Research Bites Newsletter

October 2014 Volume 4, Issue 2

Research Bites In this issue Research Awareness Month ...………………...1

Chewing the Cud…..…………..…………..…6

SATNAC 2014 Report…………………………….………...12

Isn't it Nice?.…………………………………..…..2

Hydrology Research could be useful in IRAQ ……………………………...…………….7

Forthcoming Events……………………….…………….…13

CAL on the Move…….…………………...………3 Newly-Appointed Deputy Deans of Research & Internationalisation…………….……………..3 Research Fellow: Department of Communication Science……………………………………….4 Research in New Zealand………………………4 Strengthening Research in CAL ………..…….5 Strengthening Doctoral Supervision………...5

New Facilities in the Library ………..……...8 Advancing Research Support at

Did You Known..…………………….……………………...14 Accolades & Awards…………………………...….………14

UNIZULU……………………………………….9 Dr John Boughey……...……………….…....9 Athens Institute for Education & Research (ATINER) …………………………...………...10

“NO RESEARCH IS RESEARCH UNLESS IT IS PUBLISHED”

Save indigenous Zulu Sheep and you save rural farmers………………...………………..11

RESEARCH AWARENESS M MONTH ONTH

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uring October 2014 the University Library and the Research and Innovation Office embarked on a joint project – a research awareness campaign. The aim is to highlight some of the research that is currently being undertaken at UNIZULU and to promote and stimulate a research culture within the UNIZULU community. To date, the response has been most encouraging and we invite staff and students to make full use of the educational opportunities on offer.

Professor Neerish Revaprasadu, the SARChI Chair in Nanotechnology and Professor of Chemistry, opened the programme with a lecture on the development of nanotechnology at the University. His group works on developing new materials for the market place and has particular expertise in using quantum dots (see picture) for this purpose. It is now also exploring the use of thin films. Prof Revaprasadu highlighted various achievements, especially the array of international publications emanating from his research group and collaborations in Africa, India and the United Kingdom.

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Eight departments participated in the Faculty Research Exhibition. As the pictures shows the work that was showcased attracted much interest.

Staff and student development remains a core feature of the awareness campaign. The Plagiarism Workshops were particularly popular and an additional workshop had to be scheduled to accommodate interest. In all, approximately 150 persons attended the three workshops.

Because of space constraints the workshop on the use of Turnitin as a postgraduate supervision tool was restricted to 20 staff trainees. General consensus was that participants benefited enormously and that further workshops should be arranged in future. The trainer, Jenny Bergh was similarly impressed with the UNIZULU staff: see the article entitled, “Isn‟t it Nice?”

The full progamme, including upcoming events, can be found on page 14.

ISN’T IT NICE? Isn‟t it nice when visitors realise that we are special? Jenny Bergh, a product trainer and E-learning consultant, recently conducted a training session at UNIZULU as part of the Research Month programme. Here are two comments that she posted on her blog: “The training room was located in the library and WOW what a library. Most libraries I know almost invite you to bring your pillow and take a long nap but this library is exceptional. It has a light transparent roof that is about 3 stories high. It makes you look up and want to become more, to want to rise up and achieve. Who would have thought you would find such awe inspiring architecture in the middle of Zululand?”

“Further inspiration came in the form of the lecturers I had to train. These folk are ultimate professionals and used the training time to not just learn the software but also to ensure that it could address issues facing them. All were really appreciative of the concept that TurnItIn can be used to inform and educate students regarding plagiarism rather than have lecturers resort to punitive measures as has been the case in the past.”

So we are at the cutting edge, and thank you to the participants for holding our flag high!

The full blog, with a stunning picture of the Library, can be found at http://www.teachtechsa.com 2

CAL ON THE MOVE

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he Faculty of Commerce Administration and Law, has embraced the University‟s research capacity development challenges and is gearing up for raising research output and upgrading staff qualifications. To this end the Faculty Research Ethics and Higher Degrees Committee (FREHDC), under the leadership of Dr Kaseeram, the newly-appointed Deputy Dean of Research and Internationalisation, meets on average once a month, while the sub-committees meet more frequently.

