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Unisa recognised again through Gustav Preller literature prize

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Henriëtte Roos, current professor emerita and research fellow in Unisa’s Department of Afrikaans, is the winner of the Gustav Preller Prize for Literature and Literary Criticism.

Africa speaks the nexus of religion, migration and globalisation

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Unisa’s College of Human Sciences recently welcomed Prof Afe Adogame of the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, to Unisa, as part of its Africa Speaks lecture.

The road to democracy: Unisa to no longer interpret knowledge, but generate it

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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.

Freedom Charter discourse promotes provocative debate

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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.

Freedom Day 2013: Unisa celebrates with Credo and Road to Democracy series

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Unisa’s Freedom Day celebrations acknowledge its remarkable contributions to South Africa while simultaneously honouring the road to democracy..

Earth Day 2013: Are you one of the faces of climate change?

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With continuous commitment over the years, Earth Day has become a real demonstration of support for environmental protection.

Little progress made in creating political accountability

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If the electoral system has accountability built into it, then citizens will be able to reward public servants who do a good job in delivering quality public services and punish those who don’t perform. The only instrument citizens have to do that with is their vote.

Bringing humanity back to police

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With several recent cases highlighting police brutality in South Africa, Unisa played host to a seminar that discussed the roots of and solutions to the problem.

ANFASA gives Unisa authors a page-up

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Two Unisa academics are recipients of the prestigious Academic and Non-Fiction Authors Association of South Africa 2012/2013 grant scheme, which assists them in completing a non-fiction writing project.

Higher education minister’s confidence in Unisa

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Dr Blade Nzimande gave Unisa his seal of approval and reaffirmed his faith in higher education as his son Nkululeko graduated at the university.