Ruth Maria Ruperti was the first woman to receive a doctorate (Doctor of Education) from the University of South Africa. In 1966 she joined Unisa as a Senior Lecturer of Didactics and Comparative Education. … Read more
Celebrating 140 years in 2013
Unisa is unique in Africa’s higher education environment in more ways than one. Apart from being the largest university on the continent and one that attracts a third of all higher education students in South Africa, Unisa’s building architecture at its Muckleneuk Campus is much to boast on. … Read more 
Lucy Catherine Lloyd was the first woman to be awarded with an honorary doctorate from the then, University of the Cape of Good Hope, on 22 February 1913. … Read more 
To dance with your feet is one thing, but to dance with your heart is an overwhelming experience and how artists who take to the stage at Unisa’s Little Theatre feel. … Read more 
While browsing through the colourful rows of books in the Unisa Library at the Muckleneuk Campus, staff and students may have wondered at some point what the oldest book in the Unisa Library is; who is the author and what language it was written in. … Read more 
While waiting to enter examination halls at scores of venues across South Africa many Unisa students may have wondered, “Why do we always have to write these exams? Could somebody not think of a different way of testing the knowledge and insights I have gained during the year?” … Read more 
The Unisa Library continues to attract researchers with state-of-the-art services aimed at increasing their productivity and improving the university’s research outputs and standing. … Read more 
For the first time in a quarter of a century, the rainbow lights of Idomeneo coruscated over the Muckleneuk Campus as dusk fell on 15 October 2012. … Read more 
Unisa’s visual identity is contemporary, fresh, dynamic and vibrant. The crest, Unisa’s highest visual symbol, is an expression of its vision and mission towards being the African University in the service of humanity. … Read more 
Whether it’s for a celebration, a commemoration, or simply for its own beautiful sake, the commissioning of stunning, one-off works of art, specially created from the finest metals and precious stones, is the ultimate way of capturing special moments and creating enduring keepsakes. … Read more |
