Opinion: The African middle class matters: but not for the reasons commonly put forward

Posted on August 17, 2017

Prof Henning Melber, an Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria, writes about the African middle class in an article that recently appeared on The Conversation.

The Javett-UP: Signaling a new landmark in the City of Tshwane

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.

Dr Nasima Carrim wins best paper award

Posted on August 15, 2017

Dr Nasima Carrim from the Department of Human Resource Management at the University of Pretoria received the best paper award in the management/talent and knowledge management track the Eighth Academic Research Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Social Sciences, which took...

Prof Mike Sathekge admitted as fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore

Posted on August 15, 2017

Prof Mike Sathekge, an internationally acclaimed researcher and current Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria, has been admitted as a fellow of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore.

Students, sex and drinking: beyond the hyperbole

Posted on August 15, 2017

Pierre Brouard, Deputy Director of the Centre for Sexualities, AIDS and Gender at the University of Pretoria, writes about the link between substance use and gender-based violence in the tertiary environment.

Centre for Human Rights urges definitive stand on violence against women

Posted on August 14, 2017

The Centre for Human Rights in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria, takes note of media reports and images circulating on social media, suggesting that the Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Mduduzi Manana, has recently been involved in a case of assaulting a woman in a public...

2017 SAWIP team returns from Washington DC

Posted on August 14, 2017

This year's UP representatives to the South Africa – Washington International Programme (SAWIP) recently returned to South Africa after spending six weeks of the seven-month leadership development programme in Washington DC to gain professional and cultural work exposure.

Renowned behavioural endocrinologist new Head of MRI

Posted on August 11, 2017

Prof André Ganswindt, a behavioural endocrinologist by training and the founder of the Endocrine Research Laboratory was appointed as Professor and Director of the Mammal Research Institute (MRI) at the University of Pretoria from 1 August 2017.