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FACILITY MANAGEMENT NOTICE

FACILITY MANAGEMENT NOTICE

10 MAY 2020 The University has responded to the call by the national Department of Higher Education under the Covid-19 response guidelines for institutions of higher learning, to deep clean and sanitize all buildings and residences.  In this regard, deep cleaning and sanitization work of all buildings inclusive of student residences commences this Monday May […]

Makhoba Set on Being Among SA’s Best Economists

Makhoba Set on Being Among SA’s Best Economists

“We all have got what it takes to achieve greatness. Excellence ought to be a habit. Nothing is impossible if you put 100%.” These are a few words Bongumusa Prince Makhoba, a 28-year-old PhD student at the University of Zululand (UNIZULU), chooses to live by. Growing up in rural Ngwelezane in Empangeni with his beloved […]

Phd Student Selected to Attend Top Economics Event

Phd Student Selected to Attend Top Economics Event

Bongumusa Prince Makhoba, a Doctor of Economics student at the University of Zululand (UNIZULU), has been selected to participate at the 7th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Economics, a prestigious international event aimed at strengthening the economics sector. Makhoba, together with eight other South African economics students and many others from around the globe, will […]

ERASMUS + SUCSESS PROJECT KICK STARTS AT UNIZULU

ERASMUS + SUCSESS PROJECT KICK STARTS AT UNIZULU

ERASMUS + SUCSESS PROJECT is an international project that is funded by the European Union.  This global project is aimed at strengthening the cooperation between the higher education institution and enterprises in South Africa, (ERASMUS + SUCSESS PROJECT) has its roots in an identified need to support the employability of graduates especially in the tourism […]

CATACLYSMIC DISRUPTION TO HIGHER EDUCATION

CATACLYSMIC DISRUPTION TO HIGHER EDUCATION

Opinion by the University Vice-Chancellor: Professor X.A Mtose WITHIN a short period of time of its discovery, Covid-19 has unleashed mayhem, anxiety, and immense human suffering. The governments around the world have responded in different ways to the advent of the pandemic. Mostly, countries have instituted some form of lockdown to reduce the rapid spread […]

Statement of the Minister on plans to phase in strategic functions in the post school education and training (pset) sector

Statement of the Minister on plans to phase in strategic functions in the post school education and training (pset) sector

03 May 2020 STATEMENT OF THE MINISTER ON  PLANS TO PHASE IN STRATEGIC FUNCTIONS IN  THE POST SCHOOL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (PSET) SECTOR IN LIGHT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC   On Thursday, 30 April 2020 Dr. Blade Nzimande, Minister of Higher Education, Science & Innovation presented a wide ranging statement on the state of higher […]

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 […]