In an attempt to raise research output, the Faculty has decided to host an International Conference in mid-January 2016. However, a prelude to this conference shall be a local Faculty Conference/ Symposium to be held in March 2015, where the goal is for every staff member to come up with a research article that must be presented. All the best articles will be identified and further developed through the use of in-house mentors and externally -recruited ones, adjunct professors, post-doctoral fellows, the Research Writer‟s Workshop initiatives

as well as external collaborations. To prepare staff for the compilation of their papers and for those upgrading their qualifications, the FREHDC is encouraging both staff and postgraduates to participate in a series of workshops being hosted either by the Faculty itself or by the Research Office.

The Faculty has hosted two workshops this year: a three-day workshop on Time Series Modelling Techniques often used in macroeconometric studies and a full-day one on Qualitative Research Methodologies which are used by the majority of researchers in the Faculty. Additionally, staff are encouraged to register for an online statistical module offered by the London Imperial College. Upon successful completion a certificate will be awarded by the College. In 2015 two SPSS statistical workshops will be hosted, the first one will be a beginner‟s guide and the second one will involve advanced statistical data analysis.

NEWLY NEWLY--APPOINTED DEPU DEPUTY TY DEANS: RESEARCH AND INTERNATIONALISATION

Prof. DN Ocholla Faculty of Arts

Dr. I Kaseeram Faculty Commerce, Admin & Law

Prof. D Nzima Faculty of Education

Prof. N Kunene Faculty of Science & Agriculture

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RESEARCH FELLOW: DEP DEPARTMENT ARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION SCIENCE

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rof Klopper has a long history with the University. He taught in the Department of Communications Science for many years and he now serves as a Research Fellow. He successfully produced a number of Master‟s and Doctoral Prof RM Klopper graduates. He joined the UKZN in mid-2000 and recently retired from that institution. Prof Klopper is a prolific researcher with more than A prolific researcher with more 100 publications and he also serves as the than 100 publications and editor of editor of the SAPSE accredited journal: AlterAlternation Journal. nation. Prof Klopper facilitated two research SPSS workshops in 2009 and 2010 for UNIZULU. Presently the Faculty of Commerce Administration and Law are focusing in increase their research output profile for two of their departments: Public Administration and Business Management.

Prof Klopper has been invited to become a mentor, which will include motivating and guiding staff through their studies and helping them write SAPSE-accredited articles.

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The Faculty of Commerce Administration and Law is planning an international conference 2016. Prof Klopper will lead a conference review panel for the purposes of seeking SAPSE accreditation. As a start he will assist the Faculty by selecting suitable papers for publication in Alternation.

RESEARCH IN NEW ZEAL ZEALAND AND at Louw visited academics and researchers in the field of Literature and the Environment on a research trip to New Zealand in February 2014.

Pat contacted Charles Dawson in connection with his research on Maori traditions and beliefs regarding water. She also visited the town Oturuhua where Ecopoet Brian Turner lives and established a connection with him. Pat will be presenting a paper on her research at a conference entitled „Words on Water‟ in September this year. The picture shows Pat on the campus of the University of Auckland with an interdisciplinary group of academics: Charlotte Sunde (Literature), Alys Longley (Dance) and Clark Ehlers (Microbiology) who were all involved in the Fluid City project which was aimed at fostering awareness of water and the related problems threatening water supply in Auckland City.

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STRENGTHENING RESEARCH IN CAL

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rof Sam Lubbe came to UNIZULU from North West University. With 25 years of academic experience this conProf Sam Lubbe summate researcher in the field of information management systems, recently joined the Department of Business Management.

According to Academia.edu views, He boasts a most impressive more than 759 articles of his were downloaded with over 37 000 viewings research record: over 52 SAPSE of his papers. articles, 4 books, 16 chapters in books, 63 conferences papers (49 International and 14 local) and over 150 newspaper feature articles. Additionally he has an enviable supervision record of 52 Honours projects, 113 successful MBA/MBL projects, 7 Master‟s and 4 Doctorates successfully completed. Presently he is supervising 10 doctorates, 1 MBL, 7 MBAs and 1 MCom. He has an outstanding citation record that stretches back to 1998: 193 citations, an h-index of 7, and an i10-index of 5. According to Academia.edu views, more than 759 articles of his were downloaded with over 37 000 viewings of his papers.

