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Speeches delivered by Prof NB Pityana during his tenure as Principal and Vice-Chancellor at Unisa

Speeches 2010 
2 June Principal's statement to Senate (PDF)
22 April HESA Statement to Higher Education Summit (PDF)
17 March Principal's statement to Senate (PDF)
17 – 19 February Roundtable on academic freedom (PDF)
29 January Principal's address to mark the official opening of the academic year 2010 (PDF)
 
Speeches 2009 
21 October Principal's statement to Senate (PDF)
24 August Principal's statement to Senate (PDF)
5 - 8 July The Revitalisation of Higher Education: Access, Equity and Quality (PDF)
1 July Principal's statement to Senate (PDF)
8 June

Open Distance Learning in the Developing World: trends, progress and challenges (PDF)

18 - 20 May

COL Forum on a decade of ODL in the Commonwealth (PDF)

25 March Principal's Statement to Senate (PDF)
18 March

KRESGE/HESA - Third Stream Income Conference - South African Higher Education: Living the National Plan for Higher Education (2001) Progress, Challenges and Opportunities (PDF)

28 January Principal's address to mark the official opening of the 2009 academic year (PDF)
 
Speeches 2008 
24 October Principal's Statement to Senate (PDF)
17 September The 2008 DCS Oosthuizen Memorial Lecture Rhodes University, Grahamstown (PDF)
27 August Principal's Statement to Senate (PDF)
25 July Launch of the first distance course, Bachelor in Business Management - The history of Distance Education (PDF)
16 July A Decade of Development and Education in Africa: The Promise of Open and Distance Learning (PDF)
(5th Pan Commonwealth Forum held in collaboration with London University and UNESCO, London)
19 June Principal's Statement to Senate (PDF)
22 April New forms of managing distance education institutions advancing open distance learning in Africa (PDF)
31 March The Future of our Nation - Our Nation of the Future: On Morality in Politics, the Law and Society (Annual General Meeting of the Law Society of South Africa) (PDF)

26 March

The UNISA statement on Racism, Racial Discrimination and all forms of Intolerance (PDF)
26 March Principal's Statement to Senate (PDF)

30 January

Opening of the Academic Year 2008 (PDF)
 
Speeches 2007 
9 November Black Lawyers and the Legal System:  on morality, integrity and human rights (PDF)
30 October Address to Senate (PDF)
9 October Banking and Social Responsibility:  Towards sustainable Socio-economic Development (PDF)
12 September Steve Biko Lecture: Reflections on 30 years since the death of Steve Biko:  A legacy revisited (PDF)
10 September Founders' Lecture: Pathways to excellence in Higher Education: Ten years of Higher Education reform in South Africa (PDF)
29 August Principal's Statement to Senate (PDF)
2 July Creativity and the State of the Nation: of writers and intellectuals (PDF)
(Grahamstown Wordfest)
6 June Report to Senate (PDF)
14 April Erna Bodenstein: PORTRAITS FROM BEYOND - An Exhibition (PDF)
28 March Address to Senate (PDF)
18 February

Skills Development Summit 2007 (PDF)

7 February

Medical Ethics for a Modern Age (PDF)

1 February

Address of the Official Opening of the Academic year 2007 (PDF)

28 January

Official Launch of the UNISA Regional Learning Centre
Akaki, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(PDF)

 
Speeches 2006 
November

The New Democracies and the Challenge of Human Rights (PDF)

October Post Conflict Societies in Africa: The Role of the African Union (PDF)
October On being South African today: The Politics of Identity and National Consciousness (PDF)
25 October

Principal's Statement to Senate (PDF)

23 August

Address : NADEOSA 10th Anniversary Conference, Cocktail & Dinner and Courseware Awards Function (DOC)

23 August Principal's Statement to Senate (PDF)
22 August Opening And Welcome Notes For The Visit By The Minister Of Science And Technology (PDF)
10 - 12 August Welcoming Address (DOC)
3 August Perspectives On Leadership And The Silences Of Reason.
The Second JD Baqwa Memorial Lecture 2006
(PDF)
24 June Welcome Address To Mark The Visit Of H E Prof Alpha Oumare Konare, Chairperson Of The African Union Commission To Unisa (PDF)
14 June Principal's Statement to Senate (PDF)
12 May Work Integrated Learning in a Comprehensive Distance Education (PDF)
26 April Principal's Report to Council (PDF)
31 March A student union for a new South Africa (PDF)
27 March Higher education and the challenge of skills development: a Contribution to JIPSA (PDF)
15 March Principal's Statement to Senate (PDF)
11 March Council Report (PDF)
22 February Notes for the Unisa Press Launch of the New Book "Mandarin Chinese" (PDF)
22 February National Conference on the Strengthening of African Studies in Africa (PDF)
2 February Address at the commencement of the academic year 2006 (doc)
23 January Address at the commencement of the academic year 2006 (doc) Assembly of States and Government in Khartoum (doc)


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