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Let us make 2022 more lit!

Speaking at the opening of the 2022 academic year, Professor Puleng LenkaBula encouraged Unisans to look forward to a productive year, and to embrace an African university shaping intellectual futures in pursuit of academic excellence. Read more

Sisipho Mayo’s NPO bridges the gap to opportunities

When she founded the Tozama Foundation in 2020 after her mother’s passing, little did Sisipho Mayo know that she was going to add value to her mother’s legacy of being loving, warm-hearted and a giver to communities. Read more

The Forge — “Insimbi ilola insimbi” — Where iron sharpens iron

Unisa’s innovative minds are set to be mentored and seed-funded in 2022 to develop innovative solutions addressing urgent societal challenges. Read more

Unisa enters top ten list in URAP rankings

One of the most comprehensive university ranking systems in the world has ranked Unisa as one of the top ten universities in South Africa. Whilst other universities have slipped down, Unisa has climbed the rankings ladder in the latest assessment. Read more

Unisa experts develop multilingual robotics terminologies

In another major step forward for indigenous robotics education in South Africa, a multidisciplinary team completed a collaborative project developing multilingual robotics terminologies, glossaries, and open education resources. Read more

It’s Chai Time with Wesley Moonsamy

Meet Wesley Moonsamy, co-founder of It’s Chai Time, technology enabler, part-time lecturer and Unisa alumnus. Read more

Excitement as premier Unisa music competition draws near

The countdown to the highly anticipated 6th Unisa International Strings Competition, taking place from 24 January to 05 February, has started. Read more

Unisa reflects on the year that has been

At the official closing ceremony of the 2021 academic year, the university reflected on its challenges, opportunities and accomplishments, and feted students who achieved great results in their studies.Read more

Rethinking the challenges of development in terms of decoloniality

Unique development challenges faced by Ethiopia were the crux of the doctoral research of Dr Yerasework Kebede Hailu of Unisa’s Ethiopia Regional Learning Centre.Read more