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The disease that gave the world a wake-up call

Professor Douglas Boateng of Unisa's Graduate School of Business Leadership analyses the latest data and says the ultimate victory will depend on each one of us to remain disciplined and fully focused on the goal.Read more

Unisa Law alumnus is dedicated to serving Unisa's international students across the globe

This advocate for human rights, who received his Bachelor of Commerce in Law degree in March, is dedicated to serving Unisa's international students across the globe.Read more

Undaunted by lockdown and homelessness, Sakhile targets a bright tomorrow

Shaping futures in the service of humanity through accessible open distance learning is what Unisa is all about, and Sakhile Nsibande is determined to change the fortunes of his family with a qualification from the institution.Read more

Unisa leads the way in HE during Covid-19

Listen to an SAfm interview in which Professor Mandla Makhanya, Unisa Principal and Vice-Chancellor, discusses the challenges higher education faces during the Covid-19 crisis, and how Unisa's open, distance and e-learning model serves as an example for other universities.Read more

Paramedic powers part-time to LLB at Unisa

Henry Horne completed all forty modules, achieving sixteen distinctions, in March this year. His story is a familiar one at the university where hundreds of thousands of students make use of the opportunities afforded them by open, distance, and e-learning to shape their futures.Read more

From security guard to social worker

Another Unisa graduate shapes his future through open, distance, and e-learning: When the coronavirus restrictions are eased, Tinyiko 'Lucky' Maluleke plans to register with the South African Council for Social Services Professions then begin looking for his dream job.Read more

Struggle stalwart and Unisa alumnus dies

The university mourns the passing of Rivonia triallist Denis Goldberg. 'His was a life well-lived in the struggle for freedom in South Africa'.Read more

Unisa Political Sciences alumnus to head IAPSS research committee

Ian Fleming-Zhou, a Unisa Political Sciences graduate, has been appointed the next chair of the International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS) Research Committee on Security Conflict and Crime.Read more

This home thing ain't easy

Unisa students are crowing on social media about the advantage they have over their counterparts at residential universities during this time of lockdown.Read more