News & Events

Unisa celebrates International Mother Language Day 2022

Unisa’s vibrant celebratory event and webinar focused on mother-tongue-based multilingual education, the promotion of multilingualism and the potential role of technology in multilingual education. Read more

Autumn graduations kick off at Unisa

‘Graduations are the hallmark and pinnacle of trajectories that students follow in the life-long pursuit of wisdom and knowledge in the various degrees they undertake at Unisa,’ wrote Professor Puleng LenkaBula in a personal message to newly minted graduates as the autumn graduation season commences on 14 March 2022.Read more

Towards breaking gender bias

The Unisa Women’s Forum commemorated the 2022 International Women’s Day which was globally centred around #BreakTheBias under the theme: Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow. Read more

VC, NSRC share thoughts on key issues

Unisa’s Vice-Chancellor and the student leadership recently engaged on a number of issues experienced by students as well as ways to nurture the academic project.Read more

Looking back on highly successful virtual student orientation sessions

Unisa’s Student Retention Unit recently introduced new students to all things Unisa during online sessions featuring live question-and-answer opportunities. Read more

In memoriam: Mandla Mabuza

Unisa mourns the passing of Mandla Mabuza, founding member of the Unisa National Student Representative Council and former President of the South African Students’ Congress.Read more

Coping with stress and studies as a pregnant student and new mother

A Unisa staffer recounts the journey of a student to whom she provided support and advice during her transition to motherhood while dealing with academic and other challenges.Read more

Unisa law student and alumnus excels in essay-writing competition

Donald Kubayi’s essay arguing that criminals increasingly use social media for the recruitment of victims, clients and service providers took him to the runner-up spot in the South African Law Reform Commission’s Justice Pius Langa legal essay-writing competition for 2021.Read more

Top engineering student receives SACMA award

The South African Colliery Managers’ Association recently recognised Kgariri Benny Magolego from the Department of Mining Engineering as a top achieving student in Coal Mining Engineering.Read more