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Unisa to partner in transformative youth skills development programme
City Power, in collaboration with Unisa Enterprise and other partners, recently launched an ambitious youth empowerment initiative aimed at tackling youth unemployment through hands-on skills training and enterprise development. Read more
Unisa seminar explores the role of women in diplomacy
Celebrating Women’s Month and themed Women and Diplomacy: Women in South Africa’s Engagement with Fast-Changing Geopolitics, a recent seminar reflected on the role of women in the gendered dimensions of foreign policy engagement. Read more
Aviation law expert calls for independent entity for transport accident investigations in South Africa
Focusing on Catalytic Niche Area 2: Aviation and Aeronautical Studies at Unisa's Catalytic Niche Area Research Symposium, Unisa graduate and retired pilot, Dr Brian Suckling, provided valuable insights on how to improve the African aviation safety. Read more
Nuclear spectre remains as UN turns eighty
A recent gathering of diplomats, ambassadors and scholars, jointly hosted by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation and Unisa, reflected on the core objectives of the United Nations since its formation 80 years ago, specifically regarding the elimination of nuclear weapons. Read more
Unisa hosts major Indian Ocean research gathering
The 10th Annual South African Chapter of the Indian Ocean Rim Academic Group brought together key stakeholders from government departments, universities and research institutions to advance regional cooperation. Read more
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