Prof Lubbe is committed to raising the research output of both the Department and the Faculty. He is working earnestly with Honours, Master‟s and Doctoral students to develop strategic niche-area projects and he has already gained the reputation of being a „slave driver‟. He serves on the Faculty Research, Ethics and Higher Degrees Committee and is on the International Conference Steering Committee that is planning to host an international conference in January 2016. In his short time here he has made valuable inputs into identifying suitable capacity development workshops to be hosted by the Faculty as well as state of the art qualitative research software programmes to be acquired by the Faculty. The Faculty is indeed pleased to have a researcher of his calibre in its midst.

STRENGTHENING DOCTO DOCTOR RAL SUPERVISION

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he Research and Innovation Office is conducting a programme targeted at postgraduate supervisors called „Strengthening Doctoral Supervision‟. The course officially commenced on 23 June at the UMfolozi Casino and aims to build supervisory capacity at the University of Zululand. The Research and Innovation Office in partnership with Rhodes University‟s CHERTL will conduct workshops for about 3 to 4 months.

The programme is divided into three phases: Phase one is a face-to-face session which constitutes of four days, introducing and considering course themes. Phase two is a six week online session where supervisors embark on completing online tasks while their capability of working independently is evaluated. Phase three is a facilitated face-to-face three day session in which certain aspects of the course themes are further considered and guidance around the course assessment are provided.

When asked what makes this workshop unique, Ms. Ntuli, the Administrator (Training and Development) said, “Every workshop is different from any other; each workshop seeks to address its own issue”. She added that they are still going to launch more workshops in future that seek to strengthen postgraduate supervision.

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Chewing the Cud

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r. Fabian Nde Fon is a lecturer and researcher (Ruminant Nutritionist) from the Dr Fabian Nde Fon Department of Agriculture, University of Zululand. He obtained his PhD, MSc and BSc Honours from the UniversiMy findings showed that some wild ty of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg herbivores (wildebeest and zebra) Campus. Dr Fon‟s BSc was obtained contain microbes with the potential from the University of Buea, Cameroon. of improving forage utilization in “My PhD research looked at the possibildomestic ruminants. ity of harvesting evolved cellulolytic microbes from wild herbivores to improve both forage and crop residues utilization by domestic ruminants,” he said. “My findings showed that some wild herbivores (wildebeest and zebra) contain microbes with the potential of improving forage utilization in domestic ruminants”. In vitro incubations with microbial consortia showed that not only can forage degradability be improved but carbon dioxide and methane tended to decrease. Gas reduction is a major bonus as it has been greatly associated with global warming.

While studying at UKZN, Dr Fon was employed as a part-time lecturer in the Department teaching many animal science courses including methods in ruminant nutrition, livestock production, digestive physiology, and animal genetics. “I also have certificates in Animal judging, electron microscopy and SPSS. After completing my PhD in late 2011, I did a post-doctorate at both University of KwaZulu-Natal and Zululand where I published over 10 papers in peer reviewed journals.”

He added that he is currently supervising one Master‟s and one Honours student, both working on improving forage utilization by indigenous animals. While the Master‟s student is looking at evolved microbes from the wild that can decrease the effect of tannin on cellulolytic microbes, the Honours student is using

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using groundnut haulms from three different African countries as a means of improving indigenous forage utilization. “My research focus is geared towards the discovery of new cellulolytic (fibrolytic) microbes from wild herbivores that can be available to the rural poor and the commercial market with the advancement of modern technology,” said Dr Fon. A community project at Gingindlovu is currently in its initial phase involving four final-year students from the Department. They are attempting to understand the needs of the rural community and the available resources for different livestock microprojects. This projects will be up and running in January 2015 and will be evaluated in 2019. The project is expected to expand and continue for as many years as possible since its objective is to improve social standards and self-employment in the community.

HYDROLOGY RESEARCH COULD BE USEFUL IN IRAQ

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group of aid workers, including Dr Jean Simonis from the University of Zululand, Hydrology Department and a local NGO called Global Relief recently visited Iraq to extend a helping hand to the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in the country.

Using ceramic water filters for development improvements has resulted in NGOs exploring the use of ceramic filters in disaster response situations. The normal approach of encouraging IDPs to boil or chlorinate polluted water while waiting for restoration of treated water supplies has been proven to be ineffective. Governments and agencies are therefore seeking for alternative methods that can even continue to provide potable water for an extended period.

