News & Events

Graduating shows tenacity and commitment to learning

“Your achievement is a testimony that you have fulfilled your side of the partnership and displayed the necessary tenacity, self-confidence and commitment to learn, to acquire and to produce knowledge and to develop expertise,” says the Director of School of Computing, Prof Isaac Osunmakinde.Read more

Unisa welcomes Prof Daisy Selematsela, Executive Director, Unisa Library

The Unisa Library has the privilege to announce the appointment of Prof Daisy Selematsela as our new Executive Director with effect from the 1st May 2017.Read more

Ekurhuleni flocks to exhibition

Gauteng held the fourth annual career fair for students, job seekers, and visitors in Daveyton recently. Read more

Changing times

The latest issue of YOUNISA, the magazine for Unisa students, alumni and friends, puts technology under the spotlight. There is also a collectible loose sleeve commemorating the inauguration of Unisa Chancellor Thabo Mbeki. Read more

Re-engineering student-management relationships

Dr Sibusiso Chalufu, the newly appointed Dean of Students at Unisa, has vowed to chart a path that is deeply rooted in student needs. Read more

“I had a vision, and Unisa was in it.”

Graduate Lettah Sikhosana says studying through a distance learning institution taught her independence. Read more

“Education is an immediate equaliser,” says DHET’s Manana

The Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training graduated last night with a BA Honours in International Politics, and said that he loved every moment of being a Unisa student.Read more

Celebrating five years of promoting electoral democracy

The WIPHOLD-Brigalia Bam Chair in Electoral Democracy in Africa plays a critical role in South Africa’s evolving democratisation and Africa’s elections. Read more

Student activism cause for academic excellency

Tsholofelo Kgaswane, Secretary General of the NSRC, has never allowed economic hardships and his poor family background to deter him from pursuing his studies. Read more