The University of Zululand (UNIZULU) is rejoicing with academic Dr Nokukhanya Jili who has joined the National African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) National Governing Council for a three-year term wherein she will represent academics in South Africa. Her appointment comes after she was nominated by the South African Association of Public Administration and Management (SAAPAM) […]
HIGHER Education Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, has applauded the University of Zululand’s (Unizulu) progressive efforts to salvage and successful manoeuvre the 2020 academic year, while ensuring all Covid-19 health and safety protocols are followed at KwaDlangezwa and Richards Bay Campuses. Dr Nzimande was speaking during an oversight visit to the KwaDlangezwa campus last week, to […]
RECONCEPTUALISING THE AFRICAN UNIVERSITY PUBLIC LECTURE ADDRESSES A DEPRESSING STATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM IN SOUTH AFRICA “The most important weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed”-Steve Biko The lecture titled reconceptualising the African university: identifying the features of the problem was presented by the world renowned and respected […]
UNGQONGQ0SHE weMfundo ePhakeme, nezoBuchwepheshe nokuQeqesha, uDkt Blade Nzimande, ufike ngenhlokomo eNyuvesi yaseZUluland lapho emukelwe khona ngentokozo abaphathi benyuvesi. UNgqongqoshe uNzimande uqala waphiwa incwadi uSolwazi Mtose ongumphathi weNyuvesi, lencwadi ishicilelwe izincithabuchopho zakulenyuvesi igama layo lithi “A UNIZULU Conversation”Reconceptualising the African University. UNgqongqoshe uncome izinhlelo ezenziwe i University of Zululand ukulungiselela ukuvula. UNzimande ubeyohlola inyuvesi izolo emuva […]
Lubanzi Dlamini, a University of Zululand (UNIZULU) honours student is walking tall after recently receiving the Outstanding Honours Research award from the Society of South African Geographers (SSAG). This is a new award and It is the first time that it has been awarded by the Society. Dlamini is thus one of the first two […]
Professor Khajamohiddin Syed, one of the University of Zululand’s (UNIZULU) eminent academics, has recently been selected to be a visiting professor at the University of Warsaw, Poland for a period of one month. His selection was made as part of the Visiting Professor Programme (VPP) at the University of Warsaw Biological and Chemical Research Centre […]
In previous communiques, the University had indicated that it was preparing itself for the return to campus of students as allowed under the Level 3 Lockdown government regulations. This process has already started with the return of final year students in Nursing Science. The University wishes to reiterate that, while it is committed to the […]
02 JULY 2020 About a week ago, a group of students comprising various political formations on campus approached University Management (Management) with a view of finding an interim solution regarding students’ representation within the University governance structures. The intervention by the student political formations was prompted by the resignation earlier in the year of the […]
25 JUNE 2020 THE UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND – RISK ADJUSTED STRATEGY FOR THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC The University has been hard at work in ensuring that the institutional facilities are able to accommodate the categories of returning students identified under each level. The preparation includes adherence to physical distancing, the handling of communal spaces, hygiene […]
10 June 2020 University Management has been working on plans to implement Government’s Risk Adjusted Strategy for the phased-in return of students to the campus. In doing so, Management is guided by the COVID-19 Regulations under Level 3 Lockdown. To this end, the University has completed its own situational analysis through the efforts of the […]