The UNIZULU-developed ceramic water filter was demonstrated to officials in the Kurdish government, UN departments, disaster managers, health practitioners and others as a possible system. The OUTBAC filter can supply water to a family for a period of 1 year at a cost of R150-00.

Even in cities where reticulated water is provided,

such as Sulimaniyah, local people cannot drink the municipal water and they have to pay US$ 1.50 (R17) for 20 litres of potable water every day. The question also remains whether the local bottling companies can be trusted for supplying water within drinking water standards. Dr Simonis also used the filter to test the water in a local hotel and the filter was discoloured after filtering just 2 litres of tap water. Major contributions can therefore be made to the water supply and purification system. The Outbac filter can fill an important gap both to IDPs and the general public in Sulimaniyah, Iraq.

Much interest has been shown and the possibility of manufacturing the filter in Iraq is a strong possibility.

This will strengthen local enterprise, solve a water quality problem and also act as a tool for use in the current IDP crisis. “One of the local churches is interested in starting a production plant suited to local conditions and using our technology”, said Simonis. He added that “large contracts could be negotiated with national and international aid agencies. Together we can make a difference!”

Arbat Camp Tent: ―This is all we have left‖ OUTBAC filter collage A: Outbac candle filter B: Outbac Siphon filter C: Silicone tube for suction D: Filter storage container & siphon filter E: Outbac camping filter F: High pressure filter container G: High pressure filter

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NEW FACILITIES IN TH THEE LIBRARY

by Magdalene Kevisha Naidoo

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he University of Zululand (UNIZULU) has taken another step once again toward building, restructuring and improving facilities for students. The UNIZULU Library which aims at bringing the right information, to the right person, in the right time has done just that by opening up new facilities to students.

Known as The Info Cellar, this wheelchairaccessible facility located on level one of the UNIZULU library, (one floor below the circulation section) offers a comfortable and convenient place to use the many of the services made available. Such facilities include, 20 state of the art networkconnected computers, wireless internet, formal and informal workspaces with electrical fittings for user devices and photocopying machines. Students using this facility will have access to print and electronic resources such as passed and current electronic/ online journals and an E-journal finder. Access to other higher education institution‟s libraries is available to senior postgraduate students only. This new facility comes with assisted information searching and hands-on user education and demonstrations.

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Another new facility, The Research Commons, is opened exclusively to senior postgraduate students (Master‟s and doctoral level) and academic researchers. This room offers a comfortable and peaceful environment where users may access electronic resources via wireless connectivity. Located in the UNZULU Library on Level 2 (entrance level, opposite the Circulation Section), the Research Commons offers many services such as workshops that can be arranged, on e-Resources, Plagiarism etc. Also available is quality advice on research publications, including Open access publishing. There is an online database comprising of 83 e-Resources that can be accessed.

The business hours of both facilities are Monday to Thursday 07:45 – 16:00 and on Friday 07:45 – 14:45.

The new 24/7 opening hours is coming soon. For more information on the new services and facilities available at the Unizulu Library contact Senior Librarian and Principal Librarian Mrs. L Ocholla on 035 902 6458 or email her at ocholla@unizulu.ac.za

ADVANCING RESEARCH SSUPPORT UPPORT AT UNIZULU

WHEN THE MUSIC CHANGES SO DOES THE DANCE – AFRICAN PROVERB A collaborative poster compiled by the Senior Librarian Information Services, Mrs Lyudmila Ocholla, and three Information Librarians, Mrs Patiswa Zibani, Mrs Grace Mutsvunguma and Mr Petros Dlamini won the Best Poster Award at the 16th Annual Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) Conference held on 22-26 September 2014 at Birchwood Conference Centre, Johannesburg.

A total of 11 posters were eligible for adjudication at the Conference. Posters were judged on three criteria, viz layout, colour and information. When presenting the award, Ms Ujala Satgoor, President of LIASA said, “The poster was informative and the complementary and good use of colour made this poster stand out”.

The poster outlines the way in which the Information Librarian Unit of the UNIZULU Library has adapted their service in an attempt to advance research support to researchers, academics and senior students. National and international university rankings clearly show that UNIZULU needs to improve its position with regard to research. Research output is an important criterion for university ranking.

