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Women vocalists take top honours at Unisa's globally renowned showcase

During the final round of the 7th Unisa International Voice Competition, Zimbabwe's Molly Dzangare and Spain's Maria del Mar Vilaseca were crowned winners in, respectively, the Classical and Jazz categories.

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February 04, 2026 | Category: Corporate

Unisa celebrates a project of hope, dignity and student success

The university’s Department of Tuition Support and Facilitation of Learning began the year with a project that is as emotionally taxing as it is deeply impactful: regional and correctional centre student visits aimed at restoring hope and confronting barriers head-on.

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February 03, 2026 | Category: Corporate

African wealth is dependent on investment in education and development

Unisa, in partnership with the African Council for Distance Education, hosted a two-day seminar in celebration of the council's 20th anniversary, highlighting the transformative impact of collaborative leadership, shared continental networks and the resilience of African institutions committed to expanding access to quality education.

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February 03, 2026 | Category: Corporate

Unisa celebrates matric result success at Correctional Services ceremony

The university’s Western Cape Region attended a Correctional Services National Matric Results Awards Ceremony in Goodwood on 19 January 2026. Unisa was recognised as a key stakeholder in providing tertiary education to incarcerated students.

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January 29, 2026 | Category: Lead, Corporate

Unisa ICT Director recognised among acclaimed IT leaders

Tabisa Makaula, Unisa's Director of ICT Service Delivery Management, has been announced by Exito Media Concepts as one of the chosen Top 50 distinguished leaders in South Africa's information technology sector, a notable honour that will be featured on Exito's website and in the DT50 Magazine.

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January 28, 2026 | Category: Corporate

The 7th Unisa International Voice Competition nears the finale

Unisa, through its Music Foundation, is proud to announce the semi-finalists in the 7th Unisa International Voice Competition, which is underway and will end on 31 January 2026.

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January 28, 2026 | Category: Corporate

Unisa expands ways to hear student voices

At the recently held Council on Higher Education Audit Improvement Plan Student Voices Forum Workshop, which was hosted at the Unisa Durban Campus, students were assured that their opinions matter in enriching quality education at Unisa.

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January 27, 2026 | Category: Lead, Corporate

THE Rankings demonstrate Unisa's unceasingly enhanced academic agenda

In its 2026 subject rankings, Times Higher Education, the authoritative and globally referenced source of information on higher education, reveals that Unisa got ranked in ten subject areas globally, which reasserts the university's commitment to providing quality higher education.

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January 26, 2026 | Category: Lead, Corporate

Unisa to host the illustrious ACDE's 20th Anniversary Seminar

Unisa, in partnership with the African Council for Distance Education (ACDE), will host the ACDE's 20th Anniversary Seminar, marking a milestone of two decades of the council's leadership in strengthening open, distance and e-learning across the African continent.

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January 23, 2026 | Category: Corporate

Unisa scholar honoured for reimagining Africa's archival future

Unisa recently held the inaugural Library and Information Services Symposium themed "Knowledge without borders: Unlocking the future through collaboration", bringing together academics, archivists, librarians, records managers and heritage custodians from across the globe to explore possible collaboration to advance Africa's archival future.

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Upcoming events

27 October

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

24 February

Digital Technology Conference

Event dates: 24 - 26 February 2026
Full day