Faculty of Arts

The IKSC’s vision is to be a leading Documentation Centre dedicated in upholding an Afro centric world view that affirms the importance of African culture, tradition and will be dedicated for the preservation, protection and dissemination of science and technology related reports and documents.

Mission

To mount IKS exhibits of research outputs on posters, digital doorway, and mounted visuals at the Science Centre, Richards Bay.
To create a functional database information system for the preservation, protection and dissemination of IK.
To serve as a resource base for indigenous knowledge from various communities in the country.
To support the use of indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) in the socio-economic development process in South Africa.

Core Business of the IKS Centre

To set up and manage the IKS Centre.
To document Science and Technology, IKS related reports and documents.
To provide strategic leadership and managerial roles for the IKS Centre.

UPDATE REPORT INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS CENTRE (IKSC) OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND

Contact details

Prof TAP Gumbi
Centre Manager
Indigenous Knowledge Systems Centre
University of Zululand
Private Bag X 1001
3886 KWA-DLANGEZWA
SOUTH AFRICA.

Tel: +27 35 902 6621/6663
Fax: 0865472229/0359026082
Email:tapgumbi@pan.uzulu.ac.za