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The UNIZULU Library mission outlines support to the research function of the University of Zululand. Although the Library provides support to its research community comprising largely of academic staff and postgraduate students, not all of them use the library to the maximum due to inadequate awareness of the services and facilities offered by the library. Responding to the changing library information environment due to rapid impact of information technologies, librarians are continuously acquiring new knowledge, skills and attitudes to be competent and provide better information services for the library users.

The purpose of the poster is to create awareness among the UNIZULU research community about existing information services (e.g. information search and retrieval, training workshops, consultations, etc.); new research support services (Open Access Publishing, Researcher ID/ Profiling, Citation Metrics, Social Media Platforms, Reference Management Software, etc.); and new library facilities (Research Commons and Info Cellar), which all can positively contribute towards improvement of the institutional research productivity and impact.

The authors propose that the Library and the Research & Innovation Office should work together to provide better support for researchers. Library services should be widely known by the library users.

octor John Desmond Boughey, Director of Academic Development and Team Leader for the CommunityUniversity Partnership Programme (CUPP) was awarded the degree of Philosophiae Doctor at the University of the Free State on 3 July 2014. His action research thesis documents the construction of a coherent conceptual and practical framework in which to locate the quest to establish community engagement as a legitimate, feasible and viable undertaking in higher education alongside its more established and accepted counterparts of teaching and research, with particular focus on the University of Zululand. Here he is pictured at the graduation ceremony in Bloemfontein with his promoter Professor Mabel Erasmus.

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Dr JD Boughey & Prof. Mabel Erasmus

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ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEA RESEARCH RCH (ATINER)

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rof N Zondi recently attended an international conference organized by the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) in Greece. Fifty specialists and academics on a variety of literature fields had gathered from all over the world to share on various aspects of literature. The countries represented were Brazil, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, United States of America, Croatia, Cameroon, India, Malaysia, Israel, Iran, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Italy, China, Spain, Phillipines, Greece and of course South Africa. Three South African Universities were represented; The North-West University was represented by Profs. Bernard Odendaal and Susan Meyer; The University of Johannesburg was represented by Prof. Mtumane, the University of South Africa was represented by Prof. Matjila and of course Prof Zondi represented UNIZULU. All were well received.

Prof N.B. Zondi “I am proud to share that I chaired one of the sessions as well as read a paper titled: Literature as an instrument to sensitize humanity on xenophobia as a social ill in South Africa which received a standing ovation”.

The areas covered by various sessions of the conference included:      

Literary History and Literary theory Literary reviews and criticism/poetry Novels, narratives and plays Short stories and tales Gender issues General issues and education issue

Participants enjoyed the welcome dinner arranged by the University of Athens where they feasted on Greek traditional food while enjoying Greek concert.

“The conference experience was remarkable especially because I was able to attend most of the presentations since there were no parallel sessions”, said Prof Zondi.

“I am proud to share that I chaired one of the sessions as well as read a paper titled: Literature as an instrument to sensitize humanity on xenophobia as a social ill in South Africa which received a standing ovation”.

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Prof Zondi found a number of presentations enriching and was also able to identify potential future external examiners for our PhD students.

The highlight of the conference was participation in the Social Programme which included Urban Walk.

During this tour we visited the following sites: Zappion, Syntagma Square, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the Acropolis Hill, Ancient Roman Agora and the Erechtheion. They were also taken on a full day Cruise of the three Greek islands. “As a person who studied history I found these sites meaningful as I had learned about them during my years as a history student”. ATINER is an annual event and Prof Zondi would recommend it to anyone from humanities. It was worth participating.

SAVE INDIGENOUS ZULU SHEEP AND YOU SAVE RURAL FARMERS

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n the green plains of Zululand in KwaZulu-Natal, small skinny sheep graze.

Thembinkosi Xulu With their tangled fur and dark markings, as though someone spilt More than 67% of the paint on them, they look different to historically disadvantaged their white, fluffy exotic counterparts. livestock farmers operate under These Nguni sheep with their distinca village production system, tive black, brown and white fur and which is inherently isolated and lacking in resources and small ears are the mainstay of subinfrastructure.

This is why Zulu sistence farmers in the area. But thesheep are important to these se small indigenous sheep are under farmers. threat and face extinction.

