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August 07, 2025 | Category:
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Unisa Art Gallery showcases transformative exhibition
"Place & Practice: Collective Voices from Ellis House" is a group exhibition that celebrates community-based art centre artists' socio-cultural impact and creative outputs, and depicts diverse perspectives and contemporary output methodologies.
July 03, 2025 | Category:
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Unisan’s research set to improve accident records management through AI
Dr Vanessa Neo Mathope’s ground-breaking doctoral research focused on developing a framework for integrating artificial intelligence into records management processes to support the claims management system at the Road Accident Fund.
July 01, 2025 | Category:
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A sense of belonging and excellence nurtured through collaboration
On a recent visit to the Department of Art and Music, Research Associate Professor Caroline van Niekerk shared knowledge from her extensive experience in academic publishing, highlighting its cyclical nature and the necessity of resilience when facing editors’ rejections.
June 26, 2025 | Category:
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Unisan’s doctorate inspires his community
Dr Sydney Maluleke says his accomplishment of a doctorate is a win for his family, who have been very supportive all these years, and an inspiration to the community of Muyexe.
June 26, 2025 | Category:
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From Unisa Radio to exploring Bosadi Womanism
A journey of a thousand miles began at Unisa Radio for Dr Mercy Bvuma, a lecturer in the Department of Communication Science. Her resilience and commitment to achieving her goals inspire many Unisans.
June 24, 2025 | Category:
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Unisans compile pioneering collection of previously unpublished Afrikaans poems
Merang, a bold and expansive anthology featuring 182 previously unpublished Afrikaans poems, was recently launched. The volume was compiled by Neil Cochrane and Prof Alwyn Roux, both of whom are affiliated with the Department of Afrikaans and Theory of Literature at Unisa.
June 24, 2025 | Category:
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Racialised global politics and Afrikaner voices
White victimisation, race-based persecution and the complex realities of Afrikaner identity in the current racialised global politics – these are some of the themes explored by Unisa Prof Hannelie Marx-Knoetze at a highly impactful dialogue, hosted by the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies and the Innovation Foundation for Democracy, themed Who Speaks for the Afrikaner?.
June 24, 2025 | Category:
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Erasmus+ initiative paves way for Dr Letsoalo’s visit to the University of Aveiro
As part of the Erasmus+ ICM initiative, Dr Napjadi Letsoalo recently visited the University of Aveiro, in Portugal, to deliver guest lectures across three levels of linguistic study, engaging students and faculty in critical discourses that reflect Unisa’s global footprint in language and cultural studies.
June 23, 2025 | Category:
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Unisa and DHET collaborate to raise multilingualism awareness
Unisa and the Department of Higher Education jointly kickstarted the Language Development Plan Roadshow to raise awareness on multilingualism in Mbombela and Cape Town Regional Centres.