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Month: May 2023

Productive Things to do During Load Shedding

Productive Things to do During Load Shedding

Load shedding: a proudly South African term that describes a state that has become the bane of every citizen’s existence. We beg your pardon if, by merely reading those two infamous words, your emotions have flared. Honestly, this reaction is understandable. If the power-cuts don’t trigger frustration due to the inability to perform a work […]

Prof Vezi-Magigaba: An Award Collector of Note

Prof Vezi-Magigaba: An Award Collector of Note

As part of the University of Zululand’s (UNIZULU) celebration of excellence, Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Xoliswa Mtose acknowledges and recognises academic staff for their outstanding research, teaching and learning, and community engagement endeavours.  In the University’s vision for 2022-2027, excellence is defined as the discovery and pursuit of excellence through teaching, learning, research, and innovation. […]

Improve Your Physical Wellness in 2023 and Beyond

Improve Your Physical Wellness in 2023 and Beyond

Scientifically, we refer to physical wellness as physical fitness which may be defined as the ability of our body systems to work together efficiently to allow one to perform daily activities. Today’s society is obsessed with being thin and we often associate being thin with being healthy or being physically fit. This is untrue, a […]

Promising Partnership Between the Department of Recreation and Tourism and the Zululand District Municipality

Promising Partnership Between the Department of Recreation and Tourism and the Zululand District Municipality

The Department of Recreation and Tourism (DRT) in the University of Zululand (UNIZULU) has started the year on a very positive note. It recently held a meeting with the tourism manager of the Zululand District Municipality (ZDM), Archie Khumalo, where a discussion about a collaboration between UNIZULU and ZDM, community development projects and the Zululand […]

UNIZULU to host Community Engagement Inaugural Conference

UNIZULU to host Community Engagement Inaugural Conference

The Community Engagement Office at the University of Zululand (UNIZULU) is gearing up to host its inaugural International Community Engagement Conference themed: “We are because you are: Community Engagement and the scholarship of engagement interface. Promoting meaningful Social Partnerships and Engagements in Communities in Southern Africa.” The conference will take place from 28 – 30 […]

Entrepreneurship Takes Spotlight During US Embassy Visit to UNIZULU

Entrepreneurship Takes Spotlight During US Embassy Visit to UNIZULU

The University of Zululand (UNIZULU) Internationalisation Office recently hosted the US Embassy at the KwaDlangezwa Campus. In attendance were Jaclyn Cole, Public Diplomacy Officer (U.S. Consulate General Durban); Frank Whitaker, Country Public Affairs Officer (U.S. Embassy Pretoria); and Susan Knowles (U.S. Consulate General Durban).  The purpose of the engagement was for UNIZULU to showcase how […]

Make Realistic Wellbeing Goals and Keep Them Alive!

Make Realistic Wellbeing Goals and Keep Them Alive!

We are in the new year and it’s so easy to make resolutions… but very hard to keep them. Most of the goals that are termed New Year’s resolutions unfortunately hardly last till February. In 2023, let’s try and get to February and beyond with our goals rather than resolutions. One major reason most resolutions […]

UNIZULU Involved in Antimicrobial Resistance Solution

UNIZULU Involved in Antimicrobial Resistance Solution

The Department of Chemistry at the University of Zululand (UNIZULU) is at the forefront of a drug discovery for antimicrobial resistance. Professor Thavendran Govender, representing UNIZULU in collaboration with the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) InQubate, is among sixteen scholars leading this research project.  The study has culminated in an article that was recently published in […]

Sasol Foundation and Sifiso EdTech Launch Robotics Lab at UNIZULU Science Centre

Sasol Foundation and Sifiso EdTech Launch Robotics Lab at UNIZULU Science Centre

The University of Zululand (UNIZULU) Science Centre, rated as one of the best in Africa, now boasts a new robotics laboratory which has been sponsored by Sasol Foundation in partnership with Sifiso Edtech, a company founded by Sizwe Nxasana and Dr Judy Dlamini that provides turnkey educational robotics solutions to schools. The fully equipped lab […]

Buti Manamela Gives UNIZULU BEd Graduates Salient Advice

Buti Manamela Gives UNIZULU BEd Graduates Salient Advice

Newly qualified educators, whose degrees were conferred during the recent 2023 University of Zululand (UNIZULU) graduation ceremonies, were urged to become ardent professionals who perpetually seek innovative teaching methods and go beyond the call of duty. Imploring the graduates was Honourable Buti Manamela, Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, who was a guest […]