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A freewheeling conversation across continents
Lezandra Grundlingh, lecturer in the Department of Afrikaans and Theory of Literature, recently spoke to Avishek Sarkar, an instructional designer from India, about the challenges and triumphs of working in an ODeL university during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more
From unfledged to fully-fledged academics
The College of Human Sciences Research Postdoctoral Incubation Project, initiated by Prof Azwihangwisi Mavhandu-Mudzusi, nurtures newly graduated doctors in crucial research and supervision activities, leading to excellence in academia.
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The lingering and what remains to be said
Dr Garth Mason, who teaches in the Unisa Department of Religious Studies and Arabic, recently spoke on Emmanuel Levinas's other-directed ethics, which is founded on a decentred self and the unclosed circle of the other. Read more
There is life in soil
"Gardening is empowering and women have been gardening in Africa for a very long time. Why can't we do it again?" asks Selly Mathonsi, who is working with the CHS Meal of Peace CE project on a Peace Garden in the Tshwane CBD.
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Raising female academic prowess is her passion
Unisa's Lefatshe Moagi-Venter, a lecturer from the Department of Political Sciences, will lead a global project to research and deliver high impact, culturally appropriate interventions for youth mental health in South Africa.
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On the coloniality of language
Prof Everisto Benyera of the Department of Political Sciences delivered the first Unisa College of Human Sciences 2020 Afrika Speaks lecture as a webinar. Read more
LGBTI inclusivity in higher education
As places of learning and knowledge dissemination, universities play a critical role in shaping the society we live in. If they marginalise a multitude of identities, they will remain difficult spaces for people who are not heterosexual or cisgender. Read more
A re Aganeng
This CHS CE project celebrated 2020 Women's Month by travelling to Makapanstad in the North West province to spend time with the aged and their caregivers and to educate them about coronaviruses.
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#Imbokodo—persist to navigate obstacles
Unisa's Dr Fortunate Silinda, who strongly believes in empowerment and sisterhood, says it is difficult for women to care for themselves as they spend most of their time caring for others. We need to learn to embrace our potential abilities and develop them.
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Viva, woke woman art!
The Unisa Art Gallery has grown its permanent art collection and added African-inspired acquisitions with a rich symbolic meaning by two prominent female artists, Mmakgabo Helen Sebidi and Claudette Schreuders.
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