More than 67% of the historically disadvantaged livestock farmers operate under a village production system, which is inherently isolated and lacking in resources and infrastructure. Zulu sheep are important to these farmers. They are adapted to the harsh environmental conditions such as the hot and the humid weather of KwaZulu-Natal, where foreign breeds struggle. They can also tolerate external and gastrointestinal parasites, as well as tick-borne diseases that are common in the region.

The problem is that Zulu sheep are not attractive to large commercial farmers because of their small frames: small frames mean less meat. But at the same time they are hardy, so Zulu sheep have been crossbred with other exotic breeds.

There is also evidence of inbreeding in most of the rural areas where Zulu sheep are kept. Because poorer subsistence farmers only have a few sheep and most herds are isolated with no or few herds in the neighbouring areas, inbreeding takes place.

However, there are simple and inexpensive ways of avoiding this inbreeding, such as introducing new rams into flock by borrowing or buying rams from neighbouring farmers. Communal herding also allows breeding females to mix with breeding males from other flocks. While the majority of Zulu sheep owners did not practice any methods to control inbreeding, others said they crossbred their sheep with other type of breeds,

according to a University of Zululand study. But if these indigenous animals are crossbred with foreign ones, the dominance of the exotic breed genetic pool also duties the Zulu sheepâ€&#x;s survival traits. So, what can we do to save the Zulu sheep from extinction? There are two conservation options: protecting them where they are found in KwaZulu-Natal, or moving some of them to a special area, mimicking the natural environment and preserving biological matter, such as semen and embryos.

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) in collaboration with the Agricultural Research Council has established a programme called the Animal Genetic Resource (AnGR), which aims to conserve and develop indigenous livestock through traditional conservation approaches and modern biotechnological techniques. They have identified Zulu sheep as an indigenous breed to conserve in their environment. Farmers are keen to be involved and have actively participated, offering their livestock for sampling and data collection.

Involving the Zulu sheep owners is critical for conservation sustainability, because sustainable natural resource management is driven by the beliefs and behaviour people.

Rural communities see livestock ownership as a sign of wealth and prestige, and this is an important aspect of Zulu sheep conservation. Maintaining Zulu sheepâ€&#x;s status of prestige will contribute to our ability to protect this animal, which forms part of the countryâ€&#x;s natural heritage and is necessary for the survival of rural farmers.

Courtesy of the Mail and Guardian Science Voice

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SATNAC 2014 REPORT

he Seventeenth Annual Southern African Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC) was held in Port Elizabeth from 1-3 September 2014. SATNAC is the flagship conference for the Telkom Centres of Excellence (CoE) programme and attracts both local and international submissions. 348 papers were submitted for review this year but only 118 papers were accepted into the conference proceedings. The University hosts a Centre housed within the Department of Computer Science. The Centre had two work-in-progress papers and two full papers accepted into SATNAC 2014. A delegation comprising both staff and students attended this yearâ€&#x;s conference and posters and oral presentations were well received.

Sifiso Ngema Computing, Energy-efficient Wireless Networks, Security and Personalisation.

Erick Ndlovu ICT-based research and development in support of rural SMMEs

A full paper, co-authored by Olukayode Oki, Pragasen Mudali, Nathi Zulu and Matthew Adigun was awarded the third-best paper in the conference proceedings. Judging was based upon the scores allocated during the peer-review process. This award is the latest acknowledgement of the high-quality research and development being undertaken in the Centre. The CoE undertakes ICT-based research and development in support of rural SMMEs. This entails research in diverse but complementary domains such as Cloud Computing, Energy-efficient Wireless Networks, Security and Personalisation.

UniZulu SATNAC Delegation.

From L-R: Pragasen Mudali, Paul Tarwireyi, Kudzai Chiponga, Erick Ndlovu, Bethel Mutanga, Olukayode Oki and Sifiso Ngema.

