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 […]
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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
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
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 […]
ACADEMIC YEAR UPDATE
24 April 2020 Dear Students, We are in the 4th month since the World Health Organization declared the severe respiratory corona virus (Covid- 19) a pandemic. In the intervening period more than two and a half million people were infected all over the world, and more than hundred seventy thousand have died. Sadly, both these […]
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 […]
Opinion Piece
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 […]
2020 GRADUATION POSTPONEMENT
Due to the pandemic and resultant lockdown, our graduation ceremony scheduled for the first week in May 2020, has been postponed until further notice. Issued on behalf of the University Management
Vice-Chancellor’s COVID-19 Information Sharing Sessions for Staff
The COVID-19 is a growing concern all over the world. South Africa’s national Department of Health and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases remain on high alert and have stated that they are adequately prepared for early detection, case management and the prevention of onward spread. With the first reported case in South Africa having […]
UNIZULU’s RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
16 March 2020 The University’s response is guided by the nature of the virus, the national response, and the institutional context. It is common cause that Corona virus epidemic has escalated to the point where it is declared a pandemic by both the Centre of Disease Control and World Health Organization. The implications of this […]