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2020-05-18 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Digging deeper to preserve the past

Unisa's Dr Forget Chaterera-Zambuko, an NRF Y2-rated researcher, believes that museums should find modes of interpreting, presenting and promoting the cultures of Africans in a manner that enhances understanding of the past and the present.

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2020-05-14 00:00:00.0 | Category: Research news, Corporate

Unisa ethics pioneer joins global pool of experts

Acceptance into this prestigious collective serving Globethics.net is an indication that an international non-profit foundation with UN economic and social council status recognises the expertise of Dr Retha Visagie.

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2020-05-14 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Research that benefits people's lives

Unisa research fellow Dr Vhahangwele Masindi uses his technologies firmly to address the phenomenon of sustainable development through eco-friendly initiatives that foster the concept of the circular economy.

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2020-05-14 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Research is a lifelong journey

Prof Leslie Brown from Unisa's College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences says life is about questioning everything around us and trying to make sense of it.

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2020-05-12 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Lead, Featured, Corporate

Extraordinary researcher never ceases to raise the bar

As a "simple Soweto boy who fell in love with mathematics at a very young age", Prof Themba Dube does not believe in keeping knowledge to himself but shines the light onto others. It was under his supervision that the first black woman in the history of Unisa received a PhD in Pure Mathematics at the institution.

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2020-04-30 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Graduate Sciences, Lead, Featured, Corporate

Driving the agenda of zero harm in mining and minerals sectors

Unisa and the MQA are on a discovery journey to engage stakeholders on health and safety issues in the Mining and Minerals Sector. "We need to look at where we are now and where we have been," says Prof Lindiwe Zungu, Executive Dean of the College of Graduate Studies.

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2020-04-28 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Human Sciences, Lead, Dept political, Featured, College of Accounting Sciences, Featured, Department of Taxation, Corporate

Getting your research message across

The COVID-19 national lockdown has demonstrated the tremendous need of citizens for reliable, credible information. Platforms such as The Conversation are crucial in translating the results of research into something that is understandable and accessible.

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2020-04-25 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate

Teamwork makes the dream work

Now not a drop of your favourite brew need go to waste with the novel water-saving process patented by Craig Groeneveld and Prof John Dewar from Unisa's College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences.

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2020-04-25 00:00:00.0 | Category: College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Featured, Corporate

How we respond to SDGs influences Africa's readiness for pandemics

As the current health crisis rampages through the world, many of the topics discussed at Unisa's annual Research and Innovation Week have considerable relevance now.

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