Posted on September 27, 2017
World Tourism Day is celebrated on 27 September 2017 and this year the theme is 'Sustainable Tourism — a Tool for Development'.
Posted on September 21, 2017
September is Heritage Month. In celebration of our continent and our country's rich history and heritage, we have published a new feature focussing on the past and present stories of Africa on the Research Matters website.
Posted on August 31, 2017
31 August is African Traditional Medicine Day. According to Dr Bosco Bae, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UP, however, the day is meaningless unless its value and history is recognised.
Posted on August 16, 2017
Residents of Pretoria woke up to a new landmark on Monday morning after seven massive beams, each 33,55 m in length and weighing 71 tons, were installed over the weekend to construct a bridge across Lynnwood Road.
Posted on August 02, 2017
UP and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands present the Footsteps Along the Tracks project, which uncovers the largely forgotten cultural heritage represented by the Netherlands South African Railways Company (NZASM).
Posted on July 05, 2017
The Javett-UP, which is slowly taking shape on the Hatfield and South campuses, is set to become Africa's foremost art gallery and will exhibit art of the highest quality, with a specific focus on the art of Africa.
Posted on May 10, 2017
Dr Glen Ncube, a lecturer in the Department of Historical and Heritage studies, discusses the rise of African history as a discipline and the questions that this raises, in an article that was recently published on The Conversation.
Posted on August 17, 2016
The University of Pretoria curates and manages one of the most extensive ceramic collections in South Africa.
Posted on August 10, 2016
An investigation into cross-border tourist guiding in southern Africa, undertaken by the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies at the University of Pretoria is yielding interesting and surprising results.
Posted on April 07, 2015
Priceless Iron Age artefacts from the Unesco World Heritage Sites of Mapungubwe and K2 have been conserved and are being exhibited by an expert team of specialists and researchers from the University of Pretoria.
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