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Reasserting Traditional Leadership: Unisa seminar explores the future of African indigenous justice

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

PhD-to-book: Unisa equips talented postgrads to take the leap

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

Unisa law students take on Africa’s leading human rights moot court competition

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 embrace digital library resources, call for more hands-on support

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

From campus mailboxes to two million followers: The untold story of Unisa’s digital revolution

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

Unisa launches transformative postgraduate student network

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

Refusing to let silence define her story

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

Unisa explores solutions to youth unemployment

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

Wearing her achievement with pride

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