UKZN honoured the achievements and contributions of its researchers during the University’s annual awards ceremony.
2022
December
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- 20.Further negatives in South Africa, said Lehohla, were the COVID-19 pandemic and the government corruption that accompanied it, as well as the looting and flooding.
- 15.Pro Vice-Chancellor for African Health, Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim, has been elected president of The World Academy of Sciences.
- 15.Clinical sociologist within the School of Social Sciences, Professor Mariam Seedat-Khan, has been named vice-president of the AACS.
- 14.UKZN LLB student, Lindile Shem, won bronze at the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness Mr and Mrs World Championship.
- 14.There are not enough healthcare practitioners who know what to do or how to approach and advise their patients who are suffering from Long COVID.
- 13.UKZN’s College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science has relaunched its online alumni series.
- 13.Dr Kapil Narain, who graduated from UKZN in 2020, has been awarded the Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University in 2023.
- 12.The UKZN LABRATS team came tops in the African Wild Ale category.
- 12.The Ikusasa Student Financial Aid Programme celebrated the achievements of its first group of medical graduates recently.
- 9.Victor Uzor received a Breakout Graduate Fellowship from the International Mathematical Union.
- 9.The HIV Pathogenesis Programme, established in 2002, has aimed to build on existing collaborations between the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Harvard Medical School and Oxford University.
- 9.Ntombifuthi “Mchichwa” Khumalo, a former coach for UKZN’s Pietermaritzburg girls’ soccer team, has taken up the position of assistant coach for the SA women’s U17 team – Bantwana.
- 9.The Institute for Commercial Forestry Research, situated on UKZN’s Pietermaritzburg campus, was first established in 1947 as the Wattle Research Institute.
- 9.As the first EcoHealth Conference to be held in Africa, the four-day event was attended by government officials, traditional leaders, researchers, students and senior academics.
- 9.UKZN's Professor Colleen Aldous was recently inaugurated as a full professor, the highest accolade in an academic’s career.
- 9.The University of KwaZulu-Natal won six awards at the 2022 Marketing, Communication and Advancement in Education Excellence Awards.
- 8.Reverend Armstrong Pitakaji was elected to the Executive Council of the World Council of Churches at its recent Congress.
- 8.Four UKZN student entrepreneurs came out on top at the KwaZulu-Natal round of the Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education Entrepreneurship Intervarsity Challenge.
- 8.The goal of the university is to have a bilingual website accessible to all its stakeholders and this project aims to achieve this goal.
- 8.The expo was hosted by the eThekwini Municipality in partnership with the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education.
- 7.Dr Sarena Maistry won for the Best Registrar Oral presentation at the South African Society of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery’s 58th national congress.
November
- 21.Accolades were awarded to Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Emeritus Professor Malegapuru Makgoba and Emeritus Professor Miriam Adhikari.
- 21.The A team won the Frank Norris League and the Basil Medway Knockout Cup, while the B team won the Kings Park Challenge League and the DW Wylie Cup.
- 15.The UKZN Volleyball Women’s Team was a finalist in the 2022 KwaZulu-Natal Sport Awards.
- 14.As a result of the actions taken by the UKZN academics, it is no longer legally required for the existing children of the parties to a surrogate motherhood agreement to be psychologically evaluated.
- 14.Under the auspices of the Nobel Foundation, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, it was the first time this Nobel Symposium has come to Africa.
- 11.Professors Yin-Zhe Ma, Rituparno Goswami, Deevia Bhana, Kogieleum Naidoo and Thajasvarie Naicker have been inaugurated as members of the Academy of Science of South Africa.
- 2.Osman Ghoor participated as an individual in the Kumite 75kg category and as part of team South Africa, which won bronze.
- 1.Kwanele Nyembe, who won a cumulative prize of R22 000, will represent South Africa at the World Slam Poetry Competition in Brazil next year.
October
- 31.Nitasha Pillay was awarded the Aspiring Teen Award at the fifth annual Women in Tech Global Awards ceremony that took place in Dubai.
- 28.UKZN student Yolanda Mpanza was the joint winner of the 2022 PG Bison Education Initiative competition, pocketing R17 500 in prize money.
- 19.Honorary Professor Claudia Mitchell of the School of Education has been awarded the 2022 José Vasconcelos World Award of Education by the World Cultural Council.
- 18.Xabiso Vili is the 2022 World Slam Poetry Champion for his poem, Forget How To Die.
- 17.Snethemba Ngema earned a gold medal at the Confederation of Universities and Colleges Sports Association Games in Malawi.
- 6.Master of Laws graduate Pamella Mlonzi focused on the prevalence of depression as a mental health issue affecting employees in the workplace.
- 6.Professor Anil Madaree, chief specialist and head of plastic and reconstructive surgery at UKZN, graduated with a doctoral degree for his novel study on CLP surgical techniques on patients in KZN.
- 6.Professor David Spurrett of the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics was awarded a UKZN Fellowship during the university’s Spring Graduation Ceremony.
- 6.Dr Nqobile Jaca, head of the Biomedical Resource Unit at UKZN, was honoured with a Gagasi FM Shero award for Science and Technology.
