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2020-09-05 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Eating burnt toast
So you are female and the impact of Covid-19 is weighing on you with no means to get an income through a side hustle…You might feel overwhelmed, but many SA women have overcome traditional notions of gender by becoming primary breadwinners in their homes and providing primary financial support for their families. Listen to Unisa’s Dr Bianca Parry chatting to Mandla Shongwe on SAfm’s Sound Awake.
2020-09-04 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Once upon a [digital] time…
The Department of Communication Science in Unisa's College of Human Sciences recently held a second lecture as part of their Community of Communication Scholarship Project. Dr Damien Tomaselli, from the University of Johannesburg, spoke on innovating story form in the wake of emerging technologies.
2020-09-04 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Developing digital African language resources
Unisa's College of Human Sciences is serious about advancing South African and African indigenous knowledge systems. This #HeritageMonth, start to encourage the culture of reading in your household, especially in local languages.
#HeritageDay #IChoose2ReadInMyLanguage
2020-09-04 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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CHS scholar honoured by UWF
Dr Vuyolwethu Seti-Sonamzi from the Department of Communication Science is the recipient of the 2020 Transformative Leadership Award from the Unisa Women's Forum. "She has presented a model for what a Unisa women academic can achieve through conviction, dedication and commitment to staying the course."
#WomensMonth2020 #IamGenerationEquality
2020-08-27 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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The lingering and what remains to be said
Dr Garth Mason, who teaches in the Unisa Department of Religious Studies and Arabic, recently spoke on Emmanuel Levinas's other-directed ethics, which is founded on a decentred self and the unclosed circle of the other.
2020-08-27 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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From unfledged to fully-fledged academics
The College of Human Sciences Research Postdoctoral Incubation Project, initiated by Prof Azwihangwisi Mavhandu-Mudzusi, nurtures newly graduated doctors in crucial research and supervision activities, leading to excellence in academia.
#WomensMonth2020 #IamGenerationEquality
2020-08-27 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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A freewheeling conversation across continents
Lezandra Grundlingh, lecturer in the Department of Afrikaans and Theory of Literature, recently spoke to Avishek Sarkar, an instructional designer from India, about the challenges and triumphs of working in an ODeL university during the Covid-19 pandemic.
2020-08-26 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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There is life in soil
"Gardening is empowering and women have been gardening in Africa for a very long time. Why can't we do it again?" asks Selly Mathonsi, who is working with the CHS Meal of Peace CE project on a Peace Garden in the Tshwane CBD.
#WomensMonth2020 #IamGenerationEquality
2020-08-26 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Raising female academic prowess is her passion
Unisa's Lefatshe Moagi-Venter, a lecturer from the Department of Political Sciences, will lead a global project to research and deliver high impact, culturally appropriate interventions for youth mental health in South Africa.
#WomensMonth2020 #IamGenerationEquality