Towards the leading College of Law and Justice in Africa
2019-04-05 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, College of Law, Featured
Growing capacity for ODeL research
At a recent College of Law (CLAW) event, Professor Christine Ofulue from the National Open University of Nigeria stated that Unisa can develop an agenda through identifying fields that are relevant to the open distance and e-learning (ODeL) context.
2019-04-02 00:00:00.0 | Category:
College of Law, Featured, Corporate
Keeping law up to date with science
One of four winners of the 2018 Unisa Principal's Award for Excellence in Research, Dr Safia Mahomed is shifting her research trajectory towards ethico-legal issues of the fourth industrial revolution in the context of healthcare.
2019-02-22 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Macdonald's on a mission to revive traditional dispute mechanisms
The emerging researcher at Unisa's Institute for Dispute Resolution in Africa says there is a place for customary law in South Africa.
2019-02-15 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, College of Law, Featured, Corporate
Internationally renowned lawyer and alumnus appointed Executive Dean of the College of Law
My immediate and long-term priorities are transformation, excellence and sustainability. All three are interrelated. My approach is that excellence without transformation is not sustainable, but transformation without excellence has no integrity at all.
2019-01-31 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Humanitarian law knowledge boosted by Unisa, Red Cross course
Twenty representatives from across Africa recently descended on Unisa to attend the 16th All Africa Course on International Humanitarian Law which examined, among others, issues pertaining to armed conflict.
2019-01-25 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, Dpt of Jurisprudence, Research news, College of Law, Featured, Corporate
Unisa academic’s research on biobanking now SA policy
Senior lecturer, Dr Safia Mahomed, is helping to ensure that biobanking in South Africa is approached in a way that respects and protects the rights of research participants.
2019-01-14 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, College of Law, Dpt Police Practice, Featured, Corporate
Royal support for Unisa road safety meeting
The Institute for Dispute Resolution in Africa and the Department of Police Practice hosted an awareness event in Makapanstad last year to engage with stakeholders who can contribute to peace and harmony in the community.
2018-03-19 00:00:00.0 | Category:
Lead, Featured, Student news, Corporate
It’s moot and it matters
As South Africa gears up to celebrate Human Rights Day, meet two students who are not only experts in human rights locally, but who honed their continental expertise representing Unisa at the 26th All African Human Rights Moot Court Competition in Mauritius last year.
