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2023

Year: 2023

BCom Student Jetsetting to Russia for Financial Security Contest

BCom Student Jetsetting to Russia for Financial Security Contest

Congratulations are in order for Bubulumko Ayabulela Ibenathi Bhayi, a first-year BCom: Accounting Science student at the University of Zululand (UNIZULU), who is jetting off to Russia today (Friday, 29 September), where he will participate in the finals of the International Olympiad on Financial Security. The Olympiad is an annual event which unites high school […]

Professor Prince Jaca Joins UNIZULU as the new DVC: Institutional Support

Professor Prince Jaca Joins UNIZULU as the new DVC: Institutional Support

The University of Zululand (UNIZULU) welcomes Professor Prince Jaca, the new Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC): Institutional Support. Prof Jaca assumed his new position on 1 September 2023. The Mzimkulu-born professor brings with him significant leadership skills, knowledge and experience which spans over twenty-seven years in the higher education sector. More than 20 years of his experience was […]

Health and Wellness Issues Take Centre Stage at LGBTQIA+ Seminar

Health and Wellness Issues Take Centre Stage at LGBTQIA+ Seminar

The University of Zululand’s (UNIZULU) Transformation and Social Inclusion Office recently hosted an educative seminar concerning the health and wellness of the LGBTQIA+ community within the institution. This event took place at the King Bhekuzulu Hall in KwaDlangezwa Campus. Menzi Bhengu, who manages the UNIZULU Transformation and Social Inclusion Office, highlighted in his opening remarks […]

THE IMPLICATIONS OF FAILING TO LEAVE A VALID WILL

THE IMPLICATIONS OF FAILING TO LEAVE A VALID WILL

Expert Opinion – Adv Sogoni Leaving a will, also known as a last will and testament, is an important legal document that outlines your wishes regarding the distribution of your assets and the care of your dependants after your death. Last Wills of testament are governed by the Law of Succession Amendment Act 43 of […]

Sustainable Information for Education and Development

Sustainable Information for Education and Development

The most dynamic minds in the Department of information Studies convened at the Imvubu Lodge  in Richards Bay from the 5 to 7 September  2023 for an unparalleled three  days conference of  compelling presentations. These   intellectual deliberations were the commemoration of the 23rd Annual Information Studies conference. The conference offered a podium to serve as […]

Prof Sithole Shines Spotlight on Black Consciousness and Solidarity During VC’s Webinar

Prof Sithole Shines Spotlight on Black Consciousness and Solidarity During VC’s Webinar

The Office of the University of Zululand (UNIZULU) Vice-Chancellor, Professor Xoliswa Mtose, recently held a stimulating webinar/public lecture which touched on matters of black consciousness, black solidarity and the rampant anti-black racism in South Africa. The lecture was titled “The Texture of Biko’s Being: On Mabogo P. More’s philosophical defence of the Native Club”. It […]

Second anthropology and development studies conference day two

Second anthropology and development studies conference day two

On the second and the last day of the second International Anthropology and development Studies, the captivating keynote address was delivered by Dr Lindsay Marcom from Queens University and her presentation entitled “Decolonizing Post Secondary Education – Thoughts on Steps forward locally and globally.”  Dr. Marcom, an associate professor and associate Dean who is now […]

DSI-NRF Strategic Institutional Engagement with UNIZULU

DSI-NRF Strategic Institutional Engagement with UNIZULU

Department of Science and Innovation South African Research Chairs Initiative and Centres of Excellence hosted a Strategic Institutional Engagement at University of Zululand (UNIZULU) . In continuing to develop the National System of Innovation (NSI) the Decidal plan (DP) highlighted the initiatives aimed at expanding and transforming the human resource base of the NSI and […]

UNIZULU academics shine at the 10th MUT Focus Conference

UNIZULU academics shine at the 10th MUT Focus Conference

In a remarkable feat of academic achievement, a team of distinguished researchers from the University of Zululand (UNIZULU) clinched one of the four coveted “Best Paper” accolade at the 10th Focus Conference 2023 held in The Capital Zimbali from 21- 25 August 2023. The paper, entitled “A review of the implications of artificial intelligence tools […]

Memoir: A South African “Fulbrighter” from UNIZULU

Memoir: A South African “Fulbrighter” from UNIZULU

I am Phiwokuhle Qwabe from Empangeni in KwaZulu-Natal. I received my Bachelor of Education in Geography and Languages (English) in 2022. I have been appointed as a South African Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA). I will spend one academic year teaching IsiZulu at Yale University, one of the most prestigious universities in the world […]