News & Events
Fly our national sporting colours on Fridays
The temperature is reaching boiling point as World Cup fever rages across Unisa’s campuses – here’s YOUR chance to show your support for our heroes in green. Read more
Preserving the legacy of an inimitable media giant
Speaking at the 13th Percy Qoboza Memorial Lecture hosted by the National Press Club, in partnership with Unisa and the Qoboza family, keynote speaker Sandile Memela, a seasoned journalist and communication expert, affirmed that Percy Qoboza was an enemy of the apartheid regime as he was unapologetically vocal and upheld moral journalism. Read more
Unisans celebrate spring with hard-won qualifications
More than 700 qualifications were recently conferred during the first of Unisa’s Eastern Cape’s spring graduation ceremonies, testimony to the resilience, hard work, and dedication of every single graduate. Read more
Unisa student shines at the III International Olympiad on Financial Security
Raising the Unisa flag high as the only South African female selected to compete at the III International Olympiad on Financial Security, Mamello Mofokeng, a BSc in Life Sciences and Business Management student at Unisa, recently made history in Russia.Read more
Unisa’s solar-powered car shines at the Bridgestone Ilanga Cup
The exciting UniSolar, a solar-powered car designed by engineering students from Unisa’s College of Science, Engineering and Technology, recently won the Solar Car Rookie Award at the 2023 Bridgestone Ilanga Cup and took second place in the cruiser category. Read more
College of Human Sciences hosts its first Honours Student Symposium
The college recently provided a platform for honours students to showcase their research, projects, or academic achievements, and receive feedback from peers, academic departments, and the broader academic community. Read more
Unisa KZN Region hosts historic Simiso Nkwanyana Memorial Lecture
The Unisa KwaZulu-Natal Region hosted the inaugural Simiso Nkwanyana Memorial Lecture on 9 October 2023. The event aimed to remember and honour the life and times of Nkwanyana, a former Unisa student leader and the KZN Provincial Secretary of the South African Communist Party. Read more
Transforming to online teaching and learning is an urgent requirement
As august education experts continued to share their experiences and good governance to accelerate effective teaching and learning in African education institutions during the 2nd Regional Model Symposium, the second day of the symposium centred around the adoption of technology in teaching and learning practice as an urgent requirement. Read more
Intensifying teaching and learning practice in African universities
Graced by renowned higher education experts in Africa, the 2nd Regional Model Symposium hosted by Unisa, in partnership with the Namibian College of Open Learning and the Botswana Open University, aimed at, among others, enhancing the quality and credibility of programme offerings and learner support services within a context-bound regional model. Read more
