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Ethiopia student experience-sharing programme reloaded
Unisa’s Ethiopia Regional Learning Centre hosted another round of the student experience-sharing programme to assist master’s and doctoral students on their journey to attaining their degrees and to make them aware of some of the challenges that lie ahead.Read more
Covid-19 highlights the need for Africa to be self-reliant
Speaking at the 21st Annual Steve Biko Memorial Lecture, WHO Regional Director Dr Matshidiso Moeti said that the pandemic should be a wake-up call to transform our society and systems, and build a world that is guided by equity and self-reliance.Read more
‘Dear Madam VC, you embody courage, hope and resilience’
Unisan Nonsikelelo Nako, a former Unisa NSRC member, pens a heartfelt letter congratulating Professor Puleng LenkaBula on her inauguration as the institution’s first woman Vice-Chancellor.Read more
His voice still resonates
At the 12th such annual event, Unisa recently celebrated the life and work of the late Es’kia Mphahlele, Unisa alumnus and renowned African scholar who scribed his way to literary immortality.Read more
Never too late for self-empowerment through education
A self-driven and visionary mother, former cleaner Florah Mukumo overcame poverty and other difficult circumstances to obtain her first degree at the age of 64.Read more
Regaining consciousness of Africa’s intellectual futures
As Unisa hosted a colloquium themed “Reclaiming Africa’s Intellectual Futures” on the inauguration and investiture of Professor Puleng LenkaBula, the first black woman to be appointed as the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Unisa, local and global speakers joined the celebration and congratulated her.Read more
Humble LenkaBula hailed as a “talented and outstanding woman” and “courageous mom”
The inauguration and investiture of Professor Puleng LenkaBula as Unisa Principal and Vice-Chancellor was a herstorical moment she became the first womxn, the first black womxn and only the third black person to be appointed as the head of the institution in its 148 years of existence.Read more
History in the making for Unisa and Prof. LenkaBula
Professor Puleng LenkaBula has fearlessly accepted the huge responsibility and expectations that come with the VC position at Unisa. On Thursday, 2 September 2021, she will be inaugurated as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Unisa.Read more
How to inject ‘equitable care’ into online learning
The Covid-19 pandemic has thrown huge challenges in the path of universities, but they owe it to their lecturers and students not to emphasise rigour and efficiency at the expense of support and community building.Read more
