Nyameko Barney Pityana was inaugurated as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Unisa on 24 January 2002. This is a collection of presentations, speeches and media releases related to his career at Unisa.
It behoves us as an institution to reflect, I believe, on our essential message to the world
and how that message is lived and experienced in the life of our university. I was reminded
that such introspection is warranted ...
As we approach the end of the first quarter of 2010, we are mindful of a number of matters on the
agenda of the higher education sector as a whole, and the University of South Africa in particular. First,
we received the ...
On 21 October the Council on Higher Education held a Consultative Conference on Higher Education in
South Africa. The Conference was held to mark the publication of the CHE’s HE Monitor No. 8 which
bears the same title. ...
If the next century is going to be characterised as a truly African Century, for social and economic progress of the African people, the century of durable peace and sustained development in Africa, then the success… is ...
The second UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education was held at the UNESCO headquarters
in Paris on 5‐8 July 2009. The theme of the World Conference was “The New Dynamics of Higher
Education and Research for Societal ...
This report is about the furore in some universities about the role of Vice Chancellors (or
management) in suppressing legitimate aspirations to academic freedom by academics.
This message is intended to remind Unisa community particulaly staff, not to compromise excellence. It is reiterated that one way to achieve in producing students who can build the world depend entirely on our character ...
The speech was to encourage the Unisa community to focus on their responsibilities. They must not live under the fear losing their job therefore staff should remain calm during the period of transition.