Recently, Unisa’s Advocacy Resource Centre for Students with Disabilities, the Dean of Students and the Unisa KZN Region collaborated in a celebration of the achievements of visually impaired and blind people, while also highlighting the challenges they face.Read more

For the second consecutive year, the US News & World Report Best Global Universities rankings placed Unisa at 9^th in the country and 851^st globally, up from 921^st in the previous year.Read more

Diek Grobler recently received a PhD in Art at Unisa, with a dissertation entitled “Narrative strategies in the creation of animated poetry-films”. Professor Gerrie Snyman takes a look at his extraordinary career and achievements.Read more

Little Botshelo Mankuroane is a TikTok sensation who shot to fame after a video of a conversation between her and her mom, a Unisa student, Boitumelo Thelma Mankuroane, went viral. The conversation took place one morning when Boitumelo was getting her toddler ready for pre-school.Read more

An inspirational policewoman, the remarkable innovation of a tech-savvy student and the academic achievement of a 64-year old mom all feature in the newsletter for students, alumni and friends of Unisa.Read more

Unisa alumna, Mutshidziwa Buthelezi shares how she and her family survived COVID-19 and how she kept her head above water academically during the pandemic.Read more

Read about a Unisa alumnus whose journey to academic success spans three continents and almost a decade.Read more

The Academy of Science of South Africa has recognised seven Unisa scholars as South Africa’s top scientists, with a further two elected as members of the South African Young Academy of Science.Read more

An abiding interest in sports has seen Lwandile Simelane elected as first vice-president of SASCOC, and with a Unisa honours degree already under her belt she is now pursuing an LLB at the university.Read more