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August 27, 2020 | Category:
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A freewheeling conversation across continents
Lezandra Grundlingh, lecturer in the Department of Afrikaans and Theory of Literature, recently spoke to Avishek Sarkar, an instructional designer from India, about the challenges and triumphs of working in an ODeL university during the Covid-19 pandemic.
August 26, 2020 | Category:
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There is life in soil
"Gardening is empowering and women have been gardening in Africa for a very long time. Why can't we do it again?" asks Selly Mathonsi, who is working with the CHS Meal of Peace CE project on a Peace Garden in the Tshwane CBD.
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August 26, 2020 | Category:
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Raising female academic prowess is her passion
Unisa's Lefatshe Moagi-Venter, a lecturer from the Department of Political Sciences, will lead a global project to research and deliver high impact, culturally appropriate interventions for youth mental health in South Africa.
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August 24, 2020 | Category:
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On the coloniality of language
Prof Everisto Benyera of the Department of Political Sciences delivered the first Unisa College of Human Sciences 2020 Afrika Speaks lecture as a webinar.
August 24, 2020 | Category:
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LGBTI inclusivity in higher education
As places of learning and knowledge dissemination, universities play a critical role in shaping the society we live in. If they marginalise a multitude of identities, they will remain difficult spaces for people who are not heterosexual or cisgender.
August 20, 2020 | Category:
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A re Aganeng
This CHS CE project celebrated 2020 Women's Month by travelling to Makapanstad in the North West province to spend time with the aged and their caregivers and to educate them about coronaviruses.
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August 19, 2020 | Category:
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Africa speaks lecture
The College of Human Sciences hosted its first online Afrika Speaks Lecture on the 05th of August 2020, with Prof. Everisto Benyera as our speaker unpacking the topic "Language, networks of decoloniality and social capital: On the coloniality of language and the African problem."
August 19, 2020 | Category:
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#Imbokodo—persist to navigate obstacles
Unisa's Dr Fortunate Silinda, who strongly believes in empowerment and sisterhood, says it is difficult for women to care for themselves as they spend most of their time caring for others. We need to learn to embrace our potential abilities and develop them.
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August 18, 2020 | Category:
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Viva, woke woman art!
The Unisa Art Gallery has grown its permanent art collection and added African-inspired acquisitions with a rich symbolic meaning by two prominent female artists, Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi and Claudette Schreuders.
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