Announced at the university's International Mother Language Day celebration, Unisa is partnering with the Puku Foundation and ILIFA in a wide-ranging initiative to promote multilingualism and mother-tongue-based education and research, in addition to preserving and elevating the status of previously marginalised languages in classrooms, higher education institutions and society at large. Read more

Dr Olwethu Sipuka, Dean of Students, and Nkosinathi Mabilane, President of the Unisa National Student Representative Council, recently visited three regional centres to assess registrations and students'' needs. Read more

The Unisa Shop, established in 2009 as the official seller of Unisa branded merchandise, has now gone online, enabling accessibility and reach. The shop's impact goes beyond commercial gains. In 2023, the shop allocated R1 million towards student bursaries.Read more

Distinguished Unisa scholar Professor James Chibueze, an internationally renowned astronomy expert, recently secured funding that enabled students in the College of Science, Engineering and Technology to gain exposure to cutting-edge radioastronomy and astrophysics developments at Kagoshima University in Japan. Read more

Recently appointed as the Deputy Executive Dean of the College of Economic and Management Sciences, Professor Maelekanyo Mulaudzi aims to revise established eurocentric teaching and learning practises in the college by incorporating and amplifying African perspectives to enrich the field with diverse epistemological approaches. Read more

Breaking barriers and fostering diversity, Unisa's Deputy Dean of the College of Accounting Sciences, Professor Cameron Modisane, is collaborating with academics of the University of Eswatini in a trailblazing study on financial sustainability. Read more

Tasked with maximising the college's contribution to the university's strategic focus areas, Professor Tennyson Mgutshini has recently been appointed Executive Dean of the College of Graduate Studies. He is a distinguished scholar with extensive experience in management, research, and postgraduate studies. Read more

Unisa bid farewell and celebrated the well-deserved appointment of Professor Khehla Ndlovu as the new Vice-Chancellor of the Vaal University of Technology. His leadership and expertise in strategy, risk management, and advisory services have been lauded as invaluable to Unisa. Read more

What started as a mere task at a high school library has now become a lifetime career in librarianship, which plays a significant role in the Unisa library services for Dr Modiehi Winnie Rammutloa. Read more