought-tolerant wheat that is among the top 10% most cited papers published in the PLOS ONE open access journal.
UKZN alumnus Professor Dan Remenyi.Student research success and the long and dusty road travelled by students and their supervisors were the topics of discussion at an interactive webinar hosted by the College of Law and Management Studies’ Research Office.
