Leotlela equals SA Record as Tuks win the Varsity Athletics title

Posted on April 03, 2017

Eighteen-year-old sprint sensation Tlotliso Gift Leotlela lived up to his billing as the top junior sprinter in South Africa when he achieved a record-equalling 10,12 s win in the men's 100 m at the second and final Varsity Athletics meeting held under near perfect conditions at the University of...

Opening up the world of autism

Posted on April 03, 2017

World Autism Awareness Day is celebrated annually on 2 April and aims to raise awareness about people with autism throughout the world. Ms Ilse de Bruin, a PhD student at UP, shares some interesting facts about the condition.

UP tackles rabies in rural areas

Posted on March 31, 2017

Dr Francis Kolo, of the Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases at UP, conducted a study on the dog population of Hluvukani Village to determine the prevalence of rabies in the area and the causes of mortality in the population.

Op-Ed: What is colonialism (to us)? Western Cape Premier reveals a truth

Posted on March 31, 2017

Prof Charles Ngwena from the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, writes about what colonialism really means to us as South Africans in light of the recent public utterance posted on twitter by Western Cape Premier, Helen Zille.

UP academic appointed as Chairperson of HST Board of Trustees

Posted on March 31, 2017

Dr Flavia Senkubuge, of the Division of Health Policy and Management in the School of Health Systems and Public Health at the University of Pretoria, has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Health Systems Trust (HST) Board of Trustees.

WATCH: GIBS Autumn Graduation Ceremony 2017

Posted on March 30, 2017

The next Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) Autum Graduation Ceremony will take place at 15:00 on Thursday, 30 March 2017. The session will be livestreamed via YouTube so that family and friends who cannot attend the event can also be a part of our students' big moment.

The 4th International Conference on Responsible Leadership

Posted on March 30, 2017

The 4th International Conference on Responsible Leadership hosted by the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership and the Gordon Institute of Business Science in partnership with the Copenhagen Business School and the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative, was held in Johannesburg,...

Statistics and data analysis in the spotlight as future career choices

Posted on March 28, 2017

The Department of Statistics, in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria, recently hosted a statistics awareness day for Mathematics teachers and learners to demonstrate the importance of statistics in the school curriculum and in everyday life.