Prof Bob Millar receives Platinum Scientific Achievement Award

Posted on September 28, 2016

Prof Bob Millar, Director of the Centre for Reproductive Neuroendocrinology in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria, has been awarded the Platinum Scientific Achievement Award by the South African Medical Research Council.

Could the humble chicken be the solution to sustainable food security in Africa?

Posted on September 28, 2016

The Poultry Nutrition and Management Research Facility on the University's Experimental Farm was recently upgraded to the amount of R2 million, with a major part of the cost being covered through collaboration with generous sponsors from the poultry industry.

Mobile technology brings healthcare into people's homes

Posted on September 19, 2016

According to Prof Jannie Hugo from the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Pretoria, the use of eHealth could be of particular benefit in the provision of primary healthcare services to rural communities in South Africa.

CMEG students' honours research published in peer-reviewed journals

Posted on September 16, 2016

Three students from the Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics (CMEG) at the University of Pretoria recently had their honours research published in international peer-reviewed journals.

Celebrating National Book Week with African writers Yewande Omotoso and Sandile Memela

Posted on September 15, 2016

In celebration of National Book Week, the departments of English and Library Services at the University of Pretoria hosted an event titled: 'Meet your African writers: Yewande Omotoso and Sandile Memela'.

The changing role of central banks and what South Africans should look out for

Posted on September 14, 2016

Prof Danny Bradlow, SARCHI Professor of International Development Law and African Economic Relations at UP, recently spoke to The Conversation Africa about the changing role of central banks and what South Africans should look out for.

Audiology students make today matter

Posted on September 14, 2016

UP Audiology students are making today matter by helping to improve people's ability to hear. Seeing the look on someone's face when they hear for the first time in a long time, or for the first time ever, is one of the reasons these students are pursuing a profession in audiology.

Coming to South Africa: the story of Dr Estimé Mukandila

Posted on September 13, 2016

The journey by road from Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo, across Zambia and Zimbabwe to South Africa took Dr Estimé Mukandila three days. He had to leave his pregnant wife in the middle of a civil war in order to further his studies at the University of Pretoria.