Solving food insecurity will be no picnic, researchers say

Posted on September 04, 2017

South Africa has a tradition of evidence-based decision making, grounded in the findings of national surveys. But many of them remain a largely untapped resource for understanding the contextual experience of food insecurity.

EBIT PhD student honoured at annual Women in Science Awards

Posted on September 01, 2017

Marilize Everts, a PhD student in the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) at the University of Pretoria, was recently honoured at the Women in Science Awards for the second time in three years.

Early Childhood Education receives sponsorship for perceptual-motor skills development

Posted on August 31, 2017

Ms Anienie Veldsman from the Department of Early Childhood Education at the University of Pretoria has received a sponsorship from Care for Education, a non-profit organisation that strives to uplift disadvantaged communities, for the development of a programme aimed at strengthening young...

Moya moya moya moya

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.

Indigenous knowledge-based cosmeceuticals for natural and green cosmetics

Posted on August 31, 2017

The vast traditional knowledge of South Africa's plants is still untapped and there is much work to be done to verify this knowledge and determine how traditional remedies and local plants actually work.

Minister-President of Flanders visits Centre for Human Rights

Posted on August 30, 2017

The Centre for Human Rights in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria, presented its Advanced Human Rights Course on the Right to Development in Africa, from 21 to 25 August 2017. As part of the short course, the Centre hosted the Flemish Delegation to Southern Africa.

Mathematics Education professor develops apps

Posted on August 30, 2017

Prof Gerrit Stols, Head of the Department of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education at the University of Pretoria, has been responsible for the development of five apps for Android tablets and mobile phones.

The pipe organ - more than just a church instrument

Posted on August 30, 2017

Unlike most musical instruments, the pipe organ is commonly defined by the place where it's often played: church. Prof Theo van Wyk, Head of the Department of UP Arts, clears up some preconceptions about this amazing instrument.