The advent of COVID 19 is unprecedented in the manner in which it has disrupted every aspect of human life. Within the Higher Education sector, all campus based activities were brought to a standstill. Universities have had to contend with the fact that for the immediate and foreseeable future, remote and flexible multimodal teaching and…
10 MAY 2020 The University has responded to the call by the national Department of Higher Education under the Covid-19 response guidelines for institutions of higher learning, to deep clean and sanitize all buildings and residences. In this regard, deep cleaning and sanitization work of all buildings inclusive of student residences commences this Monday May…
“We all have got what it takes to achieve greatness. Excellence ought to be a habit. Nothing is impossible if you put 100%.” These are a few words Bongumusa Prince Makhoba, a 28-year-old PhD student at the University of Zululand (UNIZULU), chooses to live by. Growing up in rural Ngwelezane in Empangeni with his beloved…
Bongumusa Prince Makhoba, a Doctor of Economics student at the University of Zululand (UNIZULU), has been selected to participate at the 7th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Economics, a prestigious international event aimed at strengthening the economics sector. Makhoba, together with eight other South African economics students and many others from around the globe, will…
ERASMUS + SUCSESS PROJECT is an international project that is funded by the European Union. This global project is aimed at strengthening the cooperation between the higher education institution and enterprises in South Africa, (ERASMUS + SUCSESS PROJECT) has its roots in an identified need to support the employability of graduates especially in the tourism…
Opinion by the University Vice-Chancellor: Professor X.A Mtose WITHIN a short period of time of its discovery, Covid-19 has unleashed mayhem, anxiety, and immense human suffering. The governments around the world have responded in different ways to the advent of the pandemic. Mostly, countries have instituted some form of lockdown to reduce the rapid spread…
03 May 2020 STATEMENT OF THE MINISTER ON PLANS TO PHASE IN STRATEGIC FUNCTIONS IN THE POST SCHOOL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (PSET) SECTOR IN LIGHT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC On Thursday, 30 April 2020 Dr. Blade Nzimande, Minister of Higher Education, Science & Innovation presented a wide ranging statement on the state of higher…
The University of Zululand is continuing in its zest of producing highly competent graduates and alumnus who dominate and excel in all spheres on top of their sterling academic performance. The 28 years old Kwazi Zungu is no ordinary alumnus having completed the Diploma in Public Relations and recently a highly sought after LLB qualification…
29 April 2020 Dear Students Please note that students can direct any Financial Aid related queries to the following individuals in the Financial Aid Office during the lockdown period: NSFAS related queries, please contact Ms Shelembe on ShelembeM@unizulu.ac.za Other Private Sponsor queries, please contact Mr Naidoo on NaidooV@unizulu.ac.za The Financial Aid Office can…
24 April 2020 Dear Students, We are in the 4th month since the World Health Organization declared the severe respiratory corona virus (Covid- 19) a pandemic. In the intervening period more than two and a half million people were infected all over the world, and more than hundred seventy thousand have died. Sadly, both these…
