The University of Zululand (UNIZULU) Pastoral Care Unit in collaboration with Transformation and Social Inclusion, recently hosted UNIZULU first year students Gender Based Violence (GBV) awareness campaign held Richards Bay Campus. The Theme: Eradicating GBV at UNIZULU. The campaign was aimed at raising awareness encompassing the multifaceted issues of GBV in Higher education institutions , […]
Month: March 2023
UNITY IN DIVERSITY: A GLIMPSE INTO THE SA HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM
The South African higher education system bears the scars of a broken system that was essentially inequitable and distinguished along the lines of race and ethnicity. The period between 1948 to 1993 was characterised by legalised, unequal, and separate education, fashioned along the ideology of apartheid and unfortunately this scarring has continued into the new […]
UNIZULU’s Disability Unit Welcomes Differently Abled Academics in the year 2023
The Disability Unit under the Student Services Department recently hosted an imbizo in the iconic King Bhekuzulu Hall KwaDlangezwa campus, to welcome students living with challenging abilities in the year 2023. The occasion was to create awareness on issues of disabilities and chronic challenges. It also aimed to create a platform for students to speak […]
Humans rights – “ the idea of our time’.
Human Rights Awareness Month is celebrated in March to hark back South Africans about the martyrs that accompanied the struggle for the attainment of democracy in South Africa. Human Rights Day on 21 March falls within this period. The Department of Political and International Studies (POLIS) in the faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at […]
International Pi Day-Its meaning and significance – Expert Opinion
USA EMBASSY VISITS THE UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND
The Internationalization Office at the University of Zululand (UNIZULU) recently hosted the US Embassy . 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 objective of the engagement was for UNIZULU to showcase how it […]
ALLY “The algorithm”: An edutainment based on Cyberbullying in the Zululand region
Enthusiasm was exceptionally lofty at the University of Zululand’s Creative Arts Department, 8 March 2023 as academics were preparing to present the enlightening show of anti-cyberbullying- ALLY “The algorithm”. Masedi Manenye, a lecturer in the Creative Arts department, presented a warm reception to the attendees which also included the KwaDlangezwa High School learners. ALLY “The […]