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Twin Doctors set to change the Face of medicine together
Inspirational twins Dr’s Ashiq and Ishq Pramchand, recently completed their final year of study at UKZN’s Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine. With a host of deans’ commendations and distinctions in their academic career, the boys eagerly await their final exam results to be released on the 15th December.... Read more
Robert Mugabe’s Funeral Speeches for Zimbabwean National Heroes – Rants or Eloquent Orations?
Dr Prosper Takavarasha graduated with a PhD in Linguistics for his research into funeral speeches made by the late former Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe for ‘heroes’ buried at the National Heroes’ Acre (NHA) in Harare, Zimbabwe. The study was in response to contradictory views of Mugabe’s speeches which some... Read more
Community Perceptions of Early Lightning Warning System
As part of a transdisciplinary anthropology and agricultural sciences research study, Ms Senelisiwe Ndlela investigated community perceptions of an early lightning warning system in Swayimane, UMshwathi. This study, which is part of a larger investigation under the uMngeni Resilience Project, culminated in Ndlela graduating with a master’s degree in... Read more
Top Achiever Beats Covid-19 and Graduates with a Law Degree Cum Laude
University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) Bachelor of Laws (LLB) cum laude graduate, Ms Dharini Rangasamy has graduated Cum Laude despite the challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. “My family and I contracted Covid-19 last year and I unfortunately endured Long Covid for most of the last semester of my... Read more
Young talents selected to take their musicals to the professional stag
The Centre for Creative Arts, at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, in collaboration with the Mandela Bay Theatre Complex, are proud to announce the winners of the inaugural Cabaret And Beyond festival. Multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger Ntlantla Swana from Gqeberha and singer, pianist and musical theatre performer Leah Mari from... Read more
UKZN appoints South African business and transformation leader Reuel Khoza as its new Chancellor
The University of KwaZulu-Natal is proud to announce the appointment of Dr Reuel Jethro Khoza, an experienced business and transformation leader, and acclaimed author, as its new Chancellor. Dr Khoza is a distinguished thought leader, an astute businessman and a renowned voice at the forefront of transformation in the... Read more
Centennial Celebrations for Bright Patriarch
The Bright family is toasting the 100th year of alumnus Mr William Thomas (Bill) Bright, born on the 13 August 1921 to a century of life that has seen him joining the Allied efforts in World War 2 and escaping Nazi imprisonment, assisting with the construction of the Sani... Read more
Keynote speech Dr Stella Nyanzi opens 25th Poetry Africa Festival
The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre for Creative Arts (CCA) opened the 25th edition of the Poetry Africa Festival hosted virtually on its social media channels until Saturday 16 October. Poetry Africa curator Siphindile Hlongwa welcomed more than 800 viewers to the festival’s opening today at 11 am. “The Covid-19... Read more
High Hopes for UKZN Soccer Under Coaching of Ex-Bafana Bafana and Bundesliga Star
The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) wants its soccer programme to be rated among the top three in South African university circles and newly-appointed head coach – Durban-born ex-Bafana Bafana and German Bundesliga player Delron Buckley (43) – says he will give his all to help achieve that. Buckley also... Read more
UKZN first University in Africa to receive honorary ISOCARP Bronze Membership
The School of Built Environment and Development Studies within the College of Humanities has been awarded honorary Bronze Membership by the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP). UKZN is the first university in Africa to receive this since the establishment of ISOCARP 57 years ago. This Bronze... Read more