News & Events

CLAW students fly Unisa flag high at prestigious competition

Two Unisa College of Law students are runners-up in this year’s Law Reform Commission Legal Essay Writing Competition. The positions are highly contested because of the high quality of the essays submitted for the competition. The two students have represented CLAW well and are flying the Unisa flag for all to see.Read more

Vice-Chancellor bids farewell to Unisa students

It was the end of an era as Professor Makhanya officiated at his last Academic Closing Ceremony.Read more

Extraordinary journeys celebrated

In this year’s final issue of YOUNISA our students and alumni share their tales of perseverance and success.Read more

Bucking the trend

Watch an informative and entertaining video highlighting Unisa’s remarkable achievements in a year unlike any other.Read more

Visionary singer sees disability as a tool for self-reinvention

Unisa conferred an honorary doctorate of philosophy on Steve Kekana in recognition of his immense contribution to music and his crusade challenging the narrative wrongly associated with being visually impaired. Read more

Unisa says farewell to exceptional alumnus

Outgoing Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu, who graduated with a BCompt Honours from Unisa in 1997, embodied the values of integrity, selflessness, humility, and hard work. He steadfastly believed in the South African constitution.Read more

Unisa’s publication team brings prestigious awards home

In the curveball Covid-19 year, Unisa’s publications team in the Department Institutional Advancement played ball and brought home no fewer than eight South African Publication Forum Excellence Awards! Read more

He fought for the rights of marginalised miners

Unisa conferred an honorary doctorate of philosophy posthumously on Elijah Barayi as a way to honour his memory and his immense contribution to an equitable South Africa. Read more

How close are we to a cure for HIV?

The Unisa Campus Health Clinic would like to let students know that in spite of recent news articles following the death of Timothy Ray Brown, there is no approved cure for HIV as yet.Read more