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2020-04-16 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Lockdown blues: The end of ritual as we know it, again

Like a thief in the night, the COVID-19 pandemic entered our lives.
So write Unisa's Puleng Segalo and Natalia Molebatsi, together with Thembela Vokwana of the University of Fort Hare, concluding that there are signs of an altered future (socially, culturally and technologically).

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2020-04-15 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Unisa Political Sciences alumnus to head IAPSS research committee

Ian Fleming-Zhou is thrilled to apply the knowledge and skills gained through his studies with the university to thrive in his new international position.

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2020-04-15 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

High COVID-19 GBV statistics are no surprise

According to Prof Nokuthula Mazibuko, Head of the Unisa Institute for Gender Studies, such numbers were expected once the lockdown was imposed as these were already alarmingly high in South Africa.

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2020-04-15 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Focus on kindness towards yourself and others

Dr Nikki Themistocleous from Unisa's Department of Psychology says while we are all experiencing extraordinary circumstances, it is important to understand that we are all experiencing these in different ways.

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2020-04-14 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Women more vulnerable than ever

"We must be careful how we respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and not forget the increasing numbers of homes facing gender-based violence and femicide," Unisa lecturer Lefatshe Moagi-Venter writes in the Pretoria News.

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2020-04-09 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Getting to grips with lockdown

Puleng Segalo, psychology professor from the College of Human Sciences at Unisa, says it's important to look at it from a multidimensional perspective, and reflect on how possible solutions could filter into different experiences that people are having.

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2020-04-07 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

COVID-19 - tips from a clinical psychologist

Dr Christine Laidlaw from Unisa's Department of Psychology provides some valuable advice about our mental health during the South African lockdown.

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2020-03-26 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, #YOUNISA, Corporate

Unisa alumnus named ICT Minister in Namibia

Dr Peya Mushelenga has completed three degrees at the university in Political Sciences and believes in lifelong learning.

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2020-03-24 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

African feminist researcher challenging patriarchy

Unisa's Prof Madipoane Masenya, an NRF B3-rated researcher, has coined a word that speaks to the kind of women's liberationist framework that makes sense to the unique context of African-South African women.

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