News & Media
Protecting and promoting children’s rights in SA schools
Professor Thenjiwe Meyiwa recently hosted the Fifth Asikhulume Roundtable series discussion with the theme “Promoting school children’s rights and identities: opportunities and challenges for social cohesion”, highlighting concerted efforts to protect children’s rights. Read more
Reimagining, rediscovering and repurposing libraries
The months of March and April have been busy ones for Unisa’s libraries as they celebrated South African Library Week (SALW) with the theme “ReImagine! RePurpose! ReDiscover … Libraries!” Read more
Legendary heroine of the people celebrated by latter-day peers
Professor Puleng LenkaBula, Unisa Principal and Vice-Chancellor, joined key women intellectuals as a dynamic respondent during a recent lecture celebrating the 2022 Charlotte Mannya-Maxeke Week and the many achievements of this remarkable struggle stalwart. Read more
Ghanaian academic garners Unisa PhD
Excited to complete his PhD in Economics at Unisa, Dr Elias Kwaku Megbetor travelled all the way from Ghana to celebrate the ceremonial graduation day with fellow graduates and his supervisor, Professor Theo van der Merwe. Read more
Breaking ignorance about deafness and deaf education
A new book launched at Unisa provides well-researched information and guidance to hearing parents who are raising deaf or hard-of-hearing children, and also enlightens the hearing community usually ignorant of challenges facing the deaf. Read more
Proudly rising from a sense of defeat
Driven and fuelled by sheer determination and a positive outlook on life, Phuti Grace Mabitsela’s recent graduation is a result of her spirit of resilience, courage and persistence to transcend the difficulties of living with paraplegia. Read more
Hasta la victoria, siempre – Ever onward to victory
While the road to obtaining an LLB Honours degree was a challenging one, Perfect Lekolwana’s story of triumph depicts a young student leader determined to defeat all odds, and through his lived experience, he lives to serve others and advocate for a just society. Read more
Groundwater: Making the invisible visible
Speaking at a College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences event marking World Water Day 2022, experts from the Netherlands and United Kingdom unpacked issues around groundwater, which supplies half of all drinking water in the world. Of even greater importance is that rural water supply in Africa depends almost entirely on groundwater Read more
CHS visit puts a human face on engaged scholarship
Four researchers from the Department of Health Studies recently promoted engaged teaching and learning among home-based caregivers during a visit to Makapanstad Village in the North-West Province. Read more
Swiss research exposure for creative student leader
Together with other student researchers, Trust Chinyama, a regional student leader, is presently representing Unisa at Switzerland’s University of Basel to share research ideas and papers with other global universities. Read more
