Department of Sociology
My strong plea to our Minister of Women
Professor Nokuthula Mazibuko from Unisa’s Department of Sociology recently delivered a speech at the Motsepe Foundation International Women’s Day event. Her passionate plea to government and all South Africans on dealing with violence against women and children drew great praise from the likes of Dr Precious Moloi Motsepe, Advocate Professor Thuli Madonsela, and Mrs Zanele Mbeki, among others. Read more.
My strong plea to our Minister of Women
Professor Nokuthula Mazibuko from Unisa’s Department of Sociology recently delivered a speech at the Motsepe Foundation International Women’s Day event. Her passionate plea to government and all South Africans on dealing with violence against women and children drew great praise from the likes of Dr Precious Moloi Motsepe, Advocate Professor Thuli Madonsela, and Mrs Zanele Mbeki, among others. Read more.
Interrogating issues that students face on sexual diversity
The Department of Sociology in the College of Human Sciences hosted a Student Dialogue on sexual diversity and curriculum integration looking at issues that students face on campus. Read more.
Interrogating issues that students face on sexual diversity
The Department of Sociology in the College of Human Sciences hosted a Student Dialogue on sexual diversity and curriculum integration looking at issues that students face on campus. Read more.
Welcome to the Department of Sociology
The Sociology department at Unisa dates back to 1946. From its inception in 1873 until 1946, the University of South Africa was an examinations body, and did not engage in teaching of its own. This changed in 1946, when it was decided that the University would henceforth engage in distance education as well. Soon after that the first Sociology lecturer was appointed. He was Jacobus A. Van der Walt. Mr. Van der Walt joined 9 other lecturers.
They constituted the total lecturing corps of Unisa at that stage. In 1955 he became the first Professor to be appointed in the Department of Sociology. Other milestones in the department' s history include the creation of the Social Work and Criminology departments toward the end of the 1950' s when they seceded from the Sociology department, and the appointment of the first female professor at Unisa in the person of Prof. Anna F. Steyn in Sociology in 1966.
The Department of Sociology is committed to
- locating Sociology centrally in academic and societal discourses; and
- facilitating relevant and empowering learning experiences.
Last modified: 2023/08/07
