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UFS Achieves Double Honours at Inaugural Chartered Global Management

Date: 31 January 2024Author: Anthony MthembuPhoto: SuppliedLink: UFS Achieves Double Honours at Inaugural Chartered Global Management Accounting (CGMA) Professional Awards Africa The University of the Free State (UFS) has proudly clinched two prestigious awards at the inaugural Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) Leadership Award ceremony. Organised by the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants, comprising […]

UFS among top ten Best Value Universities for International Students in SA

Date:               18 January 2024 Author:            Leonie Bolleurs Photo:             Kaleidoscope Link:                UFS among Top Ten Best Value Universities for International Students in SA Study Abroad Aide (SAA) recently ranked the University of the Free State (UFS) as the eighth best value university for international students among 39 universities in South Africa and placed the university […]

Op-ed: Racing Against Time: KZN’s Flood Woes Demand Urgent Action

Flooding is a multifaceted problem with far-reaching consequences. It is one of the most common types of natural disasters and it has become a frequent occurrence in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). Moreover, due to climate variability, this challenge is likely to persist. In April 2022 severe flooding and landslides caused by heavy rainfall caused the deaths of […]

Blind First-Time UKZN Midmar Medallist at Home in the Water

‘It was awesome to complete but a very tough swim,’ said first-time Midmar Mile medallist Ms Kristy Greener, a blind UKZN staffer who has idiopathic motor polyneuropathy – an illness affecting her hands and feet. The condition causes the motor nerves of the peripheral nervous system to malfunction, with usually no obvious underlying cause found […]

Statistics Sensation Secures a Place at Oxford University

Mr Aaron Naidu, who completed his Honours in Statistics at UKZN in 2023, has secured a place at Oxford University in the United Kingdom (UK) for a Master of Science in Statistical Science beginning in October 2024. Naidu enrolled at UKZN after he caught the attention of the University during his high school years at […]

OPINION PIECE

Questioning Student Mobility Models in HOI in South Africa By Dingaan Booi, Officer International Relations: Strategic, Initiatives and Partnerships In contemplating the direction South African universities should take regarding study abroad programs, a critical question arises: should they prioritize a fee-paying model over the traditional reciprocal credit-bearing programs? This question, fraught with implications for accessibility and […]

UKZN Academic Appointed Editor-in-Chief of World Journal of Diabetes

Professor Shahidul Islam of the School of Life Sciences in the College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science has been appointed as an Editor-in-Chief of the World Journal of Diabetes (WJD), which is published by the Baishideng Group in the United States. The WJD is a high-quality, online, open-access, single-blind peer-reviewed journal with its articles showcasing some of […]

Medical Student Shortlisted for International Rising Star Award

Fifth-year Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery student Ms Tivana Chellan (22) was shortlisted out of 200 nominees for the International Rising Star Award at the 2021 Safety and Health Excellence Awards interactive digital conference. The Awards celebrate innovation and achievements in the health and safety sector with emphasis on the high standards of excellence and […]

Humanities Academics Receive Social Work Awards

Social Work lecturers Dr Thembelihle Makhanya and Dr Maud Mthembu have received awards from the Association of South African Social Work Education Institutions (ASASWEI). Makhanya won the runner-up award for the best emerging social work educator and Mthembu the award for the best researcher in 2021. The prize-giving ceremony was held at the Premier Hotel […]

Alumnus Appointed Group Head of Data Privacy for Top Bank

UKZN Law graduate Ms Amenda Makhetha is the new Group Head of Data Privacy at ABSA. She will lead the bank’s data privacy department, which ensures that the organisation processes personal data belonging to customers, employees and other stakeholders within the ambit of relevant privacy, data protection and other laws, amongst other things. The attorney […]