What role should traditional leadership play in South Africa’s justice system and policymaking? A Lekgotla la Batho seminar at Unisa’s Mthatha Regional Service Centre brought scholars, traditional leaders and community representatives together to examine how African indigenous knowledge can help reshape dispute resolution and traditional courts.Read more
Headed by Dr Meiya Nthoesane, Director, the Unisa Press team has embarked on an exciting initiative to assist academic researchers to reframe their doctoral theses as books, thus enabling them to reach a wider readership and establish themselves globally as authorities in their fields of endeavour.Read more
Two Unisa LLB students represented the university at the 35th Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court Competition in Côte d’Ivoire, putting their legal knowledge, advocacy skills and determination to the test alongside some of the continent’s brightest young legal minds.Read more
Unisa students at the Mbombela Regional Centre are embracing the University’s digital library, but say they need more hands-on training to turn a wealth of online resources into stronger research, better assignments and greater academic success.Read more
Once upon a time, communicating at Unisa meant handwritten notes, campus mailboxes and long walks between departments. Today, the university reaches more than two million people across its digital platforms.Read more
The Unisa SASUF Student Network, an initiative uniting Unisa with 37 partner universities across Sweden and South Africa, will foster academic exchange, cultural understanding, and collaboration among students from these two diverse yet interconnected regions.Read more
For Zamile Mafuna, who was born deaf, graduating with a Postgraduate Diploma in Science, Engineering and Technology from Unisa was far more than an academic achievement. It was the fulfilment of a dream shaped by resilience, discipline and an unwavering belief in the power of education.Read more
Experts, policymakers and students gathered at Unisa to explore how stronger partnerships, practical workplace experience and inclusive leadership can help address South Africa’s youth unemployment crisis.Read more
Serurubele Stone travelled from Canberra, Australia, to South Africa to graduate with distinction with a Postgraduate Diploma in Education, wearing a custom-made Unisa dress that reflected both her gratitude and her pride.Read more