Published books by UKZN staff members. Bibliophiles can tuck into the latest books by UKZN academics, published by UKZN Press this year. Living Together, Living Apart?, edited by UKZN’s Chris Ballantine, Michael Chapman, Gerhard Maré and the Durban University of Technology’s Kira Erwin, explores social cohesion in South Africa. This book looks at equality/inequality, xenophobia,… Read More »
Second-year Law student and budding pilot, Mr Kyavand Gholizadeh Touchaei. Sticking religiously to his timetable – which includes entries about his social life – has ensured budding pilot Mr Kyavand Gholizadeh Touchaei succeeds in both Law and aviation studies. Second-year Law student, Touchaei has always been fascinated by aeroplanes and cars. It is this passion… Read More »
Professor Kovin Naidoo receives the award at the Saudi Ophthalmology conference. Professor Kovin Naidoo, the Chief Executive Officer of Brien Holden Vision Institute and Professor of Optometry at UKZN has received an award from the Saudi Ophthalmology Society, for his continuing work in preventative ophthalmology, particularly in the areas of avoidable childhood blindness and cataract.… Read More »
Africa Day presents an opportunity for South Africans to reconnect and recommit themselves in support of all government interventions to develop a better Africa and a better world. Background Africa Day celebrates the day when the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the precursor to the African Union (AU), was formed in 1963. It acknowledges the… Read More »
UKZN Vice-Chancellor Dr Albert van Jaarsveld has sent his well wishes to all the staff, students and alumni taking part in the 92nd Comrades Marathon this Sunday. On Wednesday evening Van Jaarsveld delivered his message at a Pasta Evening event held in the foyer of MW Makgoba Admin Building at the Westville campus. He thanked… Read More »
Dr Lihle Qulu. Human Physiology Lecturer and Neuroscientist based in UKZN’s School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, Dr Lihle Qulu, has been selected as a Southern Hemisphere Region Representative for the Society of Neuroscientists of Africa (SONA). SONA, a non-profit organisation registered in Kenya, functions as the umbrella organisation for regional and national neuroscience… Read More »
University of KwaZulu-Natal Examination Timetables The Final Exam Timetable is now available. Please use the following email address for any exam timetable queries: timetables@ukzn.ac.za Title Type Author Date Size Tags MainExamTT Engineering Final .pdf September 26, 340.01 KB Download HC Nov SUPP rev .pdf September 19, 635.64 KB Download HC Nov FINAL rev .pdf… Read More »
UKZN’s Black Lawyers Association Student Chapter (BLAsc) members with guest speakers Professor Nomthandazo Ntlama and Mr Sifiso Msomi. “The Journey Towards Transformation at the Bench” was the title of the recent panel discussion hosted by UKZN’s Black Lawyers Association Student Chapter (BLAsc). The panel discussion at the School of Law on the Howard College campus… Read More »
Students and staff from the School of Mechanical Engineering exhibit their projects at the Cars in the Park event. The six vehicles students and staff of UKZN’s School of Mechanical Engineering exhibited at the annual Cars in the Park event in Pietermaritzburg were all massive crowd pullers! The innovative vehicles – which stood out at… Read More »
UKZN research team members (from left) Mr Heiko Heilgendorff, Ms Ridhima Nunhokee, Dr Cynthia Chiang, and Mr Liju Philip. (Right) the team assembling the 70MHz antennae. A UKZN research team has returned from a trip to Marion Island in the sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean where they conducted work on Probing Radio Intensity at high-Z from the… Read More »