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Leadership and determination characterise alumni convenor’s Unisa journey

Can-do grandma Dorah Queen Sekhosana, aka Queen, Convenor of the Unisa Pretoria Alumni Chapter and MBA candidate, shares her inspirational journey and her vision for the chapter going forward.Read more

Reimagining, rediscovering and repurposing libraries

The months of March and April have been busy ones for Unisa’s libraries as they celebrated South African Library Week (SALW) with the theme “ReImagine! RePurpose! ReDiscover … Libraries!”Read more

Ghanaian academic garners Unisa PhD

Excited to complete his PhD in Economics at Unisa, Dr Elias Kwaku Megbetor travelled all the way from Ghana to celebrate the ceremonial graduation day with fellow graduates and his supervisor, Professor Theo van der Merwe. Read more

Hasta la victoria, siempre – Ever onward to victory

While the road to obtaining an LLB Honours degree was a challenging one, Perfect Lekolwana’s story of triumph depicts a young student leader determined to defeat all odds, and through his lived experience, he lives to serve others and advocate for a just society.Read more

Two Unisa creative intellectuals win coveted HSS Awards

Emerging victorious among more than 190 entries received, Unisans Natalia Molebatsi and Dr Napjadi Letsoalo walked away with top honours in their categories at the 7th Humanities and Social Sciences Awards.Read more

Building successful institutions for Africa

Ushered in with a red carpet, Unisa’s VC Professor Puleng LenkaBula was welcomed with grace and honour at the Kenyan High Commissioner Catherine Muigai Mwangi’s Pretoria East residency. The VC shared with guests her riveting thoughts on the role of women in building successful institutions characterised by ecology and feminism. Read more

If you have the focus, Unisa will do the rest

‘Unisa is for people who know what they want to achieve in life and are willing to do what it takes to achieve their goals,’ says recent cum laude graduate and student leader, Sipho Manamela.Read more

The Commission for Gender Equality discusses traditional harmful practices in KZN

Zanele Ncwane, the Commission for Gender Equality’s provincial manager in KZN, recently addressed the Unisa community on harmful traditional practices in the last of a series of GBV awareness events hosted by the region.Read more

Further obstacles for students with disabilities due to Covid-19

Always mindful of its mission to provide students living with disabilities with the best support possible, Unisa has identified new challenges in the areas of enrolment and assessment caused by the pandemic and is working on ways to overcome these. Read more