Mr Vamisa Nzima. Second year Drama and Performance Studies student Mr Vamisa Nzima dedicates his free time to innovative projects in order to improve the lives of those in need, particularly fellow students. One of the projects is an organisation – established in response to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) the crisis –… Read More »
Professor Benn Sartorius. UKZN’s Professor Benn Sartorius is a co-author of a study describing levels and trends for mortality and non-fatal health outcomes in children and adolescents aged 19 years and younger in 195 countries from 1990 to 2015. The study, titled: “Global Decline in Deaths Among Children, Adolescents but Progress Uneven”, aims to provide… 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 »
UKZN once again has won gold and the trophy for the best individual stand at the Royal Show. Britney Spears must have had UKZN specifically in mind when she penned the lyrics for her famous song, “Oops! I did it again” – for once again the College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science has pulled the proverbial… 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 »
Team UKZN in high spirits at Comrades . I take great pleasure in congratulating all of our students, staff and alumni who participated in the 92nd Comrades Marathon. I thank you for being great ambassadors for UKZN. Your sheer commitment and dedication in participating in one of the world’s greatest marathons is admirable and inspiring.… Read More »
Dr Albert van Jaarsveld with Mr Fanle Sibisi, UKZN staff members and alumni. UKZN alumni based in Pietermaritzburg and surrounding areas enjoyed an opportunity to interact with the Vice-Chancellor and Principal Dr Albert van Jaarsveld at a lunch held at the Protea Hotel in Hilton. The function was organised as a networking and information sharing… Read More »
Professor Fatima Suleman. UKZN’s Pharmaceutical Sciences Associate Professor, Fatima Suleman has been appointed, by the Utrecht University in The Netherlands, as the Prince Claus Chair of Development and Equity for the theme Affordable (Bio)Therapeutics for Public Health. She will hold the position until September 2018. To formally accept the position, Suleman delivered a lecture titled:… 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 »