News & Events

“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

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

Leading by example on the academic front

Zandile Sodladla, the President of the NSRC, graduated with a Bachelor of Social Work degree during the autumn graduationsRead more

R28m earmarked to lessen fees gap

The Unisa Foundation Board of Trustees will transfer an amount of 28 million rand from the Unisa Foundation Development Fund towards student bursaries. Read more

Inspired to live her dream

Get that SMS line burning and vote for Johanna Gaula, a BCom Financial Accounting student, to go through to the next round of Mrs South Africa 2017.Read more

Deaf communities set to enter hospitality industry

A Unisa short learning programme for baristas will empower the hearing impaired for business and provide training towards entrepreneurship and job placement.Read more

Study wherever you are…

…but come home to Unisa to do your Life Sciences practicals at the Science Campus! Two overseas students, one from the UK and one from the USA, tell more.Read more

Do not abandon your African identity

In delivering the 2017 Archie Mafeje memorial lecture, UCT's Prof Francis B Nyamnjoh called on academics to refute the misconception that there is only one type of scholarship and one type of experience worth writing about. Read more

Western Cape engages students

The region hosted a combined student orientation, technology festival, and career fair in March.Read more