#UPGraduation2023: Engineering graduate and swimming champ ready to dive into next chapter

Posted on May 10, 2023

UP engineering graduate Chase Onorati says his family has a “contagious sense of dedication and determination”, which likely explains his recent achievements not only in the academic arena, but in the swimming pool too.

TuksSport High School's top matric ‘soloed’ to six distinctions

Posted on January 23, 2023

TuksSport High School's matrics of 2022 managed to achieve a 100% pass rate, with Chris-Dian Haasbroek and fellow learner Rivers Williams passing with six distinctions each.

#TuksWomensRugby: Delta Drone Tuks helps talented rugby players become Springbok Women

Posted on September 26, 2022

Delta Drone TuksWomensRugby 7s coach Riaan van der Merwe wanted to prove that anything is possible with hard work and dedication; and with eight players having played in a Springbok women’s rugby team in the past five months, his team is doing just that.

UP EXPERT OPINION: Stellar record shows Rafael Nadal is in a league of his own

Posted on June 14, 2022

“The hallmark of Rafael Nadal’s game has been that of a master matador with the ferociousness of a prowling tiger and a never-say-die attitude,” writes Prof Adekeye Adebajo, UP Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, about the Spanish tennis giant.

#UPGraduation2022: Vodacom Bulls coach graduates with degree in industrial psychology from UP

Posted on May 25, 2022

Vodacom Bulls rugby defence coach Joey Mongalo has added another string to his bow after graduating from UP with an MCom in Industrial Psychology.

Tuks’ female athletes could inspire during SA Champs in Cape Town

Posted on April 21, 2022

Judging by the results this season, female athletics in South Africa is on the rise; and 17-year-old Viwe Jingqi and 19-year-old Marione Fourie, both TuksSport athletes, are two main protagonists in this revival.

TuksSwimming head coach Meiring worries about the impact of load-shedding on Commonwealth Games preparation

Posted on April 14, 2022

“Load-shedding is, to me, a big worry. It is unfair to expect swimmers to win medals at the Commonwealth Games when they train in unheated pools during the winter," said TuksSwimming head coach Rocco Meiring ahead of the July/August event.

Tuks under-18 sprinter is the world's fastest over 100m and 200m

Posted on April 04, 2022

"The one thing that can't be coached is big match temperament. Jingqi has got it,” says athletics statistician Danie Cornelius of 17-year-old TuksSport High School learner Viwe Jingqi’s record-breaking performance.