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Digging deeper to preserve the past
Unisa's Dr Forget Chaterera-Zambuko, an NRF Y2-rated researcher, believes that museums should find modes of interpreting, presenting and promoting the cultures of Africans in a manner that enhances understanding of the past and the present. Read more
Imagined deadly influenza epidemic resonates in a Covid-19 world
Dr Julie Pridmore from Unisa's Department of English Studies in the College of Human Sciences presents a talk on fiction and quarantine aligned to Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. Read more
Ke a leboga Baoki - 'Re lebogile tshegetso ya gago
The Unisa Department of Health Studies, in the College of Human Sciences, will in solidarity join millions of people worldwide to celebrate nurses and this International Nurses Day, 12 May 2020. Read more
Lays of lockdown
Unisans from the College of Human Sciences have been creative during quarantine. Dr Christopher Jeffery from the Department of Art created an entire song using everyday household items. Read more
From security guard to social worker
Another Unisa graduate shapes his future through open, distance and e-learning: When the coronavirus restrictions are eased, Tinyiko 'Lucky' Maluleke plans to register with the South African Council for Social Services Professions then begin looking for his dream job. Read more
Manage your mental wellbeing during lockdown
April is Stress Awareness Month and Unisa's Dr Nikki Themistocleous from the College of Human Sciences talks about this in the context of COVID-19. Read more
Getting your research message across
The COVID-19 national lockdown has demonstrated the tremendous need of citizens for reliable, credible information. Platforms such as The Conversation are crucial in translating the results of research into something that is understandable and accessible. Read more
Lockdown blues: The end of ritual as we know it, again
Like a thief in the night, the COVID-19 pandemic entered our lives.
So write Unisa's Puleng Segalo and Natalia Molebatsi, together with Thembela Vokwana of the University of Fort Hare, concluding that there are signs of an altered future (socially, culturally and technologically). Read more
Unisa Political Sciences alumnus to head IAPSS research committee
Ian Fleming-Zhou is thrilled to apply the knowledge and skills gained through his studies with the university to thrive in his new international position. Read more
High COVID-19 GBV statistics are no surprise
According to Prof Nokuthula Mazibuko, Head of the Unisa Institute for Gender Studies, such numbers were expected once the lockdown was imposed as these were already alarmingly high in South Africa. Read more
