Lihle Msweli, a young, dedicated and goal-orientated student originally from Mtubatuba, KwaZulu-Natal is the top achiever in the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering. Msweli was studying towards his Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Microbiology, a degree he strategically chose to be able to advance to a degree in medicine. With devotion, the young […]
Together it has always been and is the best way to be for Mhlophe and Mhlophekazi Makhoba. They aren’t just identical twins, they’re inseparable best friends who tackle life as a team! The twins grew up doing everything together and knew they would go to university together too. This May, they graduated together with the […]
Dr. Clifford Mhlanyukwa Duma has succeeded in proving that age is no object when it comes to pursuing one’s dreams. The determined scholar graduated with a Ph.D. in Anthropology and Development Studies during the recent weeklong University of Zululand (UNIZULU) graduation ceremonies, at the age of 59. Dr. Duma also managed to engrave his name […]
Countless hours of studious behaviour have seen Anita Mkhabela bagging a Bachelor of Education (Foundation Phase) degree along with 17 distinctions. Mkhabela received her richly deserved qualification on Thursday 12 May at 14H00 at the University of Zululand’s (UNIZULU) King Bhekuzulu Hall. She has also made history as he is the first to graduate in […]
Cytochrome P450 enzymes play a key role in producing secondary metabolites or natural compounds. Secondary metabolites are widely used in human and veterinary medicine, agriculture, and manufacturing. Many bacterial species are known to produce secondary metabolites. However, the role of P450 enzymes in the production of secondary metabolites by Salinispora species has not been revealed. […]
Each year on 4 February, World Cancer Day empowers all of us across the world to show support, raise our collective voice, take personal action and press our governments to do more. World Cancer Day is the only day on the global health calendar where we can all unite and rally under the one banner […]
Colleagues, The most complicated infrared space telescope known as James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just reached the observing point 1.5 million km away from the Earth. This observing position known as the Lagrange point 2 (L2) is the point in space where the gravitational pull of two large masses (Earth and Sun) equals the […]
World AIDS Day is commemorated each year on the 1st of December and is an opportunity for every community to unite in the fight against HIV, show support for people living with HIV and remember those who have died. HIV and AIDS in South Africa South Africa has been relentless in its mission to turn […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented disruptions to academic, socio-politico and economic life of South Africa —increasing poverty and food insecurity as well as obliterating gains in employment, accrued over the last decade. Most notably, the COVID-19 pandemic has put into sharp focus the endemic scrouge of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in South African society. Rates […]
Mr Siyanda Mabutho Dominic Manqele, a UNIZULU alumnus, is having a second spell as a UNIZULU employee. Siyanda has recently re-joined the University of Zululand as a manager I Research Ethics and postgraduate studies. Siyanda Manqele was born in Hlabisa in October 1989. He started his primary education at Malusi Omuhle Catholic school in Hlabisa […]
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