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December 15, 2017 | Category:

College of Human Sciences celebrates its staff and Language Festival winners

The College of Human Sciences, under the leadership of its executive dean, Professor Andrew Phillips, this year thanked it staff through an engaging tour of the world-class museum and memorial, Freedom Park. Also forming part of the Freedom Park festivities was the conclusion of the 2017 Unisa Language Festival, in which the winners of the essay competition were announced.

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December 07, 2017 | Category: Featured, News

Young Academics Programme: Developing future leaders in CHS

Since its inception, Unisa’s Young Academics Programme has proven to be very effective. It has produced individuals who are taking up leadership positions including a host of CHS young academics.

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December 07, 2017 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, News

Unisa masters and doctorate art students wow guests

The Department of Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology in the College of Human Sciences hosted a Masters and Doctorate Exhibition 2017, which highlighted the artworks of its students.

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December 07, 2017 | Category: News

The scourge of sentencing violent crimes against women in South Africa

The popular discourse on femicide in South Africa is often linked to socio-economic deprivations of the majority of black population who live mainly in poor townships. However, this is not an accurate reflection of femicide says Unisa sociologist Dr Nokuthula Mazibuko.

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December 07, 2017 | Category: Featured, News

Dr Mathebane wins top Social Work award

Dr Mbazima Mathebane from the Department of Social Work in Unisa’s College of Human Sciences was this year awarded the Up and Coming Educator of the Year from the Association of South African Social Work Education Institutions (ASASWEI). He dedicates his award to his late wife Winnie Mathebane.

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December 06, 2017 | Category: News

Unisa’s Nelspruit Campus embraces diversity

The Nelspruit Campus in the North-Eastern Region in collaboration with Tirisano Collaborative and Community Engagement Projects in the College of Human Science’s Department of Sociology hosted a community and workplace dialogue themed Diversity and transformation in the workplace.

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December 06, 2017 | Category: News

The Unisa journeys of the CHS retirees of 2017

Unisa’s College of Human Sciences bids farewells to 15 of its staff members who retire this year. These are the trailblazers who created in roads and paths for those who are to come after.

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December 05, 2017 | Category: News

The Critical Care Environment: Should it be Africanised?

Prof Annalie Botha delivered her inaugural lecture this year entitled The Critical Care Environment: Should it be Africanised?

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December 01, 2017 | Category: College of Human Sciences, News

SA archives are without archives

“Failure to address the situation of ‘archives without archives’ will render these repositories white elephants and empty vessels” said Prof Mpho Ngoepe from the Department of Information Science in Unisa’s College of Human Sciences during his inaugural lecture.

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