2021-04-08 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Research news, College of Law, Featured, Dpt of Public, Constitutional and International Law, Corporate
Cutting-edge research on African issues acknowledged
In his academic journey from a proud Unisa alumnus to an esteemed academic at the institution, Prof Babatunde Fagbayibo, who has been re-rated as a C2 researcher by the NRF, says that one of the things he has learnt is the importance of critical, Afrocentric engagement.
2021-04-07 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Featured, Featured, Research news, Corporate
Thinking out of the box, Unisa researcher targets innovation in water treatment
Through his research Prof. Thabo Nkambule is targeting the challenge that rapid urbanisation has created by pushing up pollution and placing a strain on water treatment capacity
2021-04-06 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Research news, Corporate
‘Vaccine access’ offers hope for COVID-hit SA tourism
Speaking on Chinese TV, Unisa’s Prof. Nellie Swart unpacked the challenges faced by SA’s key tourism sector due to travel restrictions, and proposed a number of novel solutions.
2021-03-26 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Featured, Research news, Corporate
Reflecting, resisting and (re)imagining pandemics
Unisa's Institute for Gender Studies hosted a webinar commemorating International Women's Day that brought together distinguished gender scholars, gender workers and gender activists to share their work and how it has been challenged by Covid-19.
2021-03-26 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Chemistry, Featured, Lead, Research news, Corporate
Making the all-important connection between academia and industry
Unisa scientist Dr Mark Smith has set his sights on establishing direct interaction between students and the chemical industry with his election as the Chairperson of the Central Division of the South Africa Chemical Institute.
2021-03-26 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Research news, Corporate
International leadership roles for Dr Daisy Selematsela
The Executive Director of the Unisa Library and Information Services has been nominated to serve as a member of the South African Committee on Data for Science and Technology for a three-year term running until January 2023. She has also been re-elected on the Board of ORCID and newly elected on Research4Life.
2021-03-24 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, Research news, Corporate
Transformation at the core of maintaining Unisa as an African university
Making an African university in the service of humanity: Professor Mandla Makhanya's speeches was launched on 19 March 2021. The former VC said he had been committed to building a new DNA in a university that would actually bring about what would be viewed as a culture of academic excellence and service to stakeholders.
2021-03-24 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Life and Consumer Sciences, College of Human Sciences, Chemistry, Featured, Research news, IDAES, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Corporate
Collaboration key to combat scourge of TB
Two Unisa colleges have joined forces to tackle the challenge of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. The focus of the research is the chemical design and synthesis of new TB drugs and biological investigation into several medicinal plants as a cradle of novel TB drug leads.
#ItsTimetoEndTB #WorldTBDay
2021-03-23 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, Research news, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate
Celebrating water one drink at a time!
Unisa's Dr Felix Donkor says that this year's celebration of World Water Day is unique as 2021 intersects with the final decade of action to deliver the SDGs as well as global efforts towards sustainable recovery from the coronavirus crisis.