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2017-08-28 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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The curious paradoxes of knowledge and power
Congratulations to the College of Human Sciences’ Professor Luyanda Dube who was inaugurated to full professorship in August 2017.
2017-08-14 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Zanele Mbeki, former social worker, among speakers at CHS lecture
Social work in South Africa must follow a transformative agenda, focusing on engaging with the root causes of poverty and inequality.
2017-08-14 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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All-new Unisa Language Festival takes multilingualism to Gauteng schools
An all-new Unisa Language Festival promoting multilingualism kicked off this August. The Festival, which previously comprised of a one-day show, has in 2017, transformed into a roadshow aimed this year at grade nine and 10 learners in Gauteng schools.
2017-08-08 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Happiness at the workplace, exploring the challenges
The School of Social Sciences explored the dynamics of bullying and harassment at a seminar for happiness in the workplace.
2017-08-07 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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The impact of trauma on spirituality of children and youth in modern society
Spirituality contains the word ritual, therefore, to live a spiritual and peaceful life one has to adopt spiritual and meaningful rituals, says Joan Marston, ambassador of the International Children’s Palliative Care Network at a recent Unisa conference.
2017-08-07 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Limpopo health MEC talks social problems at Unisa school health convention
Unisa’s Department of Health Studies in the College of Human Sciences recently hosted Limpopo Health MEC, Dr Phophi Ramathuba, at the 2017 School Health Convention where she spoke on the importance of the Integrated School Health Programme.
2017-08-04 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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CHS hosts innovative #HerStory Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon
The College of Human Sciences in collaboration with the Swedish Embassy in Pretoria and WikimediaZA hosted a #HerStory Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon aimed at increasing women representation and content on the encyclopedia.
2017-08-02 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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Domestic violence: Why take a stand now? Alternatively, why not now?
Karabo Mokoena was not the first women in South Africa to be murdered at the hands of her intimate partner and she will not be the last if society and government do not play equal roles in combatting this pandemic. This is the view of Dr Nokuthula Mazibuko from the Department of Sociology in the College of Human Sciences.
2017-07-28 00:00:00.0 | Category:
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The Institute of Gender Studies explores female masochism
The College of Human Sciences’ Institute for Gender Studies hosted a research seminar on the topic, serialising female masochist subjectivities by mapping intensities from Deleuze’s Masoch to Macho Sluts and Fifty Shades of Grey. It was presented by Postdoctoral fellow in the College, Dr Chantelle Gray van Heerden.