Speaking during a visit to Unisa, the Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Yusuf Cassim, called for renewed collaboration between funding bodies and universities to address the financial pressures plaguing the higher education sector.
May 04, 2026 | Category:
College of Law, Featured, Corporate
Unisa celebrates academic excellence at the Mangaung Correctional Centre
Unisa recently held graduations and awards ceremony at the Mangaung Correctional Centre, recognising incarcerated individuals' academic progress, and as part of the centre's rehabilitation interventions geared at transforming and preparing them to reintegrate into society.
April 30, 2026 | Category:
College of Economic and Management Sciences, Corporate, Featured
Masterclass unpacks the power of glocalisation in global marketing
Unisa's final masterclass highlighted that brands win when they think globally, but act locally, further revealing that striking the right balance maintains a competitive edge.
April 29, 2026 | Category:
Corporate
Unisa and NPC expand partnership to promote the journalism profession
Unisa and the National Press Club recently expanded their partnership to recognise the development of and promotion of the journalism profession, as well as to honour the late journalist Aserie Ndlovu through related initiatives.
April 29, 2026 | Category:
Corporate
Unisa's renowned scholars nominated for South Africa's Science Oscars
Unisa's esteemed scholars have been nominated for the prestigious 2025/2026 NSTF-South32 Awards. These awards recognise outstanding contributions to science, engineering, technology and innovation by individuals, teams, partnerships and organisations in South Africa.
April 28, 2026 | Category:
Thabo Mbeki African School, Lead, Corporate
Unisa celebrates the life and legacy of Miriam Makeba
Unisa's Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs, in partnership with the Miriam Makeba Foundation, recently hosted the 4th Annual Mariam Makeba Lecture to celebrate her life and legacy as a revolutionary and cultural diplomat.
April 24, 2026 | Category:
Corporate
Unisa seminar examines cultural knowledge and language as key ingredients of ubuntu
The university’s Department of Leadership and Transformation recently hosted a seminar titled "Facilitation of Epistemic Plurality by Embracing African Knowledge Systems, Languages, and Intellectual Traditions".
April 24, 2026 | Category:
Lead, Corporate
Unisa on the global stage: Research excellence driving Africa's textile future
Through a landmark partnership with Messe Frankfurt, signed in Germany during the internationally renowned Techtextil and Texprocess trade fairs, Unisa has become the first African university to formally partner with one of the world’s most influential trade exhibition platforms that spans the full clothing, textile, leather and footwear value chain.
April 23, 2026 | Category:
Lead, Corporate
From Pretoria to Frankfurt: Unisa's rise on the global stage
Unisa made history in Frankfurt, Germany, at the Techtextil, one of the world’s premier international trade fairs for clothing, textiles, leather and footwear (CTLF), curated by Messe Frankfurt.
April 23, 2026 | Category:
College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate
Unisa ceremony marks milestone in arts education
The university's Department of Art and Music and the Gauteng Department of Education recently celebrated 107 educators who completed a massive open online course (MOOC) in Visual Arts and Music, designed to strengthen professional practice and support curriculum delivery in schools.
International Conference on Coastal, Marine, and Maritime Research (COMMRE 2026)
Venue: Durban International Conference Centre (Durban ICC)
Event dates: 27 - 30 October 2026
Full day
Unisa Catalytic Niche Area Research Symposium
Venue: Unisa, Muckleneuk and Science Campuses
Event dates: 29 - 31 July 2026
Full day
Debate, poetry, reading and writing programmes
Event dates: 17 July 2026
Full day