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28 May

April 2020 Virtual Graduation

Dear Graduating Class of 2020 I am pleased to announce that UKZN will be hosting a virtual Graduation Ceremony on Friday, 29 May 2020 at 13h30. In these difficult times a virtual graduation ceremony allows us to honour your academic …

15 March

Parents’ Update on COVID-19

19 March 2020 COMMUNIQUÉ FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT RESIDENCE AFFAIRS TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS FOR VACATING STUDENTS FROM RESIDENCES Dear Students, On 18 March 2020, the Executive Management Committee (EMC) and the Student Representative Council (SRC) agreed that the University would …

21 October

Professor Vaughn Mitchell John

Troubling Violence: A Praxis for Transformative Learning Abstract Violence has come to dominate the South African consciousness. This lecture offers insights from a career of developing peace education and scholarship in a context of endemic violence. I will engage with …

14 October

Professor Tilahun Seyoum Workneh

Professor Tilahun Seyoum Workneh Integrated Innovative Postharvest Technologies to Reduce Losses of Horticultural Crops Abstract African countries have a range of climates that are favourable for the production of horticultural crops. These countries have attempted to intensify production. However, production …

02 October

Professor Fortuné Massamba

Professor Fortuné Massamba On Some Geometric Structures in Smooth Manifolds Abstract The contact and almost contact structures are two of the most interesting examples of differential geometric structures. Their theory is a natural generalization of so-called contact geometry, which has …

30 September

Professor Gueguim Kana

Professor Gueguim Kana Microbial Factories and Artificial Intelligence – Fixing Global Bugs with Tiny Bugs Abstract Microbial factories generate an array of biopharmaceuticals, biofuels and biochemicals with the potential to revolutionize  bioeconomy of the World and address key global challenges …