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May 09, 2017 | Category:
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“Education is an immediate equaliser,” says DHET’s Manana
The Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training graduated last night with a BA Honours in International Politics, and said that he loved every moment of being a Unisa student.
May 02, 2017 | Category:
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We were not ready to govern—Ngema
The acclaimed writer, lyricist, composer, director, and theatre producer was speaking at Unisa, when CHS hosted him and a group of panellists to reflect on the story of Sarafina in post-apartheid South Africa.
May 02, 2017 | Category:
News, Corporate
Global researchers reflect on families and patterns of care
The Department of Sociology at Unisa co-hosted the bi-annual research group conference of the International Sociological Association
April 19, 2017 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Lead, Corporate
Afrikaans translation of iconic African novel
Thomas Mofolo’s classic literary work on the legend of the Zulu King, Chaka, has been translated by Prof Chris Swanepoel, a research fellow in the Department of African Languages.
March 24, 2017 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Featured, News
Bridging the distance in distance education
Unisa’s Department of Communication Science has introduced interactive live broadcast classes to its students through Open Broadcasting Software and Google Hangouts.
March 13, 2017 | Category:
Featured, News, Dept english
“Native Question” is an equation: y = f(x)
The College of Human Sciences hosted its first Africa Speaks lecture for 2017 on 08 February at Unisa’s Kgorong Function Hall. Programme director, Professor Kgomotso Masemola, from the Department of English Studies welcomed management and students, saying Africa Speaks was a special occasion for Unisa because it shows that the university has a footprint in Africa and that we engage the best scholars.
March 13, 2017 | Category:
Featured, News
Why the decoloniality struggle surprised South Africans
The struggle for decolonisation in South Africa may have taken the country’s citizens by surprise, but it was only a matter of time that the struggle came to the fore exposing the myth of democratisation.
March 13, 2017 | Category:
Lead, News, Leading Change, Corporate
Unisa an epicentre of knowledge production
The university continues to produce an increasing number of doctoral graduates, with Dr Elias Monhla and Dr Ben Senokoane two of the latest candidates to swell the ranks.
March 13, 2017 | Category:
Featured, News
The ineffective Zimbabwean National Gender Policy is matter of urgency
On Wednesday 1 February 2017, the Institute for Gender Studies housed in the College of Human Sciences hosted a research seminar presented by Professor Efiritha Chauraya from Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. The lecture was titled Implementation of Gender Policy Initiatives in Zimbabwe State Universities.