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UNIZULU Student Taking His Life in Strides

UNIZULU Student Taking His Life in Strides

Comrades Marathon made a comeback following a two-year break due to Covid-19. Elijah Mushka Mantshi, a 39-year-old University of Zululand Master of Science(MSC)  student  in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, joined the 13 213 runners that took part in the 2022 Comrades Marathon. He ran the Comrades and finished  in a time of eight […]

UNIZULU strengthens ties with KZN-EDTEA

UNIZULU strengthens ties with KZN-EDTEA

The Department of Agriculture at the university of Zululand hosted  a Site Visit  with the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development and Environmental Affairs (KZN-EDTEA)  on the  progress update for a UNIZULU Technology Transfer Fund Project. This project is led by   Prof G.E. Zharare a lecturer and a Plant scientist. The other members involved in the […]

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS CONFERENCE TO BE HOSTED BY UNIZULU IN 2023

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS CONFERENCE TO BE HOSTED BY UNIZULU IN 2023

The meeting took place at the University of Zululand on Friday 04 November 2022 as the University of Zululand is geared to host the South African Institute of Physics conference in 2022. This is part of positioning the University as the Node for African Thought and a revitalized engagement space of knowledge exchange and dissemination. […]

UNIZULU Hosts the 13th Annual HSS Conference

UNIZULU Hosts the 13th Annual HSS Conference

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zululand is gearing up for its 13th Annual Humanities and Social Sciences Conference. The 13th Annual Virtual Humanities and Social Sciences Conference intends to create a platform for the rigorous festival of scholarly ideas, discussions, and analysis on Africanising the curriculum, what it is, […]

UNIZULU YOUNG ACADEMIC HONOURED BY SAYAS

UNIZULU YOUNG ACADEMIC HONOURED BY SAYAS

An  academic staff  member from the Faculty of Commerce, Administration and Law, Doctor  Bongumusa Makhoba has been  named amongst South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS). SAYAS aims to contribute towards solutions to national and global challenges facing society and seeks to elect the country’s leading emerging researchers in basic and applied science, engineering, social […]

FCAL’s Dean’s Excellence Awards 2022

FCAL’s Dean’s Excellence Awards 2022

In line with the University’s Strategic goal 3 : To foster critical and transformative pedagogies for teaching and learning by Tracking and monitoring of student performance to improve student success , the faculty of Commerce, Administration and Law at the University of Zululand hosted a Dean’s Excellence Awards 2022. This was in recognition of the […]

OPINION PIECE: Prioritising mental, emotional, and social well being

OPINION PIECE: Prioritising mental, emotional, and social well being

What is mental health? And, why is mental health care important? Mental Health can be defined as having and sustaining a healthy mind/mindset. In understanding mental health, it can be further explained as having four pillars, i.e., Physical, Cognitive, Emotional and Social well-being. In an ever-evolving world of reaching goals and becoming successful, one leans […]

Stand by! Cast ready? AND Action! UMOBA students’ arts festival unzips young minds at UNIZULU

Stand by! Cast ready? AND Action! UMOBA students’ arts festival unzips young minds at UNIZULU

Department of Creative Arts of the Faculty of Human Social Sciences’ (HSS) staged the 2nd annual UMOBA STUDENTS’ ARTS FESTIVAL with an array of 40 plays based on the theme: arts for resilient, united communities at the Black Box Theatre from the 20-22 October 2022, 09H00-17H00. The festival highlights were site specific performing arts disciplines, […]

The Faculty of Education Celebrates the Academic Excellence of Future Educators from UNIZULU

The Faculty of Education Celebrates the Academic Excellence of Future Educators from UNIZULU

The University of Zululand (UNIZULU) through its Faculty of Education recently hosted an aesthetic and joyful Dean’s Excellence Awards ceremony for UNIZULU students, at Bhekuzulu hall KwaDlangezwa Campus. The academics and students from the Faculty of Education were in a jovial mood to celebrate the excellence of all their students that have excelled in their […]

Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering Symposium a great success

Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering Symposium a great success

The Faculty of Science, Agriculture, and Engineering at the University of Zululand (UNIZULU) hosted its annual Symposium on 11 October 2022. The theme of the Symposiums was; Conducting Scientific Research under COVID-19: Dealing with the “New Normal”. The Symposium which was hosted by the Department of Geography and Environmental attracted well over seventy-five abstracts from […]