News & Events

Start the year with a great read

Check out this year's first issue of YOUNISA, the magazine for Unisa students, alumni and friends.Read more

Let’s not take listeriosis lightly

Dr Prudence N Kayoka-Kabongo, Senior Lecturer in Unisa’s Department of Agriculture and Animal Health, shares her insight and expertise.Read more

Voice competition ends on high note

The Sixth Unisa International Voice Competition has ended on a historical note with Cecilia Rangwanasha becoming the first South African classical singer to win a Unisa International Voice Competition.Read more

Songbirds head into semis

The semi-finalists of the Unisa International Voice Competition have been announced. Leading in the Jazz Category are Cynthia Abraham (France), Ellie Bignall (UK), Amy Campbell (SA), Tahira Clayton (USA), Emma de Goede (SA), and Tshepo Tshabalala (SA). Read more

Summer School opens minds and explores new directions

“Listen, absorb, participate, contribute, go from here inspired with new ideas and a broader sense of different academic disciplines,” was the call made to master’s and doctoral students at the 5th Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Summer School.Read more

Unisa outreach touched 10 646 lives in 2017

The Chance 2 Advance programme has collaborated with academics in several colleges to reach a total of 10 646 participants in its community engagement initiatives held across South Africa.Read more

The sky is the limit for these Unisa stars

Two students have the distinct honour of being named Unisa’s first Gradstars from more than 3 500 entrants around the country.Read more

Alone no longer, Thato embraces the Unisa family

Orphaned at an early age, Thato Amarath Senne overcame tremendous challenges to earn a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Management degree at Unisa.Read more

New Clifford Tleane Student Support Centre gives meaning to Unisa’s mission

Unisa opened the doors of its newly built Clifford Tleane Student Support Centre in Polokwane last month. Not only is this student support centre a thing of beauty, but is also a tangible testimony to Unisa’s mission to shape futures and improve the success of the university’s academic programmes in Limpopo.Read more