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November 06, 2025 | Category:
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Unisa celebrates African wisdom with groundbreaking multilingual proverbs book
In a celebration of language, culture and scholarship, the university recently hosted the launch of Soshanguve paremiology+: A multilingual approach, Unisa's first multilingual open-access book, ensuring free global access for students, researchers and communities.
November 06, 2025 | Category:
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Unisa and Egypt join hands to illuminate a shared past
At an event attended by high-profile dignitaries, the university, in collaboration with the Egyptian Embassy, recently hosted a live screening of the historic opening ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
October 31, 2025 | Category:
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Calling on the church to become the voice and moral conscience of society
Delivering the keynote address at the 3rd Kairos Public Lecture, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, former Minister and anti-apartheid activist, maintained that the Kairos Document challenged the church to move from passive observation to challenging oppression; thus, standing in unwavering solidarity with the oppressed.
October 30, 2025 | Category:
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Unisa on a quest to encourage the use of African languages in schools through storytelling
The university's Department of Information Science in the College of Human Sciences recently hosted a week-long storytelling and reading competition across the Limpopo Province to encourage the use of storytelling to teach and preserve the heritage that is carried by the stories that are told.
October 29, 2025 | Category:
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Unisa launches exciting photography competition
The School of Arts in the College of Human Sciences recently launched the Marine and Ocean Photography Competition. This initiative aligns with Unisa's ten catalytic niche areas, one of which is Marine Studies.
October 29, 2025 | Category:
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Unisa hosts symposium to champion Black African women's role in liberation and scholarship
The university's College of Human Sciences has marked a historic milestone in its transformation journey with the successful hosting of the inaugural WOMANDLA Symposium, themed "Black African Women's Contributions in the Struggle for Justice and Liberation in Africa".
October 29, 2025 | Category:
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Unisa first-year students shine at inaugural debate session
The Office of the Dean of Students, in collaboration with the Department of English Studies, recently hosted an engaging debate session for Unisa first-year students to showcase their academic engagement, critical thinking and communication skills.
October 23, 2025 | Category:
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Why South Africans need safer energy alternatives
The Unisa Institute for Social and Health Sciences recently hosted a No Paraffin! Campaign seminar to raise awareness about the dangers of using paraffin in South African households.
October 16, 2025 | Category:
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Interrogating the boundaries of knowledge through art
A bold multidisciplinary showcase at the Unisa Art Gallery, titled "Thresholds of Knowledge", is curated by renowned academic and artist Prof Nombe Mpako, and challenges artists, students and the public to interrogate the boundaries of knowledge, both personal and collective, through immersive visual storytelling.