University of South Africa

"Being the first runner-up at the 2023 FameLab SA competition is an incredible honour and achievement. It's a testament to the hard work, dedication and passion put into the science communication journey," says Ayesha Osman, a PhD candidate…

Focusing on three main benchmarks – visibility, transparency or openness, and excellence – the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, in its first edition for 2024, places Unisa in the 7th position in both South Africa and sub-Saharan…

Selected to represent South Africa in the prestigious Young Female Scientist Programme,  Dr Suvania Naidoo, Head of Teaching and Learning, Community Engagement and Student Support at Unisa’s College of Human Sciences, has emerged as a…

Launched in 2019, a multi-stakeholder project at Unisa is in the final stages of rehabilitating a wetland located on the university’s Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL) campus in Midrand by addressing challenges such as excessive…

The fifteenth instalment of the Unisa International Piano Competition, a prestigious event hosted by the Unisa Music Foundation, is a flagship event that strives for musical excellence and has become the global stage for aspiring talents,…

The initiative is led by the Global CGMA University and Academic Center of Excellence, in partnership with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), together as…

Held on 29 November, the 2023 Founders Lecture keynote address was presented by Her Excellency President Dr Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first democratically elected female head of state, Nobel Peace Prize awardee and eminent economist,…

Officially opened on 29 November 2023, the 2023 Unisa Innovation Festival, co-hosted by the Directorate of Innovation, Technology Transfer and Commercialisation (DITTC), and the Colleges of Graduate Studies; Science, Engineering and…

Prof Julie Reid from the Department of Communication Sciences in the College of Human Sciences delivered her virtual inaugural lecture titled "Digitising 'The Big Lie': Shrinkage Funnels Stemming from Algorithmic Content Curation and the…

Unisa recently held a momentous graduation ceremony in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, marking the completion of studies for 69 students. The event, which saw the presence of high-level officials from Unisa, the Embassy of the Republic of South…