Leading change
Study explores power relations and domestic violence in Mamelodi
As the world observes International Women’s Day, Unisa Sociology expert Dr Nokuthula Mazibuko reminds us that in South Africa one woman is killed by her intimate male partner every eight hours. Read more
Bumper crop of awards presented at grand finale of R&I week
In all, 62 researchers, from emerging to well established, were fêted at the Research and Innovation awards ceremony last Friday. Read more
Thabo Mbeki calls for a ‘rebirth’. Is South Africa up to the task?
There's no doubt South African universities need to undergo a real shift. But are the country's current intellectual and academic forces up to the task, asks Unisa's Prof Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni. Read more
University transformation in South Africa
Unisa Emeritus Prof Philip Higgs says one of the hallmarks of an open society should be that universities and their graduates are able—and free—to act as critics and agents of social renewal and reconstruction. Read more
Africans must strive to achieve a renaissance—Thabo Mbeki
The new Unisa Chancellor says African universities have a special responsibility to produce the ideas and knowledge, cadres, and activists who will drive the continent's rebirth. Read more
Transformation stagnant across universities
A damning report released by the South African Human Rights Commission paints a bleak picture of deeply entrenched inequalities in all spheres of society, including higher education. Read more
Africa Speaks lecture explores visual legacies of race, gender and sexuality
Prof Desiree Anne Lewis says discourses have been sedimented in the South African imaginary in ways that reveal deep connections between past codes and signifiers about black bodies and present, seemingly iconoclastic and alternative ones. Read more
African challenges on the radar at Unisa Research & Innovation Week
Wildlife crime, species extinction, and other predatory practices will be in the spotlight at this year’s Research & Innovation Week. Read more
Unisa Institutional Repository ranked in Africa’s top three
Since its inception in 2009, the UnisaIR has been setting high standards in enhancing global e-visibility for the university’s researchers and the dissemination of their publications. Read more
Engaging aspects of religion and pluralism in a decolonial context
The determination of who had and who did not have a religion played a significant role in the formation of inequality. Read more