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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

MBALI Attendees Discuss Possibilities, Priorities and Partnerships Towards Africa’s Rise

MBALI Attendees Discuss Possibilities, Priorities and Partnerships Towards Africa’s Rise

The much-loved and impactful Management, Business, Administration and Legal Initiatives (MBALI) Conference, which is synonymous with academic excellence and scholarship, commenced on Wednesday, 16 August 2023 at the Bon Hotel Waterfront in Richards Bay. MBALI is the brainchild of the University of Zululand’s (UNIZULU) Faculty of Commerce, Administration and Law (FCAL). It unites scholars together […]

Entrepreneurship Through the Lens of the Youth

Entrepreneurship Through the Lens of the Youth

Entrepreneurship is an essential practice, the necessity of which has been amplified by the volatile job market since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic. This was the consensus during the inter-university student panel discussion which took place at the Appalachian, Zululand Entrepreneurship Development (AZED) Conference on Tuesday, 15 August 2023. The panel comprised four students […]

Second Girls in Control Workshop

Second Girls in Control Workshop

In order to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls, and further achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, the University of Zululand’s (UNIZULU) Department of Mathematical Sciences recently hosted the 2nd Girls in Control Workshop at its Science Centre. The goal of the Girls […]

2023 Open Day Underway at UNIZULU’s KwaDlangezwa Campus

2023 Open Day Underway at UNIZULU’s KwaDlangezwa Campus

A warm winter’s day, buses packed to capacity and smartly clad matric learners with aspirations and the perfect dose of curiosity. This sums up the first day of the 2023 University of Zululand (UNIZULU) Open Day – a destination for many high schools in the King Cetshwayo, iLembe, Zululand, and Umkhanyakude district municipalities. The UNIZULU […]

UNIZULU Netball Players Shine at USSA Tournament

UNIZULU Netball Players Shine at USSA Tournament

The University of Zululand (UNIZULU) applauds two of its student netball players, Silindokuhle Mazibuko and Asanda Mdolomba, for their excellent performance during the recent University Sports South Africa (USSA) tournament that was held at Stellenbosch University, Western Cape. The two players formed part of the UNIZULU netball squad that competed in Division A of the […]

28th SASA Conference Underway at KwaDlangezwa Campus

28th SASA Conference Underway at KwaDlangezwa Campus

The University of Zululand (UNIZULU) is hosting the 28th South African Sociological Association (SASA) conference. The event, which will be held for three days, commenced on Wednesday, 5 July and will end on Friday, 7 July 2023 at the KwaDlangezwa Campus. In 1993, members of South Africa’s sociological community from various ethnic groups got together […]