Posted on April 02, 2020
The Department of Library Services would like to bring to your attention that a number of publishers and aggregators of scholarly materials have stepped up to support online learning in response to the current health emergency of COVID-19.
Posted on April 01, 2020
WATCH: “We are all in this together. Despite all our differences, we are all the same.” To lift spirits as South Africa and the world unite to fight COVID-19, UP's Tuks Camerata choir performs Just over the Horizon and delivers their inspirational message.
Posted on March 31, 2020
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) MakerSpace Centre is producing 3D-printed visor frames for facial shields for use by healthcare workers in Gauteng. There is a shortage of facial shields for use by healthcare workers, who are testing and treating members of the public for COVID-19. Isak...
Posted on March 28, 2020
While it is important to be informed and to take action to limit the spread of COVID-19, the amount of information on this topic out there can increase stress and anxiety.
Posted on March 27, 2020
On 31 December last year, as China first alerted the WHO about several cases of unusual pneumonia in the port city of Wuhan, India was in the throes of the largest protests the country had witnessed since Narendra Modi and the right-wing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) first took...
Posted on March 26, 2020
As South Africa prepares to shut down for 21 days to counter the rapid spread of Covid-19, promises around the maintenance of food supply chains fail to take account of the fact that food security and nutrition are far more complex than fully-stocked supermarket shelves.
Posted on March 24, 2020
At its meeting today (24 March), USAf agreed that tertiary institutions must aim to resume their academic activities on 20 April 2020, dependent on an ongoing assessments of how the pandemic develops. A further announcement will be made in this regard.
Posted on March 24, 2020
In line with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement yesterday (23 March 2020), calling for a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), we have made a decision to close the campus with effect from Thursday 12:00, 26 March until 16 April 2020.
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