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Unisa Art Gallery showcases transformative exhibition
"Place & Practice: Collective Voices from Ellis House" is a group exhibition that celebrates community-based art centre artists' socio-cultural impact and creative outputs, and depicts diverse perspectives and contemporary output methodologies. Read more
Stormy weather: The automotive industry in flux
At the recent Unisa Catalytic Niche Area Research Symposium, specialists from the university and automotive industry met to discuss the university’s Automotive Studies niche. Key topics included tariffs, global shifts and geopolitical factors affecting the industry. Read more
Two South African indigenous languages harmoniously blended in anthology
Launched earlier this year at Unisa, Melodi le Todi ya Dinotshe Go tswa Metsweding ya Afrika: Direto tsa Setswana le Sesotho sa Leboa was co-authored by Dr Mapula Martha Malatji and Dr Jack Matlou Chokwe. It brings together poems written in both the Setswana and Sesotho sa Leboa languages. Read more
Higher education institutions urged to be intentional about academic technologies
Opening the panel discussion on Catalytic Niche Area 10: Student Support and Co-curricular Activities at Unisa's Catalytic Niche Area Research Symposium, Dr Denzil Chetty emphasised that institutions of higher learning must consider how they build their competencies and capacities to ensure that they produce competent and employable graduates. Read more
Unisa alumna inspires entrepreneurial confidence
Nompilo Gumede, an accountant, speaker, entrepreneur and women’s empowerment advocate, believes that the key to a South Africa abounding in employed graduates lies in innovative thinking, collaboration, self-confidence and empowerment. Read more
Promoting innovations that combat health and safety threats
Health experts speaking on the theme Technological applications and innovations in injury prevention and safety promotion at Unisa’s Catalytic Niche Areas Research Symposium shared information on innovations that help address community health and safety concerns. Read more
Unisa lecture commemorates 70 years of the freedom charter
Speaking at the university, Jeff Radebe, ANC stalwart and esteemed anti-apartheid activist, reflected on the significant progress made in realising the ideals of the Freedom Charter and the persistent challenges that remain. Read more
Nigerian legal guru graduates with a PhD from Unisa
Dr Adejoke Omowumi Adediran, an academic at the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in Nigeria, was recently awarded a doctorate by Unisa based on the research she conducted into the protection of passengers during unruly passenger incidents in air transport in Nigeria. Read more
Ensuring transformation and development through Unisa's catalytic niche areas
Speaking on day two of Unisa's Catalytic Niche Area Research Symposium, Professor Godwell Nhamo affirmed that the niches are meant to transform societies for the better; therefore, research must be conducted for development and to enable innovation. Read more
Canadian minister leads Unisa visit ahead of G20 Summit
A high-level Canadian delegation, led by the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Canada’s Minister of Finance and National Revenue, recently visited the Western Cape node of the UNESCO-Unisa-iThemba LABS/NRF Africa Chair in Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies ahead of the G20 Summit later this year. Read more
