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March 28, 2019 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate
With Unisa, everything is possible!
Linda Maponyane's Facebook post From domestic worker to tea girl to Unisa graduate made her a social media star and profiles the university as an institution making a difference in the HE sector and the country at large.
March 28, 2019 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate
Unisan to head prestigious science publication
ASSAf has announced the appointment of Prof Jane Carruthers as Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Science.
March 27, 2019 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate
First Lady celebrates Unisa student's achievement
Dr Tshepo Motsepe attended the graduation of Livhuwani Maphorogo, who studied towards her BA Honours Degree in Psychology with full support from the Cyril Ramaphosa Education Trust.
March 15, 2019 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Featured, News, Corporate
Unisa mourns death of African scholar in Ethiopian plane crash
Friends and associates are organising an afternoon of tribute for Prof Pius Adebola Adesanmi at 15:00 on Friday (15 March 2019). The venue is the Kwame Nkrumah Hall in the Robert Sobukwe Building. Please join us if you can.
March 01, 2019 | Category:
Lead, Dept religious
From Molimo to the Christian God
Dr Sepetla Molapo interrogates the Protestant Christian missionaries’ translation of Molimo into the Christian God among the 19th Century Southern Africa Sotho speakers. He was hosted by Unisa’s College of Human Sciences in the Department of Religious Studies and Arabic.
February 26, 2019 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Lead, Featured, Corporate
Are Africans linguistically alienated from their heritage?
Hosted by Unisa, UNESCO and the Puku Children’s Literature Foundation, a roundtable discussion to mark International Mother Language Day examined, among others, the marginalisation and erosion of indigenous languages.
February 22, 2019 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Featured, News, Corporate
Translanguaging in the International Year of Indigenous Languages
Language intellectualisation is a complex process that is influenced by many non-linguistic factors, such as the lack of systematic approaches, the prevailing gap between policy and practice, continuing marginalisation, and the need for innovative approaches and strategies.
February 19, 2019 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Featured, News, Corporate
Using simple vernacs as a step toward institutionalisation of indigenous languages
Unisa’s Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages in the College of Human Sciences, invited renowned linguist, Professor Mbulungeni Madiba to share his latest project on translingual approach and the intellectualisation of indigenous languages. The title of Professor Madiba’s paper was Simple vernacs for University students – a translingual approach to the intellectualization of indigenous languages.
February 18, 2019 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Featured, News, Corporate
Breaking Gods by interrogation of African feminist literature
An ideal African feminist is one who believes in change within the African man, change that can overturn the toxic narratives and harmful practices to both women and men, says Dr Theresa Ennin during a seminar held by the College of Human Sciences entitled Breaking Gods.