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The Purchasing Consortium of Southern Africa (PURCO SA) has presented a cheque to Unisa to the value of R897 537. This is part of PURCO SA’s commitment to give back to its university business partners a rebate amount based on the procurement actions they facilitated for and on behalf of the institution. Pictured at the cheque … Read more

Inspired towards Science, Engineering and Technology (I-SET) proudly welcomes Dr Tanja Karp from Texas Tech University to Unisa. She will be part of the team until June , and was welcomed by Prof Isaac Osunmakinde, Director of the School of Computing, and Kabelo Pheeha, I-SET Facilitator. I-SET is a flagship community engagement project of the … Read more

The Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership’s (SBL) Prof Douglas Boateng, was recently honoured with a Lifetime Achiever Award at CEO Global’s “Titans Building Nations Awards”. Africa’s first Professor Extraordinaire in Supply and Value Chain Management, Boateng was recognised for his extraordinary contribution to regional, national and continental socio-economic development—especially with regard to the promotion … Read more

Recently appointed member and chairperson of the National Archives Advisory Council, Unisa’s Prof Pat Ngulube, from the College of Graduate Studies, has now been appointed a senior board member on the Board of the Mixed Methods International Research Association (MMIRA). MMIRA is a professional association created to promote the development of an international and interdisciplinary … Read more

Net#work BBDO has designed a new television commercial (TVC) for Unisa to launch and reinforce its new brand proposition – Define Tomorrow, using the story of the tenacity of a Unisa student who, unlike most university students, accesses his higher education through online and distance learning. Brad Reilly, ECD of the agency, says, “Many Unisa … Read more

Ailwei Mawela (Curriculum and Instructional Studies, CEDU) unveils the Nissan Impendulo NV350 he was instrumental in getting donated to Gordon Primary School in Alexandra. The staff and learners of Gordon Primary School in Alexandra were excited to receive a new school bus, courtesy of Unilever South Africa. Ailwei Mawela, a lecturer at Unisa’s Department of … Read more

Good luck, Nozipho. All of South Africa, and Unisa in particular, are cheering you on! Nozipho Gumbi’s FameLab countdown has begun! She has travelled to the United Kingdom for the FameLab International Finals at the Cheltenham Science Festival where she goes up against 30 country winners for the international title. Hailing from Eshowe (KwaZulu-Natal), and … Read more

From left: Dr Louise van Dyk, Dr Hannelie Marx, Dr Elnerine Greeff, Prof Blessing Mbatha (CoD: Communication Science) & Prof Yolandi Slabbert A team of lecturers from the Department of Communication Science in the College of Human Sciences (CHS) recently launched a teaching and learning tool to assist students to overcome the pitfalls of plagiarism. … Read more