The largest provider of business education in Africa and one of the largest in the world
October 10, 2022 | Category:
College of Accounting Sciences, Featured, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured
Unisa's Value Creators team aces university category for second month in a row
The Value Creators team from Unisa won the August University Speculator category in the JSE Investment Challenge for the second month in a row, taking home the prize with growth of 20.71% in July and then 10.04% in August.
October 10, 2022 | Category:
College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured
Guiding future tourism professionals to make informed choices
Unisa recently participated in the annual National Tourism Career Expo by providing practical career guidance to future tourism professionals and to contribute to the tourism sector’s promotion efforts, which contribute positively to the country’s GDP.
October 05, 2022 | Category:
College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate
Defying the odds: Student with multiple disabilities to graduate at Unisa
Lehutso Jonas Ntini, who is a paraplegic and has a speech defect, has completed a Bachelor of Commerce in Financial Management at Unisa through sheer willpower and an immense contribution from the university’s Advocacy and Resource Centre for Students with Disabilities.
May 17, 2022 | Category:
College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured
Keeping hope alive and learning how to dance in the rain
Refusing to give up during the darkest time of her life, Riaana Robberts wrote her final exams going through chemotherapy after being diagnosed with aggressive stage-three breast cancer.
May 09, 2022 | Category:
Lead, Dept of Decision Sciences, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured
Meet Professor Kerstin Jordaan – A whiz with numbers
As a B3 NRF-rated academic, Professor Kerstin Jordaan is one of only three B-rated female mathematicians in South Africa. She is also only the fifth female in her field to have been rated in this category since the inception of the NRF ratings in 1984.
May 05, 2022 | Category:
Lead, Dept of Decision Sciences
Venda’s first mathematics PhD graduate joins CEMS
Prof Dephney Mathebula, one of the recent appointees in Decision Sciences, was the first person to obtain a doctoral degree in mathematics at the University of Venda in 2018. Until she joined Unisa she was working as a senior lecturer at the University of Venda.
March 07, 2022 | Category:
College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured
Africa needs a new approach to human settlements
A new approach to informal settlements in Africa is necessary to ensure inclusive and sustainable development. Such an approach should include a review of outdated and restrictive policies, Professor Prudence Khumalo of the Department of Public Administration and Management remarked during his inaugural lecture on 24 February.
March 03, 2022 | Category:
Lead, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured
Budget 2022: Government should face SA’s problems head-on
A panel of specialists participating in the College of Economic and Management Sciences’ fourth Budget Discussion concurred that the tax windfall from the surge in commodity prices in 2021 brought budget relief in the short term, but that concerns remained for the long term.
February 25, 2022 | Category:
Lead, Dept Human resource Management, College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured
Remote working not as positive as expected
‘Many employees reported increased levels of stress, loneliness and even depression due to being forced to work from home,’ said Professor Ingrid Potgieter during her inaugural lecture.