As Unisa hosted a colloquium themed “Reclaiming Africa’s Intellectual Futures” on the inauguration and investiture of Professor Puleng LenkaBula, the first black woman to be appointed as the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Unisa, local and global speakers joined the celebration and congratulated her.Read more
The inauguration and investiture of Professor Puleng LenkaBula as Unisa Principal and Vice-Chancellor was a herstorical moment she became the first womxn, the first black womxn and only the third black person to be appointed as the head of the institution in its 148 years of existence.Read more
Professor Puleng LenkaBula has fearlessly accepted the huge responsibility and expectations that come with the VC position at Unisa. On Thursday, 2 September 2021, she will be inaugurated as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Unisa.Read more
The Covid-19 pandemic has thrown huge challenges in the path of universities, but they owe it to their lecturers and students not to emphasise rigour and efficiency at the expense of support and community building.Read more
The country is producing an oversupply of graduates in skills that do not support economic growth and employment opportunities created in those sectors are unable to absorb all those graduates, according to a recent public lecture hosted by CEMS.Read more
Eight Unisa students were presented recently with laptops by the Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Puleng LenkaBula. “As management, we are confident these devices will make the learning process manageable and seamless.”Read more
With over 38 million active internet users in South Africa, the research landscape has changed. Current issues were debated at a session on Ethics in the age of technological disruption during the recent Unisa ODeL conference, hosted by CEMS.Read more
Dr Perekeme Mutu is proof that with hard work and determination, nothing can stand in the way of one’s dreams. He recently graduated with not one, but two university degrees—achieved simultaneously—an LLB from Unisa and a PhD (Law) from UP.Read more
On his passionate journey to Africanise the university landscape, Unisa alumnus Dr John Mambambo single-handedly translated Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo’s seminal work, Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature, to ChiShona, thus extending its reach to grassroots level.Read more