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Promoting Health Education and HIV/AIDS Awareness at UNIZULU

Promoting Health Education and HIV/AIDS Awareness at UNIZULU

In a bid to advance health education as well as awareness about sexually transmitted infections such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis as well as other health and social conditions affecting young people in higher education, the Student Services Department (SSD) at the University of Zululand (UNIZULU) hosted the First Things First campaign. Held on Monday, 20 February […]

Curbing the Scourge Plagiarism

Curbing the Scourge Plagiarism

In a bid to fight the detrimental effects of plagiarism, the University of Zululand (UNIZULU) embarked on the Plagiarism Awareness Week campaign last week which involved both staff and students. Hosted by the University’s Research and Innovation office –  the campaign kicked off on Monday, 5 June 2017, and ended on Friday, 9 June 2017. […]

Luthuli’s Hard Work Pays Off

Luthuli’s Hard Work Pays Off

For five days a week during her Diploma Studies, Londiwe Peaceworth Luthuli made a conscious decision to dedicate an average seven hours a day, including lectures, towards her studies. She studied alone and as part of a group and created her own study timetable which would make her learning much smoother. This dedication and ownership […]

An Extra Special Birthday for Top Achiever Nontobeko

An Extra Special Birthday for Top Achiever Nontobeko

Nontobeko Pretty Nkosi’s birthday cake is sure to taste a lot sweet this year after being announced as one of the Top Achievers in her faculty during her graduation which fell on the day of her twenty-first birthday. The Bachelor of Commerce (Management and Economics) student received her Batchelor’s degree this morning during the graduation […]

Victory for Sthandiwe After Setting Herself High Expectations

Victory for Sthandiwe After Setting Herself High Expectations

Sthandiwe Sikhulile Zulu, 22, achieved an 81% on her LLB degree at the University of Zululand (UNIZULU). While this is a massive feat, she was however not satisfied with her performance as she was hoping for an average mark of at least 90%. Zulu, who comes from Dundee, Northern KwaZulu-Natal, graduated with her LLB degree […]

Commitment Sets Top Achiever Nhlanhla Apart from the Rest

Commitment Sets Top Achiever Nhlanhla Apart from the Rest

As graduating students, we have all met the minimum requirements needed to be granted our respective qualifications, however, one of the key ingredients that determines how we perform is commitment. This is according to Nhlanhla Justice Mavuso who was one of the Top Achievers in the University of Zululand’s Arts Faculty’s Graduation Ceremony which was […]

Anele’s Mother Helps Propel Her to Academic Success

Anele’s Mother Helps Propel Her to Academic Success

A study at the Lancaster University Management School, United Kingdom, found that maternal influence is the leading factor over whether children stayed on at school and went to study at university. The study, co-authored by Professor Ian Walker, found that this link is strongest between mothers and daughters, and these findings could not be more […]

Spha’s Love for Politics Earns Him Master’s Degree with Merit

Spha’s Love for Politics Earns Him Master’s Degree with Merit

Although currently working in the Public Relations field, Sphamandla Gudeme, has always been fascinated by politics; so much so that both his dissertations at Honours and Master’s degree were dedicated towards research in this field. This interest has led to Gumede being awarded his Master’s degree with Merit during the University of Zululand’s (UNIZULU) Arts […]

Top Marks Not Lukhele’s First Rodeo

Top Marks Not Lukhele’s First Rodeo

Khethiwe Lukhele, 23, University of Zululand Batchelor of Science (Biochemistry and Microbiology) graduand, has always performed well in her studies. In matric, she obtained seven distinctions, is currently enrolled for her degree in Medicine at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and today (9 May 2017), was named as a Top Achiever in her Faculty’s (Faculty of […]