News & Media
Addressing teenage pregnancy and sexual health in schools
The Department of Health Studies in the College of Human Sciences recently went on a site visit to Tzaneen in the Limpopo Province to provide training for a local NGO inundated with teenage pregnancy and sexual health cases in schools. Read more
Encouraging sustainable collaborations
Speaking at the 11th Gauteng Research webinar, Dr Genevieve James encouraged Unisans to think about how Unisa and higher education can collaborate to develop the South Africa we want to live in and sustain future generations. Read more
Formal agreements will advance scholarship exchange, cooperation and interaction between Unisa and Ethiopian universities
On 29 August, Unisa signed formal memoranda of understanding with Addis Ababa University and Addis Ababa Science and Technology University to take the existing collaborations between these African institutions to exciting new levels. Read more
Unisa Library celebrates women's academic achievements
A recent Unisa Library and Information Services Women's Month seminar celebrated the academic journeys and achievements of women in the library. Read more
Examining Zimbabwe's land questions
The SARChI Chair in Social Policy recently held an insightful webinar reflecting on Zimbabwe’s enduring land questions, especially post-Robert Mugabe’s context, which has been named the new dispensation under the leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Read more
Unisa's music expert garners prestigious awards
Unisa’s multi-award-winning music lecturer, Ndabo Zulu, never ceases to shine. Through the institution’s Department of Art and Music, his collaboration with the South African film and television industry recently earned multiple awards for his soundtrack Shaka Inkosi Yamakosi. Read more
Antimicrobial drug resistance: Is the post-antibiotic era upon us?
In his inaugural lecture, Prof James Wabwire Oguttu focused on especially two key areas regarding drug resistance: training future epidemiologists, and contributing to the creation of knowledge in veterinary public health through publishing. Read more
Unisa Social Work staff lend a helping hand to Pinetown Welfare Society
Unisa recently assembled a team consisting of academic staff members of the Department of Social Work and the Counselling and Career Development from KZN to provide trauma debriefing to social workers who served victims of the KZN floods. Read more
Unisa stakes its claim at the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show
The university is continuing its internationalisation drive by participating in this premier showcase which will be attended by more than 400 exhibitors from, among others, Malawi, Botswana and India. Read more
Unisa Science colleges honour excellence in teaching and learning
The College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences and the College of Science, Engineering and Technology recently hosted their annual Teaching and Learning Festival on the theme "Transforming teaching, learning and student support". Read more
