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July 02, 2019 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Decolonise art history

Using examples of artworks by Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony Van Dyck - two famous Flemish artists of the seventeenth century - Unisa's Prof Bernadette Van Haute explores the ways in which artists visualised intercultural encounters.

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May 31, 2019 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, KZN, Corporate

Ugu Deputy Mayor Mthiyane now a proud Unisan

Citing the achievement as one of her life’s biggest milestones, the Deputy Mayor of the Ugu District Municipality, Councillor Phumlile Happiness Mthiyane, recently graduated at Unisa.

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May 30, 2019 | Category: Dept political

What drives the election narrative?

The analysts' point of view emerged at a Political Sciences pre-election seminar at Unisa.

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May 13, 2019 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

New head of IGS shares expertise on gender-based violence

The national Department of Women invited Unisa's Prof Nokuthula Mazibuko to the launch of its public hearings in Atteridgeville.

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May 09, 2019 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Lead, Dept political, Featured, Corporate

Dynamic Unisan among SA's most influential

Lefatshe Moagi, a Political Sciences lecturer, has been listed among Avance Media's Top 100 Most Influential Young South Africans.

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May 07, 2019 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Lead, Featured, Alumni, Corporate

Thanks, NSFAS!

Isaac Mpho Mothiba is a proud Unisa alumnus - thanks to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme, his loving grandmother and a supportive lecturer.

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May 03, 2019 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

On the psychology of student support and retention

Unisa's Dr Fortunate Silinda hopes that her research will highlight where postgraduates need help when writing their dissertations and theses in a distance-learning environment.

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April 16, 2019 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

South Africa doesn't have enough women in foreign policy. Why it matters

Unisa's Prof Jo-Ansie van Wyk says the policy-making process, policy content and environment, and the implementation process is still dominated by men. This raises questions about the continued influence of male-focused structures and cultures in the ruling party, the executive and DIRCO.

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April 02, 2019 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Grass-eating, petrol-gulping, Doom-spraying, selfie-taking in heaven...

Unisa's NRF Y2-rated researcher Dr Solomon Kgatle reflects on and critically engages with current developments in African Pentecostal Christianity.

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