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Unisa Innovation Festival 2024 ends on a high note
On the final day of a highly vibrant and successful festival, Innovation Challenge winners were announced and celebrated as exceptional talent dedicated to reclaiming Africa's intellectual futures. Read more
In conversation with an award-winning author, academic and Unisa alumna from Costa Rica
The Unisa Alumni Relations Office recently interviewed Dr Natasha Gordon-Chipembere regarding her personal life, her academic and professional journey, and her views on the life of Sarah Baartman. Read more
Digital exhibition honours OR Tambo
Unveiled by Unisa's Library and Information Services at the Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library, a new digital exhibition celebrates Tambo's pivotal role in South Africa's liberation and his contributions to African unity and global leadership. Read more
Lady Justice Meaza Ashenafi Mengistu headlines 2024 Unisa Founders Lecture
Themed The role of women in delivering justice in Africa: Passive or active agents? Lady Justice Meaza Ashenafi Mengistu, the first woman in Ethiopian history to become the President of that country's Federal Supreme Court, highlighted the plight of African women and children at the 2024 Unisa Founders Lecture. Read more
Empowering the uMhlabuyalingana community
The Unisa KwaZulu-Natal Region, in collaboration with the uMhlabuyalingana Local Municipality, recently hosted a series of career-boosting events and digital skills workshops in Manguzi as a demonstration of its unwavering commitment to community upliftment. Read more
Chronicle of a serial innovator and entrepreneur
Rapelang Rabana, the CEO and founder of Rekindle Learning, recently shared invaluable insights into the role of technology in breaking constraints at the Unisa Innovation Festival 2024. Read more
“A celebration of creativity, ambition, and the power of ideas”
The third day of the Unisa Innovation festival 2024 continued to see upbeat students showcasing their creative ideas to a panel of adjudicators and a live audience, with Professor Les Labuschagne describing them as bold concepts that promise to shape the future. Read more
Unisa teaches village how to heal
The Unisa Eastern Cape Region recently presented a Trauma Awareness and Healing Workshop in Duncan Village, East London. Read more
"Transformation requires intention"
Speaking at the first day of Unisa's much-anticipated Innovation Festival 2024, Dr Nasiphi Moya, Executive Mayor of the City of Tshwane, highlighted the critical role that partnerships with higher institutions and student-led initiatives could play in tackling societal issues such as unemployment and poverty. Read more
Defying visual impairment to achieve academic triumph
Despite the significant challenge of living with a disability, Esona Marepula successfully navigated his academic journey with support from Unisa's Advocacy and Resource Centre for Students with Disabilities and obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree. Read more
