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Motivated to change stereotypes about police officers

Mbali Rose Ngaleka’s Facebook post celebrating her Unisa BA Policing Science degree recently topped the trends list, igniting inspiration countrywide and leaving many young people, police officers especially, determined to pursue their studies.Read more

Celebrating diversity to create a unified Unisa

Unisa hosted a virtual webinar on Heritage Day to highlight the essence of diversity, echoing the unified message that we are one and that together we can create a socially cohesive university.Read more

Unisa in the service of Africa

As South Africa celebrates Heritage Day, Unisa remains steadfast in its commitment to being rooted in the development of the continent and its people. Read more

From police constable to advocate in the High Court

Former police constable graduates with an LLB degree from Unisa to occupy office as Advocate of the high court.Read more

Unisa makes a splash in Ethiopia in its Science and Research footprint

A high-level Unisa delegation led by newly inaugurated Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Puleng LenkaBula, recently met with academic, aviation, science, diplomatic, business and government executives in Africa’s second-most populous country to advance the institution’s international relations and science diplomacy agenda.Read more

Ethiopia student experience-sharing programme reloaded

Unisa’s Ethiopia Regional Learning Centre hosted another round of the student experience-sharing programme to assist master’s and doctoral students on their journey to attaining their degrees and to make them aware of some of the challenges that lie ahead.Read more

Covid-19 highlights the need for Africa to be self-reliant

Speaking at the 21st Annual Steve Biko Memorial Lecture, WHO Regional Director Dr Matshidiso Moeti said that the pandemic should be a wake-up call to transform our society and systems, and build a world that is guided by equity and self-reliance.Read more

‘Dear Madam VC, you embody courage, hope and resilience’

Unisan Nonsikelelo Nako, a former Unisa NSRC member, pens a heartfelt letter congratulating Professor Puleng LenkaBula on her inauguration as the institution’s first woman Vice-Chancellor.Read more

His voice still resonates

At the 12th such annual event, Unisa recently celebrated the life and work of the late Es’kia Mphahlele, Unisa alumnus and renowned African scholar who scribed his way to literary immortality.Read more