Alumni

Unisa alumna provides financial expertise abroad

Proud Unisa alumna Tanya Geldenhuys says that her Honours degree in Management Accounting provided the much-needed technical knowledge to apply for her current job abroad in which she makes a difference in the lives of employees with disabilities. Read more

Unisa alumni win big at the National Teaching Awards

Unisa alumni have been recognised as some of the best teachers in the country at the National Teaching Awards, an annual event which honours and celebrates teachers who inspire excellence in education. Read more

SAICA states unambiguously that Unisa’s accounting programmes remain accredited

Following recent misleading reports in the media on the status of Unisa’s programmes accredited by the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), the institute has in a press release reiterated its previously communicated stance that Unisa retains its SAICA accreditation. Read more

Gift of the Givers inspiring KZN alumni

Unisa's KZN Alumni Chapter attended an event where Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, the founder of Gift of the Givers, encouraged attendees to live in the spirit of Ubuntu and to promote the good of SA contributing towards the healing of the province after the catastrophic floods. Read more

Zambian alumni gear up post-Covid-19

In an effort to return to normality post-Covid-19, the Unisa Alumni Relations Office recently held a Zambia Alumni Chapter breakfast meeting in Lusaka. Read more

Kenya Alumni Chapter unpacks the power of networking

A recent gathering of Unisa’s Kenya Alumni Chapter proved to be an inspirational day of reconnecting and establishing new friendships among these outstanding African ambassadors of the university. Read more

Unisa alumni encouraged to be ambassadors of the university

Approximately 100 alumni were excited to re-ignite Mbombela chapter activities and strengthen the alumni network. Like many of the alumni chapters of Unisa, the Mbombela Chapter had to postpone most of their projects and activities due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more

Leadership and determination characterise alumni convenor’s Unisa journey

Can-do grandma Dorah Queen Sekhosana, aka Queen, Convenor of the Unisa Pretoria Alumni Chapter and MBA candidate, shares her inspirational journey and her vision for the chapter going forward. Read more

Unisa’s Pretoria Alumni Chapter treated to chai tea

On the morning of 19 March 2022, members of Unisa’s Pretoria Alumni Chapter gathered on the Unisa main campus for breakfast. It was their first meeting after two years of COVID-19. Read more

Sisipho Mayo’s NPO bridges the gap to opportunities

When she founded the Tozama Foundation in 2020 after her mother’s passing, little did Sisipho Mayo know that she was going to add value to her mother’s legacy of being loving, warm-hearted and a giver to communities. Read more