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 […]
The University of Zululand (UNIZULU) Writing Centre, a unit under the Teaching and Learning Centre, appointed a group of 17 student assistants in January 2020 to augment the day-to-day services provided by the staff in the centre. Of the total number of assistants, 15 will service the KwaDlangezwa Campus while the remaining two will service […]
In order to produce leaders who will help improve the state of the country, institutions of higher learning need to be cognisant of the critical role they play in shaping society and thus take their rightful position. This was the view of Advocate Tseliso Thipanyane, human rights activist and Chief Executive Officer of the South […]
The life and times of the late Professor Khabi Vivian Mngoma, an influential music legend and former lecturer of the University of Zululand (UNIZULU), were celebrated through an educative memorial lecture which was held at the King Bhekuzulu Hall on Monday, 18 November 2019. The event couldn’t have come at a more opportune time as […]
World-celebrated musician and UNIZULU alumna Dr Sibongile Khumalo recently paid students from the University’s Creative Arts Department a visit. The famous star sat down with the students in their arts auditorium and had in-depth discussions with the beaming young creatives. She advised the budding artists through lessons learned from her experiences in the entertainment industry. […]
It was a literary showdown at the UNIZULU Writing Centre last week Thursday (17 October 2019) as students from the KwaDlangezwa Campus sought to out-write one another in a quest to be crowned the best creative writer in the institution. An initiative of the Writing Centre, the Creative Writing Competition was held in part celebration […]
Chocolates, cards and special messages were the order of the day during UNIZULU’s recent Secretaries Day event which was held at the Vice-Chancellor’s Lounge in the KwaDlangezwa Campus. Secretaries Day, also known as Administrative Professionals Day, is observed in certain countries to acknowledge and honour secretaries and administrators for their invaluable professional support to their […]
The student society of the Department of Economics at the University of Zululand (UNIZULU) recently embarked on a weeklong journey that saw them getting insight into how some of the country’s biggest financial institutions in Pretoria operate. According to Mashapa Sekome, a lecturer in the Department of Economics, the trip was organised with the intention […]
The 9th edition of the Tastes of Nuclear Physics, an international conference on fundamental nuclear physics and applications, hosted by University of Zululand (UNIZULU) in conjunction with the University of Western Cape (UWC) is currently underway at the Premier Hotel: The Richards, in Richards Bay. The weeklong conference began on Monday, 30 September, and will end […]
On Sunday, 4 August 2019, Dr Makhosazana Magigaba, bid South Africa farewell as she jetted off to North Carolina, America where she is going to undertake a six-month task at the Appalachian State University. Dr Magigaba heads the Department of Business Management. She is going to lecture Social Entrepreneurship and strengthen the ENACTUS team that […]
