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2026-03-26 00:00:00.0 | Category: Dept Marketing & Retail, Corporate, Featured

Spotlighting the relevance of African brands in a global context

The College of Economic and Management Sciences' masterclass, featuring renowned brand strategist Dr Thebe Ikalafeng, explored how African brands can build global relevance, highlighting the need for authenticity, innovation, and a shift towards locally rooted yet globally competitive strategies.

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2026-03-26 00:00:00.0 | Category: Dept Marketing & Retail, Corporate, Featured

Exploring the role of personal branding in building professional influence

Unisa recently held the second session of the ongoing Masterclass Series, which unpacked how personal branding shapes professional identity and career growth, further highlighting the importance of intentionality, visibility, and authenticity in building influence and credibility.

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2026-03-25 00:00:00.0 | Category: Dept Marketing & Retail, Corporate, Featured

Unpacking the strategy behind positioning SA on the global stage

A recent College of Economic and Management Sciences masterclass explored how nation branding shapes global perception, highlighting South Africa’s evolving identity and the role every citizen plays in building the country’s reputation.

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2026-03-25 00:00:00.0 | Category: Dept Business management, Corporate, Featured

Making sense of change

In her inaugural lecture, Professor Annemarie Davis from the College of Economic and Management Sciences explored 15 years of research on how managers navigate organisational change, highlighting the importance of reflection, identity, and the often-overlooked strategic value of “pausing”.

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2026-03-12 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Accounting Sciences, Featured, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured

Unisa hosts Eighth Post-Budget Dialogue on fiscal policy and sustainable transformation

Economists, policymakers and academics gathered at Unisa's Muckleneuk Campus to unpack the 2026 National Budget and explore how fiscal policy can drive long-term economic transformation.

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2026-02-26 00:00:00.0 | Category: Lead, College of Law, Featured, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured

Unisa conference brings together global digital technology experts

The university is hosting its three-day Digital Technology Conference at the CSIR Convention Centre, bringing together global thought leaders, policymakers, industry experts and students to explore how inclusive and transformative technologies can drive sustainable development across Africa.

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2026-02-10 00:00:00.0 | Category: Featured, Institute for Corporate Citizenship, Research news, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured

Unisa partners with Standard Bank to strengthen climate change research

As climate-related disasters intensify across Southern Africa, a new partnership between Standard Bank and the University of South Africa is set to strengthen research, policy influence and community resilience in response to climate change-induced loss and damage.

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2026-01-16 00:00:00.0 | Category: Corporate

Unisa studentpreneur triumphs at the 2025 EDHE Intervarsity Competition

Unisa celebrates a major victory as studentpreneur Tumelo Ratala claims top honours at the 2025 EDHE Intervarsity Competition, reaffirming the university's rising dominance in student innovation.

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2025-11-14 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured

Building a community of strategy-as-practice researchers

Speaking at a recent webinar hosted by Johannes Kepler Universität in Linz, Prof Annemarie Davis and Dr Charmaine Williamson of the Department of Business Management spotlighted the evolution of SAP research in South Africa, with a special focus on how to work within African philosophies.

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