The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training has commended the University of Zululand (UniZulu) for suspending the SRC (Student Representative Council) members who are accused of misconduct at a private property. Students are alleged to have looted Gooderson Drakensberg Gardens Golf and Spa Resort during a strategic planning workshop. The Chairperson…
The tragic death of Professor Gregory Kamwendo has underscored several ugly truths about South Africa, starting with the uncomfortable reality that crime affects the entire community even the academia which in the past was a respected and esteemed space for critical engagement. The ongoing reports on the murder of the late Prof Gregory Kamwendo, the…
The Faculty of Commerce, Administration and Law (FCAL) recently hosted its inaugural Law Symposium at the BON Hotel, Empangeni where the need to promote legal consciousness amongst the legally disadvantaged was highlighted. The conference was attended by Executive Consultant of Garlicke Bousfield Advocate Ashwin Trikamjee and Deputy KwaZulu-Natal Judge President Mjabuliseni Isaac Madondo, who delivered…
This notice serves to inform all staff and students that subsequent to the dissolving of the University Representative Council due to alleged gross misconduct, the University Council has appointed an Administrator as stipulated in the SRC Constitution. Ms Nontobeko Zulu is appointed as the SRC Administrator. She has accepted the appointment with immediate effect and…
The University of Zululand Council took a resolution today to dissolve the Student Representative Council (SRC) due to misconduct. They were found not fit to stand office and to be student leaders when 12 of the 15 were implicated in serious misconduct. An administrator will be appointed from the 3 SRC members who were not…
The University of Zululand was invited as part of a series of hearings into gender policy matters at higher education institutions by the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) to do a presentation on the University’s gender policy and how the University is responding to these challenges. This took place on Thursday, 22 November 2018. One…
The University of Zululand (UNIZULU) recently recognised academics who have excelled in their quality and breadth of research-led innovation across the institution during a prestigious awards gala dinner held at the Umfolozi Casino, Empangeni. The Research and Innovation Awards, organised annually by the institution’s Research Office, were launched in 2016 with the aim of recognising…
The old Congolese proverb which says “You cannot teach the forest pathways to an old gorilla” can easily be likened to the nature of orally passing down indigenous knowledge from generation to generation. This was the opinion during discussions held at a recent workshop co-hosted by the University of Zululand’s (UNIZULU) Research Office, Consumer Science…
The Human Resources Division (HR) at the University of Zululand (UNIZULU) recently launched Project Blue Sky, a new initiative aimed at further promoting excellence in staff performance, at the KwaDlangezwa Campus. The initiative is a planned change management intervention aimed at facilitating the implementation of the Performance Management System (PMS) which was reintroduced to the…
An honours student, Mr Bongumusa Comfort Mthethwa, from the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, made the University of Zululand (UNIZULU) proud by publishing his honours project work in an accredited journal with an impact factor of 3.6. Mthethwa was born in Mhlabuyalingana in the Oqondweni area. He grew up in…
