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2020

Year: 2020

DJ Facebuk to dominate the Miami centre stage

DJ Facebuk to dominate the Miami centre stage

The University of Zululand is continuing in its zest of producing highly competent graduates and alumnus who dominate and excel in all spheres on top of their sterling academic performance. The 28 years old Kwazi Zungu is no ordinary alumnus having completed the Diploma in Public Relations and recently a highly sought after LLB qualification […]

Notice on financial aid related queries

Notice on financial aid related queries

29 April 2020 Dear Students Please note that students can direct any Financial Aid related queries to the following individuals in the Financial Aid Office during the lockdown period:   NSFAS related queries, please contact Ms Shelembe on ShelembeM@unizulu.ac.za Other Private Sponsor queries, please contact Mr Naidoo on NaidooV@unizulu.ac.za   The Financial Aid Office can […]

CHINA,  THE MOTHER OF PANDEMICS,   DOES IT AGAIN!

CHINA,  THE MOTHER OF PANDEMICS,   DOES IT AGAIN!

Opinion Piece When President Trump called the novel corona virus the Chinese virus the libertarian and ultra-human-rightist questioned it as a racial slur which he denied and explained that it is a Chinese virus because it has come from China.  This reply of President Donald Trump unsettled my mind and therefore I looked through the […]

Opinion Piece

Opinion Piece

In the midst of the deadly COVID-19 outbreak, where does an ordinary South African stand? Since the breaking of the news about Coronavirus (Covid-19) in China, there has been an extremely rapid spread of the infection worldwide.  Despite the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) diligence on and well-deserved attention given to the Covid-19 matter, the infection […]

Vice-Chancellor’s COVID-19 Information Sharing Sessions for Staff

Vice-Chancellor’s COVID-19 Information Sharing Sessions for Staff

The COVID-19 is a growing concern all over the world. South Africa’s national Department of Health and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases remain on high alert and have stated that they are adequately prepared for early detection, case management and the prevention of onward spread. With the first reported case in South Africa having […]

UNIZULU’s RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

UNIZULU’s RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

16 March 2020 The University’s response is guided by the nature of the virus, the national response, and the institutional context. It is common cause that Corona virus epidemic has escalated to the point where it is declared a pandemic by both the Centre of Disease Control and World Health Organization. The implications of this […]

UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND COUNCIL STATEMENT

UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND COUNCIL STATEMENT

12 March 2020 The University of Zululand Council met with University Management on the 9th March 2020 to reflect on the unfolding developments at the University. These developments include amongst others submissions that were made to the Department of Higher Education and Training and various media publications and statements issued by identifiable as well as […]

Closure and suspension of academic programme

Closure and suspension of academic programme

02 MARCH 2020 Due to the current acts of violence that include threats to human life, harassment, intimidation and destruction of property by students, the University Management, in consultation with the Chairperson of Council, has decided to close the KwaDlangezwa Campus of the University of Zululand with immediate effect. As a result of the closure […]