University of KwaZulu-Natal Totally Explained

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The University of KwaZulu-Natal or UKZN is a university with five campuses all located in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa., and the constitution of the university is specified in the Statute of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, as approved by the South African Minister of Education and the Parliament of South Africa.
In terms of the statute, the university consists of:

the chancellor (the titular head)
the vice chancellor (the executive head)
two or more deputy vice chancellors (currently there are five full and one acting)
the registrar (responsible for registering students)
the council (responsible for governance of the institution as a whole)
the senate (responsible for governance of academic activities)
the students representative council (responsible for students representation)
the institutional forum (responsible for advising the council on matters of human rights and equality)
the colleges (currently there are four)
the academic and support staff
the students
the convocation (all the alumni and some others)

Controversies

Freedom of expression

In 2006 the International Freedom of Expression Exchange stated that "Free expression and academic freedom are in severe decline at the university."
In 2007 the Freedom of Expression Institute was concerned about the university's suspension of professor Evan Mantzaris for criticising management, "part of a larger process in which the space for free expression and academic freedom at that university is being narrowed".

Staff strike

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Staff strike in 2006.
UKZN academic Fazel Khan and Sally Giles directed a documentary film about Abahlali baseMjondolo, a shack-dwellers' movement. When Kahn was excised from both the photo and text in an article about the documentary in the university newsletter UKZNdaba, he was charged with dishonest conduct because he told newspapers that he believed that he'd been excised from the photograph and text by the university management due to his role in the staff strike of 2006. Khan was found guilty of bringing the university into disrepute and fired.The Mercury had previously reported that vice-chancellor Makgoba had publicly declared that, following a request from Mayor Obed Mlaba, he'd charge Khan and 2 other academics with Abhalali baseMjondolo for 'incitement'.

Notable alumni

Imani Sanga, composer and ethnomusicologist
As the university has only existed since 2004, very few of its graduates have had the opportunity to attain great fame. There are, however, numerous notable alumni of its founding institutions:-

University of Durban-Westville

Malusi Gigaba, deputy Minister of Home Affairs in South Africa

Karthy Govender, commissioner for South African Human Rights Commission

Radhakrishna Padayachi, deputy Minister of Communications in South Africa

University of Natal

Steve Biko, anti-apartheid activist

Colin Bundy, Warden, Green College, Oxford; Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of London

Mangosuthu Buthelezi, leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party

Sheila Cussons, poet

Lev David, writer, radio producer/presenter and media consultant

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Minister of Foreign Affairs in South Africa

Adrian Furnham, organizational and applied psychologist and management expert

Mazisi Kunene, poet

David Lewis-Williams, professor emeritus of Cognitive Archaeology at the University of the Witwatersrand

Douglas Livingstone, contemporary poet

Lara Logan, television journalist for CBS News

Colin Moss, actor

Fatima Meer, writer, academic and anti-apartheid activist

Frank Mdlalose, first premier of KwaZulu-Natal

D.J. Opperman, Afrikaans poet

David Papineau, academic philosopher

Alan Paton, author, Cry, The Beloved Country

Pat Pillai, presenter e.tv News

Mamphela Ramphele, academic, businesswoman, medical doctor and anti-apartheid activist

Sydney Skaife, entomologist, naturalist and conservationist

William Smith, television mathematics and science teacher

John van de Ruit, novelist, actor, playwright and producer

Trevor Wadley, electrical engineer and inventor of the Wadley Loop

Alan Whiteside, AIDS researcher and author

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