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Economics Students Enlightened After Tour

Economics Students Enlightened After Tour

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 […]

REOPENING OF THE UNIVERSITY

REOPENING OF THE UNIVERSITY

After careful assessment of the security situation, University Management decided to reopen the University effective from the 2nd October 2019. Lecturers have commenced and the situation is getting back to normal. During the Special Senate meeting that took place on the 1st October 2019, University Management thanked all faculties for committing themselves to a recovery […]

UNIZULU Hosts 9th Tastes of Nuclear Physics Conference

UNIZULU Hosts 9th Tastes of Nuclear Physics Conference

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 […]

UNIZULU hosts CGPMB-2019

UNIZULU hosts CGPMB-2019

The Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology in the Faculty of Science and Agriculture hosted a two-day conference from the 27 to 28 July at the Umfolozi Casino, EMpangeni. The conference on Genomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics (CGPMB-2019) main aim was to educate young researchers on the latest developments available on the subject. According to the main […]

RESUMPTION OF LECTURES AT THE KWADLANGEZWA CAMPUS

RESUMPTION OF LECTURES AT THE KWADLANGEZWA CAMPUS

Having the considered the security situation on campus, University Management has decided it is in the best interest of students to lift the suspension of academic activities and permit students to return to the campus and residences, subject to the following conditions: 1. Students who wish to return to the University and resume their academic […]

NOTICE OF IMMEDIATE CAMPUS CLOSURE

NOTICE OF IMMEDIATE CAMPUS CLOSURE

This serves as a formal notice to all UNIZULU Students that Management, in consultation with the Chairperson of Council, the Minister of Higher Education and Training and Science and Technology and other relevant stakeholders has resolved to close the Kwa-Dlangezwa campus in light of the current violent student protests at the campus. The risk assessment suggests that failure to do […]

UNIZULU CONDEMNS THE ATTACK OF STUDENTS

UNIZULU CONDEMNS THE ATTACK OF STUDENTS

The University Management has received with shock and sadness the news on the shooting of one of the students on Saturday in an off-campus unaccredited rented accommodation. The University dispatched the Senior Health personnel to attend to the student and he is currently in hospital receiving further medical attention. The student is in a stable […]

UNIZULU Academic Promotes Science Application During Research Week

UNIZULU Academic Promotes Science Application During Research Week

The University of Zululand (UNIZULU) recently kicked off another week-long initiative, Research Week Programme to promote research opportunities for academics and students.  UNIZULU’s Research Week will run from Monday 9 September until Friday 13 September 2019. Held in the Library at the KwaDlangezwa Campus, the launch of the event was opened by Professor Nhlanhla Mlitwa, […]

Royal Reed Dance (Umkhosi Womhlanga) provides educational info to Young Women

Royal Reed Dance (Umkhosi Womhlanga) provides educational info to Young Women

Over the weekend on Saturday 7 September, thousands of maidens came out in numbers to attend this year’s Reed Dance at eNyokeni Royal Palace in Nongoma, northern KwaZulu- Natal. The Royal Reed Dance is an annual event which aims to celebrate and unify the Zulu nation as well as honouring the nation’s virgin maidens. In […]