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DTSFL staff, Parow Regional staff, and Unisa students
The university’s Department of Tuition Support and Facilitation of Learning began the year with a project that is as emotionally taxing as it is deeply impactful: regional and correctional centre student visits aimed at restoring hope and confronting barriers head-on. Read more
Unisa celebrates matric result success at Correctional Services ceremony
The university’s Western Cape Region attended a Correctional Services National Matric Results Awards Ceremony in Goodwood on 19 January 2026. Unisa was recognised as a key stakeholder in providing tertiary education to incarcerated students. Read more
Women vocalists take top honours at Unisa’s globally renowned showcase
During the final round of the 7th Unisa International Voice Competition, Zimbabwe’s Molly Dzangare and Spain’s Maria del Mar Vilaseca were crowned winners in, respectively, the Classical and Jazz categories.Read more
Unisa ICT Director recognised among acclaimed IT leaders
Tabisa Makaula, Unisa's Director of ICT Service Delivery Management, has been announced by Exito Media Concepts as one of the chosen Top 50 distinguished leaders in South Africa's information technology sector, a notable honour that will be featured on Exito's website and in the DT50 Magazine. Read more
The 7th Unisa International Voice Competition nears the finale
Unisa, through its Music Foundation, is proud to announce the semi-finalists in the 7th Unisa International Voice Competition, which is underway and will end on 31 January 2026. Read more
Unisa expands ways to hear student voices
At the recently held Council on Higher Education Audit Improvement Plan Student Voices Forum Workshop, which was hosted at the Unisa Durban Campus, students were assured that their opinions matter in enriching quality education at Unisa. Read more
Students descend to the KZN Region for in-person registration services
The 2026 registration period commenced across Unisa campuses on 7 January 2026, with plentiful students heading to the campuses given the 2025 Grade 12 pass rate achieved by South Africa. Read more
THE Rankings demonstrate Unisa's unceasingly enhanced academic agenda
In its 2026 subject rankings, Times Higher Education, the authoritative and globally referenced source of information on higher education, reveals that Unisa got ranked in ten subject areas globally, which reasserts the university's commitment to providing quality higher education. Read more
Unisa to host the illustrious ACDE's 20th Anniversary Seminar
Unisa, in partnership with the African Council for Distance Education (ACDE), will host the ACDE's 20th Anniversary Seminar, marking a milestone of two decades of the council's leadership in strengthening open, distance and e-learning across the African continent. Read more
