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Unisa brings Madiba magic to women behind bars

On 18 July, Mandela Day, the university honoured the great man in the best way possible: a multi-disciplinary team visited the Kgoši Mampuru II correctional facility to present a range of workshops to women inmates.Read more

Unisa joins international Mandela centenary celebrations

Unisa joins the nation and the international community in their support of and participation in the celebration of the centenary of Nelson Mandela, led and championed by the Nelson Mandela Foundation.Read more

Variety celebrated at North-Eastern Region graduation

Student leaders, public servants, an outstanding disabled student and PhDs – the North-Eastern Region’s class of 2018 was variety personified.Read more

FameLab stars head for the finals

Bonisiwe Seshabela and Sebabatso Maifadi of Unisa’s College of Science, Engineering, and Technology are off to the FameLab SA National finals at the Future Earth Conference.Read more

Unisa-KZN launches computer literacy guide

Unisa-KZN recently launched their student computer literacy guide. The guide will be available electronically in the near future and students will be able to download it. Read more

Never take things for granted

South Sudanese Richard Ruati braved major obstacles, including civil war, during his studies, but emerged victorious with a BA in Communication Science. Here's his inspirational story.Read more

Telling our stories through art

The College of Human Sciences recently hosted its Research and Innovation Week flagship event, discussing the telling of African stories through art, as well as neoliberal happiness and feminism.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

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