News & Events

Rethinking the challenges of development in terms of decoloniality

Unique development challenges faced by Ethiopia were the crux of the doctoral research of Dr Yerasework Kebede Hailu of Unisa’s Ethiopia Regional Learning Centre.Read more

Reflections on Africa’s futures

Eminent African scholar, Professor Mamadou Diouf, delivered the 2021 Unisa Founders Lecture addressing African history, humanities, literature, and invention towards reclaiming Africa’s futures.Read more

Joy, celebration as master’s and doctoral candidates graduate

The current series of onsite graduations at Unisa will see newly minted master’s and doctoral graduates joining the ranks of South Africa’s best and brightest.Read more

Honoured for advancing African knowledge systems

The Unisa Council recently conferred honorary degrees on veteran broadcaster Moloko John Mashamaite and spiritual peacemaker Reverend Daniel Lekota. Read more

Ensuring successful transition for first-time students

Unisa’s recent Student Retention Unit Showcase provided a picture of a range of support and retention strategies implemented by the unit to promote student success and retention.Read more

Outstanding South Africans to be honoured at the 2021 Calabash Awards

Unisa Chancellor Thabo Mbeki will be honouring four remarkable individuals for their contribution to the transformation and development of the country.Read more

A curriculum that embraces indigenous languages

Unisa held the Recognition of Prior Learning webinar with the aim to recognise the impact of the programme and showcase videos profiling students who were admitted into the university’s qualifications using the RPL process.Read more

Unisa’s Registrar and NSRC visit the vaccination site

Professor Steward Mothata and members of the NSRC rolled up their sleeves at the Unisa Campus Health Clinic’s vaccination site to show support and encourage Unisans to take advantage of the vaccination programme offered by the university.Read more

Unisa’s senior academics set the record straight

In an opinion piece published by the Sunday Times, three academic executives responded to sentiments that have been expressed in the media which are injurious to Unisa’s academics, scholars, students and alumni.Read more