Category Archives: University of Kwazulu-Natal (UKZN)

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Saudi Ophthalmology Award to UKZN Professor for Work in Childhood Blindness and Cataract

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 2025

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 »

Renowned Musician Hugh Masekela Receives Honorary Doctorate

<style type="text/css"> div.image_boxR { background-color:#EEEEEE; border:1px solid #CCCCCC; float:left; margin-right:10px; padding:5px; position:relative; } </style> <div class="image_boxR"> <div style="text-align: left;"><img alt="" /><img src="http://www.ukzn.ac.za/images/news-images/renowned-musician-hugh-masekela-receives-honorary-doctorate__.jpg?sfvrsn=0" title="Renowned-Musician-Hugh-Masekela-Receives-Honorary-Doctorate__" /> </div> <div>Dr Hugh Masekela receives an Honorary <br /> Doctorate in Music from UKZN. </div> </div> <p>African Music living-legend and political struggle icon Dr Hugh Masekela was awarded an Honorary Doctorate… Read More »

Umqeqeshi Wase-UKZN Ulekelele Ontwezayo Ukuba Anqobe Indondo Yegolide

Mr Siyabonga Shezi, uqeqeshe umhlengi wase-Scottburgh uMnu Jonathan Rorke. Click here for the English version Umfundi weziqu zeMastazi KwezeSayensi YokuVocavoca Umzimba Nokungcebeleka  uMnu Siyabonga Shezi uqeqeshe ongumhlengi wababhukudi wase-Scottburgh uMnu Jonathan Rorke lapho enqobe khona wahlabana ngendondo yegolide emqhudelwaneni i- General Tyre South African Lifesaving Championships. U-Rorke, ongumfundi e-Mangosuthu University of Technology, ugijime amamitha angama-90… Read More »

Candidate Elected GreenMatter Fellow

Mr Adesegun Quam Popoola. Masters candidate in Agrometeorology in the School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences (SAEES) Mr Adesegun Quam Popoola is one of 10 young professionals in South Africa selected as a recipient of a GreenMatter Fellowship Award. The award, which aims to drive transformation in graduate level skills in biodiversity, is sponsored… Read More »