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June 18, 2020 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate
Covid-19: Bridging the information gap
Dr Napjadi Letsoalo chats to Unisa stakeholders, especially those who are bilingual and multilingual, on the importance of translating Covid-19 information into indigenous languages in order to help disseminate correct information that could help save lives.
June 15, 2020 | Category:
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#YouthMonth2020: Help them cope
Dr Koketso Tsebe from Unisa's Department of Psychology says it is very important to take steps to promote mental health in our communities.
June 10, 2020 | Category:
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Research that benefits its consumers
Prof Omwoyo Onyancha from the Department of Information Science at Unisa is inspired to focus on studies that provide practical solutions and not only theoretical benefits to advance the societal impact of his research.
June 09, 2020 | Category:
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#YouthMonth2020: Youth must prepare, start strategising for the new normal
Unisa student Bokang Mokoena is the executive director of NPO Phakamani Young Minds Academy, which provides academic assistance, support and mentorship to learners during their schooling career. He believes that young people are our biggest hope in helping South Africa thrive and progress.
June 03, 2020 | Category:
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Plausible, prescient books speak to a Covid-19 world
Unisa's Dr Julie Pridmore, from the Department of English Studies, presents a second talk on fiction and quarantine, this time based on Ken Follett's medieval plague novel, World without end.
June 02, 2020 | Category:
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Should children go back to school?
Prof Puleng Segalo from the Department of Psychology in Unisa's College of Human Sciences tackles topical issues in her latest interview with Lesedi FM on Matshohlo.
May 19, 2020 | Category:
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You too can become an NRF-rated researcher
Prof Mookgo Solomon Kgatle from the Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology in the College of Human Sciences tells you how.
May 18, 2020 | Category:
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Digging deeper to preserve the past
Unisa's Dr Forget Chaterera-Zambuko, an NRF Y2-rated researcher, believes that museums should find modes of interpreting, presenting and promoting the cultures of Africans in a manner that enhances understanding of the past and the present.
May 13, 2020 | Category:
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Imagined deadly influenza epidemic resonates in a Covid-19 world
Dr Julie Pridmore from Unisa's Department of English Studies in the College of Human Sciences presents a talk on fiction and quarantine aligned to Doomsday Book by Connie Willis.