Op-Ed: G20 protests are symptomatic

Posted on July 26, 2017

Prof Siphamandla Zondi from the Institute for Strategic and Political Affairs in the Department of Political Sciences at UP, writes about the protests that once again marred the recent the G20 Summit and how this affects the fashioning of the futures that institutions like the G20 are designed to...

A new indigenous personality test for South Africa

Posted on July 25, 2017

Researchers at UP, along with colleagues from other universities, have been developing a more representative indigenous personality measure that can be used by prospective employers for a multi-cultural workforce.

Rivonia trialists exhibition to commemorate Mandela Day

Posted on July 21, 2017

The University of Pretoria's Edoardo Villa Museum is presenting an exhibition honouring the Rivonia trialists in commemoration of Mandela Day this year. The exhibition opened on 18 July – the birthday of South Africa's first democratically elected president, the late Nelson Mandela –...

UP researcher honoured at Commonwealth Science Conference

Posted on July 20, 2017

Osmond Mlonyeni, a doctoral student at the University of Pretoria (UP), was selected as one of the top three presenters at the student and postdoctoral session at the Commonwealth Science Conference, held in Singapore in June this year.

UP graduate appointed to Eskom Interim Board

Posted on July 19, 2017

Dr Pulane Molokwane, a PhD graduate from the University of Pretoria (UP), was appointed to the Eskom Interim Board by Minister of Public Enterprises, Lynne Brown, on 23 June 2017.

UP researchers weigh in on bird flu outbreak

Posted on July 19, 2017

University of Pretoria (UP) researchers are working with the poultry industry and the National Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to contain the current bird flu outbreak in South Africa.

Prof Wiseman Nkuhlu re-elected as Chancellor of University of Pretoria

Posted on July 19, 2017

Professor Lumkile Wiseman Nkuhlu was unanimously re-elected Chancellor of the University of Pretoria by the University's Electoral College on 28 June. This appointment is for a period of five years, until 30 June 2022.

2017 International Mandela Day: Message from the Vice-Chancellor and Principal

Posted on July 18, 2017

Message from the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria on International Mandela Day 2017.