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October 18, 2017 | Category:
News, Dept philosophy, Corporate
First African philosophy society in SA launched at Unisa Humanities Conference
“The African philosophy of liberation is coming to life especially in the youth,” said Ndumiso Dladla Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology when he spoke on the launch of the first African philosophy society in South Africa.
October 13, 2017 | Category:
Lead, Featured, Research news, News, Corporate
Unisans inaugurated as ASSAf and SAYAS members
Sonja Bosch and Chris de Wet join these esteemed academies in 2017, which will no doubt have a positive impact on the university as a whole.
October 10, 2017 | Category:
Featured, News, Corporate
The fabric of LGBTI stigma needs to be reworked
Unisa's fourth Quiltbag Project seminar invited Justice Edwin Cameron as its keynote speaker last week.
October 10, 2017 | Category:
Lead, News, Dept christian
Exploring prayer and divine involvement
Prof Dirk van der Merwe from the Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology in the College of Human Sciences presented on the “Pauline exhortation towards a ‘Spirituality of prayer’”.
October 09, 2017 | Category:
Featured, News, Corporate
Africa Speaks interrogates the study and uses of African languages in higher education
Prof Nomalanga Mkhize, a senior lecture at the Nelson Mandela University, presented at the recent Africa Speaks lecture series hosted by the College of Human Sciences.
September 29, 2017 | Category:
News, Corporate
Eradicating the discrimination against LGBTIQ students
“For the country to eradicate HIV/AIDS and reach the envisioned zero HIV infection, a new level of zero stigma and discrimination should be reached, says award winning researcher in the College of Human Sciences, Prof Azwihangwisi Mavhandu-Mudzusi. Read about her journey as an advocate for the LGBTIQ community and HIV/AIDS.
September 21, 2017 | Category:
Featured, News
To decolonise is to finally breathe
Since hosting its first Decoloniality Summer School in 2014, the College of Human Sciences has positioned itself as a pioneer of decoloniality scholarship and education in South Africa.
September 11, 2017 | Category:
News
The question of epistemic justice
Prof Pascah Mungwini (Department of Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology) calls for commitment of new canon building and adopting strategic particularism as way to addressing the problem of epistemic injustice. He was speaking about this during his inaugural lecture.
