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Joy, celebration as master’s and doctoral candidates graduates

The current series of onsite graduations at Unisa will see newly minted master’s and doctoral graduates joining the ranks of South Africa’s best and brightest.es graduate Read more

Unisa Convocation looks back on the year that was

Highlights and challenges experienced during 2021 were discussed at the recent Annual General Meeting of the Unisa Convocation. Read more

Honoured for advancing African knowledge systems

The Unisa Council recently conferred honorary degrees on veteran broadcaster Moloko John Mashamaite and spiritual peacemaker Reverend Daniel Lekota Read more

Calabash Awards: A night of celebrating contributions to humanity

Unisa’s Chancellor, former SA President Dr Thabo Mbeki, continued a long-standing tradition by honouring four highly esteemed South Africans at the annual Calabash Awards Read more

Asserting African intellectuality in business

Unisa's Vice-Chancellor calls on young people to focus on building businesses around education and Africa's commitments. Read more

Unisa hosts the launch of the South African Chapter of the African Women Leaders Network

South Africa became the 26th African country to launch a chapter of the African Women Leaders Network (AWLN) at a meeting of at least 130 leaders at Unisa. Read more

Unisa Vice-Chancellor meets with former Nigerian President

Professor Puleng LenkaBula had a breakfast meeting with His Excellency, former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, in Durban to discuss wide-ranging ideas on the marketability of Unisa in the rest of the continent. Read more

Unisa charting the way for Africa’s development

The bilateral meeting between Unisa and the Cote d'Ivoire Minister of Commerce and Industry at the Durban International Convention Centre in KwaZulu-Natal pointed to positive implications for economic growth and structural transformation Read more

Unisa participates in the African Trade Fair in Durban

The University of South Africa (Unisa) delegation led by its Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Prof Puleng LenkaBula, participated in one of the most meaningful networking fora for businesses in Africa which aimed to take their business affairs to another level. Read more

Unisa VC to join the conversation at Africa’s premier trade event

Leading a Unisa delegation, Professor Puleng LenkaBula will speak at the Intra-African Trade Fair 2021 on matters of intergenerational importance. Unisa is the only South African university invited to participate in the event, which is organised by the African Union Commission, AeTrade Group and Afreximbank. Read more