Research
Tackling drunk driving head on
Research conducted by the Road Traffic Management Corporation, in collaboration with the South African Medical Research Council and Unisa, shows that driver alcohol intoxication accounts for 27.1% of fatal crashes in the country, a figure considerably higher than current estimates. This is projected to cost the economy R18.2 billion annually. Read more
From unfledged to fully-fledged academics
The College of Human Sciences Research Postdoctoral Incubation Project, initiated by Prof Azwihangwisi Mavhandu-Mudzusi, nurtures newly graduated doctors in crucial research and supervision activities, leading to excellence in academia.
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Raising female academic prowess is her passion
Unisa's Lefatshe Moagi-Venter, a lecturer from the Department of Political Sciences, will lead a global project to research and deliver high impact, culturally appropriate interventions for youth mental health in South Africa.
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LGBTI inclusivity in higher education
As places of learning and knowledge dissemination, universities play a critical role in shaping the society we live in. If they marginalise a multitude of identities, they will remain difficult spaces for people who are not heterosexual or cisgender. Read more
Opening doors to greater opportunities
Prof Magdel le Roux of Unisa's Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies says a National Research Foundation rating provides welcome assistance and funding for an academic.
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Leave the dungeon behind
Unisa's Reverend Dr Fundiswa Kobo says that Queen Vashti in the story of Esther is a model that women could use for a spirituality of resistance and protest. "She was prepared to dismantle in an instant the king's entire carefully constructed façade… with the conviction that her dignity was more important to her than his display of his power."
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Covid-19: Nuclear developments in Africa
Sixty years after the first nuclear weapons tests in Africa were conducted in 1960, the continent is rapidly exploring the various advantages that the peaceful application of the technology can bring in the health and food sectors in its response to the pandemic, says Unisa's Prof Jo-Ansie van Wyk.
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CHS leads the way with research ethics and high research performance
The College of Human Sciences recently launched its new College Research Ethics Committee (CREC) virtually. The new CREC Chair is Dr Kgashane Johannes Malesa. Read more
You have your PhD? Don't shelve it!
Watch the webinar, hosted by the Office of Graduate Studies and Research in Unisa's College of Human Sciences, that assists doctoral graduates to publish from their theses as part of a postdoctoral incubation programme. Read more
How colonialism's legacy continues to plague the ICC
The court has focused on African cases to the exclusion of developed countries, as well as developing regions such as Latin America, argues Unisa's Everisto Benyera, Associate Professor of African Politics in the Department of Political Read more