
Going Bananas for Academia
‘UKZN has laid a great foundation for my academic career as I have been a student here since first year,’ says PhD graduate in Plant

Applied Chemist Gains Distinction Despite Diabetes
It was a proud moment for Ms Mariam Hajee when she was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Chemistry, cum laude. UKZN’s BSc Applied

Fascination with Big Data and AI Pays Dividends
Ms Chiara Rajcoomar was awarded her Bachelor of Science Honours degree summa cum laude, with merits for six of her seven modules. During the course of

MSc Focuses on “Training” Robots
After excelling in his previous degrees at Sol Plaatje University, Mr Vernon Kok graduated with his MSc in Computer Science cum laude from UKZN. Robotics have fascinated

PhD for Powerhouse Statistician
Statistics lecturer, Dr Danielle Roberts is celebrating graduating with her PhD after the home-grown applied statistician completed her research on the relationship between anaemia and

PhD Study Proposes Algorithms to Solve Real-Life Problems
Dr Ovre Agushaka’s investigation of the influence of several initialisation methods on the performance of population-based metaheuristic optimisers earned him a PhD in Computer Science.

Computer Boffin Awarded BSc Honours Summa Cum Laude
Mr Jason Botha graduated with a BSc Honours in Computer Science summa cum laude. His honours research focused on the automated detection of spam and poor quality

A Passion for Pure Mathematics
Mr Siyabonga Dubazana received his Master’s in Science specialising in Pure Mathematics cum laude. Dubazana was always fascinated by abstract concepts and fell in love with