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July 11, 2020 | Category:
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How colonialism's legacy continues to plague the ICC
The court has focused on African cases to the exclusion of developed countries, as well as developing regions such as Latin America, argues Unisa's Everisto Benyera, Associate Professor of African Politics in the Department of Political
July 09, 2020 | Category:
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The quiet of isolation transforms the creative process
As we deal with the uncertainty of living in a Covid-19 world, we can find solace and comfort in art. Unisan Dr Gwen Miller shares how she transfigured the process of grieving for her late husband in an outpouring of elegiac works.
July 09, 2020 | Category:
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Pandemics cast long shadows
Dr Julie Pridmore from Unisa's Department of English Studies in the College of Human Sciences presents a fourth and final talk on fiction and quarantine, based on the 2005 South African novel, Garden of the plagues, by Russel Brownlee.
July 09, 2020 | Category:
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Internationally acclaimed researcher retires
Unisa hosted a virtual farewell for Prof Tilman Dedering, a valued member of staff, who dedicated 30 years of his academic career to the university. He joined the Department of History in the College of Human Sciences in 1990.
July 08, 2020 | Category:
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Assisting disadvantaged learners and students during the Covid-19 crisis
Dr Fortunate Silinda says government, higher education and business need to work together in addressing matters of inequality in disadvantaged communities.
July 05, 2020 | Category:
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Covid-19 presents new opportunities for CHS CE project
The Inside-out Outside-in team, who believe in facilitating processes where "outside" citizens can actively engage and collaborate with the "inside" correctional environment, see the pandemic as an opportunity to find new and meaningful ways of interacting safely with corrections community members.
July 04, 2020 | Category:
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The media often conflates malicious criticism with genuine critique—why it shouldn't
Prof Julie Reid of the Department of Communication Science at Unisa says the freedom of the press is important, and of course it must be protected. But the freedom of everybody else and of ordinary citizens is also important.
July 04, 2020 | Category:
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Addressing the nation in rap and hip hop: Black lives do matter
The PhD research of Dr Vuyolwethu Seti from Unisa's Department of Communication Science in the College of Human Sciences has been used in a song by the Hopeville Art Movement.
July 02, 2020 | Category:
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No stopping for CHS storytelling
Dr Jan Maluleka from Unisa's Department of Information Science says this vital CE project is an effort to compensate for the rise of child-headed households where youngsters miss the most important steps of their early development, and Covid-19 isn't slowing his team down.