Alumni

Unisa’s Pretoria Alumni Chapter treated to chai tea

On the morning of 19 March 2022, members of Unisa’s Pretoria Alumni Chapter gathered on the Unisa main campus for breakfast. It was their first meeting after two years of COVID-19. Read more

Sisipho Mayo’s NPO bridges the gap to opportunities

When she founded the Tozama Foundation in 2020 after her mother’s passing, little did Sisipho Mayo know that she was going to add value to her mother’s legacy of being loving, warm-hearted and a giver to communities. Read more

Unisa Convocation looks back on the year that was

Highlights and challenges experienced during 2021 were discussed at the recent Annual General Meeting of the Unisa Convocation. Read more

Calabash Awards: A night of celebrating contributions to humanity

Unisa’s Chancellor, former SA President Dr Thabo Mbeki, continued a long-standing tradition by honouring four highly esteemed South Africans at the annual Calabash Awards Read more

Award-winning artist and animator now a proud Unisa alumnus

Diek Grobler recently received a PhD in Art at Unisa, with a dissertation entitled "Narrative strategies in the creation of animated poetry-films". Prof Gerrie Snyman takes a look at his extraordinary career and achievements. Read more

Unisa is open to partnerships

Speaking at Unisa's recent engagement with captains of industry, Dr Phasoane Mokgobu said that stakeholders needed to come together to change the depressing picture of the country and continent. Read more

Pushing studies against Covid-19 odds

Unisa alumna, Mutshidziwa Buthelezi shares how she and her family survived Covid-19 and how she kept her head above water academically during the pandemic. Read more

Shamilin Naidoo sticking with it – from Durban to Dallas

Read about a Unisa alumnus whose journey to academic success spans three continents and almost a decade. Read more

Lwandile combines Olympic dreams with Unisa studies

An abiding interest in sports has seen Lwandile Simelane elected as first vice-president of SASCOC, and with a Unisa honours degree already under her belt she is now pursuing an LLB at the university. Read more

Unisa graduates are ready to serve

At a business engagement event on 20 October, Unisa Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Prof Puleng LenkaBula, sent a strong message of partnership to the business community, urging attendees to afford Unisa students opportunities to thrive in both the public and the private sectors. Read more