The Teaching Practice Office in the College of Education hosted an insightful and engaging Teaching Practice Orientation Day on 19 March under the theme “A RE TSEBANENG.” Read more

The university’s College of Human Sciences continues to raise awareness regarding the importance of using indigenous languages in teaching and learning in higher education through a project supported by the Department of Higher Education and Training.Read more

Advocate Lyle Bunting has joined an elite group after being awarded the Johannes Voet Bar Medal by the Pretoria Bar. The award follows the nomination of Bunting as the best LLB student for the 2023 academic year. Read more

Following the recent correctional centre and regional visits, the Department of Tuition Support and Facilitation of Learning team continued to contribute towards a positive student experience and student support for Unisa students. Read more

Celebrating Library Week 2025, Unisa Library and Information Services spearheaded a series of activities that highlighted its ability to preserve culture, promote inclusivity and provide access to information. Through storytelling, thought-provoking dialogue and the promotion of indigenous languages, Unisa’s libraries demonstrated that they remain central to the building of sustainable, informed and connected communities. Read more

Targeting waste from food products, Mosa Mapheto, a fourth-year LLB student at Unisa, is on a mission to offer alternative fuel. Her innovative venture, Greatfuel, repurposes used cooking oil into biodiesel. Read more

Following deliberations at the Hungarian-South African Rectors' Forum in Budapest, Unisa has signed a memorandum of understanding with Óbuda University, allowing joint projects in especially the engineering and technology disciplines that are central to a number of Unisa's catalytic niche areas. This follows an agreement entered into earlier this year with Eötvös Loránd University, the oldest and largest university in Hungary. Read more

To mark 31 years of democracy, the university’s College of Law recently held its 2025 Annual Law Conference under the theme "New Winds of Change in Africa: Reflecting on the Challenges of Africa in the 21^st Century and 30 Years of the Post-1994 Democratic Dispensation in South Africa." Read more

Writing in the special Human Rights Day issue of Business Day, Professor Cameron Modisane, Deputy Executive Dean of Unisa’s College of Accounting Sciences, argues that while South Africa’s legal framework protects LGBTQIA+ individuals, their lived experiences reveal that much more needs to be done. Read more