This was reiterated by Unisa Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Prof Mandla Makhanya when the university hosted the launch of volumes 5 and 6 of The road to democracy in South Africa.
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Part of the Credo project, this first public dialogue dealt with the history and legacy of the charter as a living document. 
Unisa’s Freedom Day celebrations acknowledge its remarkable contributions to South Africa while simultaneously honouring the road to democracy.. 
Dr Blade Nzimande gave Unisa his seal of approval and reaffirmed his faith in higher education as his son Nkululeko graduated at the university. 
Credo will be an important contribution to the growing body of 21st century artistic work based on the struggles, triumphs and victories of the country’s turbulent history. 
As she congratulated the 56 researchers who were acknowledged in various prestigious categories at the Research and Innovation awards gala dinner, Prof Kgethi Phakeng, Vice-Principal: Research and Innovation, made it clear that the evening was about excellence, not about acknowledging potential. 
In acknowledging Unisa’s 140th birthday, the university community will this year engage in a rich tapestry of celebratory activities to mark this auspicious commemoration. 
It would take a big cake to hold 140 candles as Unisa celebrates this time span of educational excellence. Unisa is now a ‘cente-quadra-generian’ university as Prof Mandla Makhanya has tongue-twistedly coined it. 
How inferior is an education system that produces a President, a Nobel Laureate, or a Chief Justice? asked acclaimed jurist and Chancellor of Unisa, Justice Bernard Ngoepe, last year. 
One of the main billboards on Unisa‘s Muckleneuk Campus was recently removed, resulting in lots of speculation about the university‘s plans for the space. The missing billboard mystery was soon solved, with the new canvas reading, “Celebrating 140 years of shaping futures”. |
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