- 6.Dr Nonkululeko Dladla, a developmental lecturer in geological sciences at UKZN, focused her PhD study on the stratigraphy and geological evolution of three coastal waterbodies along the north-eastern KZN coastline.
September
- 13.Mary Zulu, who also plays for UKZN and the Sharks, said qualifying for the Junior Springboks squad included being part of a training camp and playing in the Youth Training Centre Games.
- 12.UKZN senior lecturer and researcher Dr Andile Khathi has received the National Research Foundation Research Excellence Award for Early Career/Emerging Researchers in the Life Sciences.
- 8.The College of Humanities and the School of Social Sciences recently hosted the inaugural Professor Fatima Meer Memorial Lecture.
- 7.Siphumelele Dlungwane received the African Women Chartered Accountants President’s Award in recognition of her role in student support and community engagement at UKZN.
- 6.'Language Usage on the Radio' was the title of a training workshop hosted by the University Language Planning and Development Office in partnership with Ukhozi FM.
August
- 22.Professor Deevia Bhana, the South African research chair in gender and childhood sexuality in UKZN’s School of Education, has been awarded the 2022 Medal for Social Sciences and Humanities.
- 15.The winner of the challenge was Weliswa Kunene, a third-year pharmacy student and founder of the outreach programme – Mini Habitable Planet Workshop.
- 15.South African lawyer and author, Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi SC, delivered the Dr Phyllis Naidoo Memorial Lecture at UKZN’s Westville campus recently.
- 3.As an internationally recognised scholar, Professor Oluwatosin Mewomo has pursued research on functional analysis, an arena of mathematical analysis that deals with vector spaces.
- 2.The Centre for Creative Arts within the College of Humanities officially launched the DIFF at Suncoast CineCentre with the opening movie, 1960.
July
- 26.Clinical skills tutor at the UKZN Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, Dr Leanthea Enoch, is the winner of the SAHHE Award 2022.
- 25.In pursuit of UKZN’s internationalisation agenda, Professor Oliver Mtapuri of the School of Built Environment and Development Studies recently visited two Polish universities.
- 20.Professor Mochichi Samuel Mokgokong is emeritus professor of neurosurgery at the University of Pretoria, and Professor Lizo Mazwai is emeritus professor of surgery and a former dean of medicine at Walter Sisulu University.
- 19.Mail&Guardian editor-in-chief Ron Derby said they looked for creators of viable and non-conventional solutions through convergence with technology, who are helping to create an equitable future.
- 11.The bag, part of Woolworths’ Good Business Journey, supports the research and annual Cape Parrot census organised by the CPWG.
- 6.Honorary professor in the School of Life Sciences Debra Roberts has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Twente in The Netherlands.
June
- 29.The Fuze Institute, through its partnership with the College of Humanities, will launch a Food Security Programme in July for marginalised citizens of KwaZulu-Natal.
- 28.Ayanda Thabethe is a final-year student in the Discipline of Dietetics and Human Nutrition at UKZN.
- 23.Information systems and technology graduate and founder of Asante Solutions, Muhle Ndwalane, is on the 2022 Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 list.
- 22.Tivana Chellan is a finalist in the Global Outstanding Leadership Awards contest being held in Australia next month.
- 17.Drs Viloshin Govender, Lerato Sokhulu and Sanele Nsele have been awarded doctoral degrees.
- 15.The UKZN Ladies Volleyball Team won gold at the National Volleyball SA Club Championships 2022 in a historic moment for the province of KwaZulu-Natal and the university.
May
- 9.Dr Khoza was officially installed as the university’s fourth chancellor during a ceremony held on the UKZN's Westville campus.
- 9.Captain Simangele Gxeyane graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree.
April
- 8.Master's student in drama and performance studies Thobile Maphanga will represent SA at the global event in June.
- 4.Deputy Public Protector of SA and UKZN alumnus, Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka, was speaking at the UKZN's annual lecture to commemorate Human Rights Month.
March
- 29.Professor Julia Sibiya featured in an episode of PBS International’s Plant Breeding Stories podcast, where she spoke about her career in the field of plant breeding.
- 23.Dr Fareed Abdullah has received the French Ordre National du Mérite for his work as a clinical researcher and public health scientist in the fight against HIV and TB.
- 14.Professor Cristina Trois and Dr Jemma Finch have earned recognition from UKZN in the form of a Fellowship of the University and the Vice-Chancellor’s Research Award, respectively.
- 8.Dr Mxolisi Xulu contributed to the book: Transforming the Medical/Nursing Education Partnership Initiative into the African Forum for Research and Education in Health.
- 8.Professor Thabo Msibi has been awarded the UKZN Vice-Chancellor’s Research Award and Professor David Spurrett has been awarded a UKZN Fellowship.
February
- 28.The clinic, situated at Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital, will be used to run clinical trials like the Acute Infection Study, Elite Controller Study and Lymph Node Study.
- 28.Voloshni Annamallay is the first deaf person to acquire undergraduate and post-graduate qualifications at UKZN using South African Sign Language as a means of communication.
January
- 11.No ‘Matric Upgrade Centre’ or ‘UKZN Foundation Programme’ opportunity has been approved, sanctioned or authorised by the university.