The University of Zululand Rectorate met with Principals of KwaDlangezwa school on Thursday 17th October with an aim of strengthening relations post the students protests in September. The meeting was precedented by violence demonstrations conducted by University students which saw learners being forcefully evacuated from classrooms thus disrupting the teaching and revision schedule for schools. […]
UNIZULU Language Policy at the forefront during COPAL Meeting
The University of Zululand hosted a group of delegates from various universities during Community of Practice for the Teaching and Learning of African Languages (CoPAL) in South Africa which was held in Empangeni on Thursday, 17th October. CoPAL Community of Practice for the Teaching and Learning of African languages is the sub-committee of Universities South […]
Dissecting Africanisation of the Curriculum
On Wednesday, 2 October 2019 the Transformation Office at the University of Zululand (UNIZULU) held a stimulating symposium where the topical issue of the Africanisation of the curriculum was discussed. Held at the Council Chambers in the KwaDlangezwa Campus, the symposium was aimed at providing a forum for the UNIZULU community to engage in a […]
NO MORE IVORY TOWERS
OPINION PIECE BY : PROFESSOR X MTOSE, VICE-CHANCELLOR & PRINCIPAL It’s time to re imagine South Africa’s universities as true African universities LAST week Universities South Africa USAf , a membership organisation representing South Africa’s universities, held its annual conference. The conference addressed itself to the theme “Re inventing South Africa’s Universities for the Future”. […]
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENT – EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: RICHARDS BAY CAMPUS
The University Management is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Mashupye Ratale Kgaphola as the Executive Director: Richards Bay Campus effective 01 October 2019. The University Management is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Mashupye Ratale Kgaphola as the Executive Director: Richards Bay Campus effective 01 October 2019. Professor Kgaphola holds a B.Sc (Hons) […]
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
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
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 […]
Changes to the 2019 University Calendar
The University Senate met on 01 October 2019 and approved the following changes to the 2019 University Calendar: Final date for submission for examination papers: Friday, 11 October 2019 Last day of Lectures: […]
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 […]