Dr Marius van Oordt wins Tax Thesis Competition

Posted on October 20, 2016

Dr Marius van Oordt, a Senior Lecturer with the African Tax Institute (ATI) at the University of Pretoria, has been announced as the 2016 winner in the doctoral category of the national Tax Thesis Competition.

BMW Advanced High Performance Driving experience

Posted on October 18, 2016

The Dynamic Treads, the winning team of the second assignment in the third-year Marketing Management Practical Project module, were treated by Bridgestone South Africa (BSAF) to a BMW Advanced High Performance Driving experience (worth R2 500 per person) on Wednesday, 28 September 2016. The...

Shopper marketing: engaging shoppers online and offline

Posted on October 07, 2016

Students enrolled for the Integrated Brand Communication module had the pleasure of having Ms Talita Myburg as a guest lecturer on 13 September 2016. Ms Myburg discussed how shopper marketing is used by marketing practitioners as an integrated marketing communications (IMC) tool.

The journey of the Sticks and Stones marketing team

Posted on October 07, 2016

The winning team of the first assignment in the Marketing Management Practical Project module were recently treated by Bridgestone South Africa to a 4x4 driving experience. The purpose of the first assignment was to obtain a better understanding of the tyre industry in terms of what competitors...

Top marketing students win a trip to Cape Town

Posted on October 07, 2016

Bridgestone South Africa, which acted as industry partner for the third-year Marketing Management students’ Practical Project module for 2016, provided students with the opportunity to practically apply theory to the marketing field. This year the students were required to develop a...

Anti-apartheid struggle icon Ahmed Kathrada hosts ALCRL staff and an Associate

Posted on September 27, 2016

The Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership (ALCRL) staff and an associate is privileged to have been afforded the opportunity of being hosted by the struggle stalwart Dr Ahmed Kathrada.

Outgoing Commercii committee passes on the baton to new leadership

Posted on September 20, 2016

The Economic and Management Sciences Faculty House Commercii welcomed its incoming Executive Committee (EC) on 16 September 2016. The inauguration ceremony was symbolic of the passing on of the baton from the previous EC, overseen by the Dean of the Faculty, Prof Elsabé Loots, who commended all...

EMS spring graduation ceremony

Posted on September 19, 2016

The beginning of spring marked a time of celebration when the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences held its graduation ceremony in the Rembrandt Hall at the LC de Villiers Sports Campus on 2 September 2016.