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BY NEWSSA CORRESPONDENT: Unisa returns the African Music Festival with two performances at the Main Campus. (Image: Unisa website) The University of South Africa (Unisa) is strengthening its commitment to preserving African musical heritage with the return of its African Music Festival, bringing together traditional practitioners and contemporary performers for two evenings in Pretoria. The second edition will take place on 21 and 22 August 2026 at the ZK Matthews Great Hall on Unisa’s Main Campus, with both concerts beginning at 18:00. Launched in 2025, the festival has become one of the university’s flagship cultural projects. It forms part of Unisa’s broader vision to “Reclaim Africa’s Intellectual Futures”, using music as a platform to ce...

By Sitha Maliwa: A historic moment is about to unfold in South Africa’s property sector. On Wednesday, 27 August 2025, the Women’s Economic Assembly (WECONA), through Pillar 5 of the National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (NSP-GBVF), in partnership with the Department of Human Settlements (DHS), will host the first-ever Women in Property Summit and Awards at the UNISA Kgorong Function Hall in Pretoria. Themed “Economic Power – Women Shaping the Future of South Africa’s Built Environment,” the summit is not just another industry event. It is a bold declaration that women can no longer be sidelined in one of the country’s most powerful sectors - a sector that shapes skylines, drives growth, and defines the nation’s future. For decades, wo...

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