September 2017

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September 2017

Month: September 2017

UNIZULU Launches Engineering Advisory Board Forum

UNIZULU Launches Engineering Advisory Board Forum

Great minds met when the industry think tanks converged at the University of Zululand’s Richards Bay Campus for the inaugural UNIZULU Engineering Faculty Advisory Board meeting. The key purpose of the Engineering Advisory Board will be to serve as a liaison between the University and industrial sector while incorporating civil society. Members of the Engineering […]

UNIZULU Celebrates Heritage Day

UNIZULU Celebrates Heritage Day

South Africa is one of the most beautiful and culturally diverse countries in the world, and one way that the country’s citizens showcase this beauty and diversity is through Heritage Day. Heritage Day- a South African public holiday- is a day in which all citizens are encouraged to celebrate their cultural traditions in the wider […]

All Set for Science & Agriculture Faculty Research Symposium

The University of Zululand is gearing up to host the annual Faculty of Science and Agriculture Research Symposium where matters relating to the fields of science and agriculture will be discussed. These include Botany, Bio Kinetics (including Sports Science and Human Movement Science), Chemistry, Biochemistry, Computer Science, Consumer Sciences, Geography, Hydrology, Microbiology, Physics and Zoology. […]

All Set for Science & Agriculture Faculty Research Symposium

The University of Zululand is gearing up to host the annual Faculty of Science and Agriculture Research Symposium where matters relating to the fields of science and agriculture will be discussed. These include Botany, Bio Kinetics (including Sports Science and Human Movement Science), Chemistry, Biochemistry, Computer Science, Consumer Sciences, Geography, Hydrology, Microbiology, Physics and Zoology. […]

Entrepreneurship is the Future!

Entrepreneurship is the Future!

If unemployment is a disease; then entrepreneurship is the cure. This was one of the inspiring statements made during the Lecture on Entrepreneurship and Unemployment hosted by the UNIZULU (University of Zululand) Convocation recently. The lecture was presented by Zibu MaSotobe, UNIZULU alumna, business consultant and coach who is also the Founder of Money Revolution […]

UNIZULU Holds SRC Elections

UNIZULU Holds SRC Elections

Elections for the new Student Representative Council (SRC) went underway yesterday (Thursday, 14 September 2017) with students from the University coming out in numbers to cast their votes for their preferred candidates. Elections for the new Student Representative Council (SRC) went underway yesterday (Thursday, 14 September 2017) with students from the University coming out in numbers […]

MBALI Conference Addresses Pertinent Small Business Issues

MBALI Conference Addresses Pertinent Small Business Issues

The Faculty of Commerce, Administration and Law at the University of Zululand (UNIZULU) has once again organised an exceptional Management, Business, Administration and Legal Initiatives (MBALI) Entrepreneurship Symposium which aims to address the plight of small business owners. The MBALI Entrepreneurship Symposium began on Wednesday, 13 September 2017, and ended on Thursday, 14 September. The […]

Getting Up Close and Personal with Research

Getting Up Close and Personal with Research

Wednesday, 13 September 2017, saw the most interactive part of the annual UNIZULU Research Awareness Week during the Open Day part of the weeklong event where the main objective was to stimulate interest in research through an “up close and personal” approach. The Research Awareness Week began on Monday, 11 September 2017, and ends on […]

Shining Light on the Importance of Research

Shining Light on the Importance of Research

The annual Research Awareness Week at the University of Zululand is currently underway, with the launch of this year’s event placing strong emphasis on the need for universities to conduct research in order to help society move forward. The weeklong event- which started on Monday, 11 September and ends on Friday, 15 September 2017- hosted […]

UNIZULU Gears Up for SAICA BCom in Accounting Science Degree Accreditation

The University of Zululand (UNIZULU) held the SAICA Accreditation Awareness on Monday, 11 September 2017, and Tuesday, 12 September 2017, in preparation for the highly-anticipated accreditation process of the University’s BCom in Accounting Science degree by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA). The accreditation process will take place next month (October) from the […]