Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)
Manamela Orders Urgent Intervention as CPUT Shutdown Deepens After Arson Attack
Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela has ordered an urgent departmental intervention at the…
Public Protector Finds Systemic Failures at NSFAS as Manamela Backs Intervention
Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela has welcomed a damning provisional Public Protector report…
Research, Resistance and Results: Why Black Women’s Leadership Matters in Academia
There is a famous observation by civil rights activist Malcolm X that “the most disrespected…
Unisa Moves Up in the ARWU List of Top 1 000 International Universities
According to the 2025 Shanghai Ranking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), published on 15…
UNISA Signs Language Pact with Russian Universities to Globalise isiZulu
The University of South Africa (UNISA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two Russian universities to promote language exchange programmes. The partnership, formalised on 04 March 2025, with Tyumen State University (UTMN) and the Patrice Lumumba Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) will see isiZulu taught at the Russian institutions, while UNISA’s College of Human Sciences (CHS) will offer Russian language courses, the university said. The agreement was witnessed by South Africa’s Department of Higher Education and Training…