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s Forthcoming Event Lecture Speakers: PROF. NEERISH REVAPRASDU 2 OCTOBER 2014 LIBRARY CONFERENCE ROOM 12:00 PM

Postgraduate Students DEBATE ON VARIOUS TOPICS 3 OCTOBER 2014 LIBRARY CONFERENCE ROOM 14:00 PM

Plagiarism Workshop 1st group 09:00 AM-12 :00PM 2nd group 13:00 PM-16:00 PM LIBRARY COMPUTER LAB

DVC Forum 8 OCTOBER 2014 LIBRARY CONFERENCE ROOM 12:00PM-14:00 PM

Faculty Research Exhibition 9 OCTOBER 2014 LIBRARY FOYER 9:00 AM -13:00 PM

TurnItIn Workshop: 10 OCTOBER 2014 LIBRARY COMPUTER LAB 8:30 AM-14:00 PM

Library Workshops: REFERENCING MADE EASY ENDNOTE,MENDELEY & ZOTERO) e-RESOURCES, TIPS FOR SEARCHING AND MORE! FINDING THESIS & DISSERTATIONS 1st group 13 OCTOBER 2014 9:00AM-12:00 PM 2nd group 14 OCTOBER 2014 13:00PM-16:00 PM

Research Office Open Day 16 OCTOBER 2014 LIBRARY CONFERENCE ROOM

Panel Discussion RESEARCHING FOR RELEVANCE – SHAPING A RESEARCH CULTURE FOR UNIZULU 17 OCTOBER 2014 12:00pm – 14:00pm LIBRARY CONFERENCE ROOM

Library Workshops: INTER-LIBRARY LOANS VISIBILITY COUNTS RESEARCH SOCIAL NETWORKING PUBLISHING YOUR RESEARCH 21-23 OCTOBER 2014 LIBRARY COMPUTER LAB 9:00 AM -13:00 PM

Research writers retreat (WORKSHOP 1) 21-24 OCTOBER 2014

Research awards gala dinner 28 OCTOBER 2014 Richards Bay Campus

Research writers retreat (WORKSHOP 2) 25-27 NOVEMBER 2014

Research writers retreat (3 day getaway) 12-16 JANUARY 2015

Lecture By Mr Walter Doh-Nubia (PhD Student) Concept od teaching Resilience; A contribution Towards Teaching Development 15 OCTOBER 2014 12:00PM —14:30PM

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If you would like to publicize your research efforts in our next issue of Research Bites, please contact Ayanda Mkhize at EX 6273 at the Research Office for more information.

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Research development funds have been set aside for the development of individual research development plans for both emerging and established researchers. Interested researchers will:      RESEARCH MATTERS 

assess their current research profile the research objectives for the next seven years what action steps are required to reach the objectives, with annual milestones what competencies need to be developed what constraints and/or risks exist that would impact on the plans what resources are required

Accolades / Awards

Congratulations to the following researchers who received NRF Awards/Scholarships

Dube, ZF

S&F - Sasol Inzalo Foundation

Gwala, PE

S&F - Extension for NRF Support for Doctoral Study

Isike, CA

Incentive Funding for Rated Researchers

Masikane, SC

S&F - Scarce Skills Doctoral Scholarships

Mathaba, PC

S&F - Extension for NRF Support for Masters

Mavule, BS

S&F - Innovation Doctoral Scholarships

Mhlanga, MM

S&F - Scholarships & Fellowships Programme

Mkhize, S.S

S&F - Extension for NRF Support for Doctoral Study

Ncanana, ZS

S&F - Sasol Inzalo Foundation

Ntshangase, SS

Incentive Funding for Rated Researchers

Ocholla, DN

Incentive Funding for Rated Researchers

Pooe, OJ

S&F - Extension for NRF Support for Doctoral Study

Shongwe, NC

Knowledge Interchange and Collaboration

Ugbenyen, AM

Knowledge Interchange and Collaboration

Zharare, GE

Incentive Funding for Rated Researchers

Zharare, GE

Knowledge Interchange and Collaboration

Editorial Committee

Editor: Ms Daniela Viljoen Copy Editor: Mr Mack Makhathini Layout & Design: Dr Kevin Naidoo Contributing members: Prof Rob Midgley; Miss Magdalene Naidoo; Philangenkosi Zibani; Prof Irrshad Kaseeram; Dr Fabian Fon; Mrs Pat Louw; Dr Jean Simonis; Mr Thembinkosi Xulu; Prof Nompumelele Zondi; Dr John Boughey; Ms Zinhle Ntuli; Mrs Lyudmila Ocholla & Ms Noma Shoba.