Ufo Okeke-Uzodike is a political scientist with special interests in development issues particularly with respect to political economy and peace and conflict challenges. Currently, he is an Honorary Research Professor at the Durban University of Technology in South Africa.
After his foundational educational training in Nigeria, Okeke-Uzodike moved on to the United States for further studies at Wake Forest University (Bachelors), the University of South Carolina (Masters), and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (PhD). He is a former Head of the School of Politics; and Dean and Head, School of Social Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa where he created, setup, or resuscitated several named degree programs such as: Government, Business and Ethics; Conflict Transformation and Peace Studies; and Social Policy.
MUT finds common ground with SRC
By Staff Reporter
SINENHLANHLA ZUNGU
DURBAN - THE Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) has found common ground with the student representative council (SRC). The two parties were in a meeting at the weekend regarding the studentsâ demands.
According to MUT SRC president Mthokozisi Gumede: âWe have decided to retreat from striking and met with the management to find common ground. The university has agreed to clear students who are in debt, who were previously funded by either the National Students Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) or any other bursaries.â
âStudents who are also in arrears with the university will also be now able to access their academic records and get their completion letters,â said Gumede.
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KwaZulu-Natals first medical orthotics and prosthetics department has been launched, with the aim of pumping more skills into an embattled sector.
DURBAN - The prosthetics sector has received a boost with the launch of a specialised training facility in Durban as a result of a partnership between Durban University of Technology and the provincial health department.
This is owed, in part, to the severe skills shortage in the sector – there are only 420 registered orthotists and prosthetists in the country.
The Medical Orthotics and Prosthetics Department will ultimately deploy graduates across the province, allowing patients to be assessed and fitted with prostheses in their respective areas, rather than travelling to Durban.