Posted on May 27, 2025
In an opinion piece in the Mail and Guardian, Professor Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Head of the Energy Economics Research Unit at the University of Pretoria, writes that a just energy transition will require careful thinking about the skills and training that will be required for an equitable transition....
Posted on May 22, 2025
Despite all the progress that has been made toward gender equality globally, many are still tempted to view armed conflict as primarily the domain of men. In fact, women often prove decisive in such settings, including in combat, non-combat, and leadership roles. Nonetheless, they are routinely...
Posted on May 05, 2025
An economic modelling exercise conducted by a team of economists in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria and others demonstrated that a basic income grant targeting all individuals aged between 18 and 59 could significantly reduce poverty and inequality in...
Posted on March 19, 2025
The Budget attempts to walk a tightrope, balancing concerns about low economic growth and infrastructure spend against the need to narrow the budget deficit and reduce future debt servicing costs, which is already consuming 20c in every Rand of tax revenue collected, writes Professor Roula...
Posted on February 18, 2025
The 2025 Budget speech will be delivered amid worsened economic and fiscal conditions compared to the 2024 Budget
Posted on February 10, 2025
The Public Policy Hub (PPH) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is transforming how academic research shapes public policy by forging high-impact partnerships with South Africa's Department of Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation (DPME). This collaboration is driving evidence-based reforms that...
Posted on December 17, 2024
Dr Sansia Blackmore of the University of Pretoria’sAfrican Tax Institute explained in the Mail and Guardian how South Africa's taxation system struggles with accountability, revealing the challenges of elite enrichment and its impact on ordinary taxpayers. “As taxpayers witness their...
Posted on December 04, 2024
Dr Sansia Blackmore, a tax policy expert at the University of Pretoria's African Tax Institute, unpacks the unequal distribution of tax benefits in a piece in the Mail and Guardian, revealing how the elite may reap disproportionate advantages while ordinary citizens bear the burden. "The...
Posted on December 03, 2024
University of Pretoria's Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) alumna Lesego Makgoba seeks to play her part in reducing inequality through her impactful entrepreneurship activities as founder of Nation Rolling Paper and Nation Farming Solutions. “My dream for South Africa is...
Posted on November 13, 2024
Research by economists Professor Roula Inglesi-Lotz of UP's Energy Economics Research Unit and Kwame Adjei-Mantey of the Future Africa Institute found that environmental consciousness can spur Ghanaians not to use firewood as a cooking fuel of choice because of its environmental and health...
Posted on October 22, 2024
The University of Pretoria's Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP) celebrates its 10th anniversary with a two-day event (Oct 25-26). The program empowers researchers as scientific leaders across Africa.
Posted on August 26, 2024
A monetary policy researcher, senior lecturer, mother, wife and photography enthusiast, Dr Tumisang Loate-Ntsoko of the Department of Economics at the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences wears many hats. Her career pivot into academia happened by chance...
Posted on July 22, 2024
PhD candidates and master’s students from the Economics and Energy Economics Research Unit (EERU) in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) at the University of Pretoria (UP), recently participated in the 45th Annual International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE)...
Posted on July 19, 2024
Researchers in the UP's Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences expressed their views on South Africa's recent decision to impose a 10% import tariff on solar panels. The researchers state that, “while specific microlevel interventions such as the solar panel tariff are important, they...
Posted on July 12, 2024
Prof Nara Monkam, an associate professor of public economics and Head of the Public Policy Hub at UP, writes about the new Chair in Municipal Finance at the University’s African Tax Institute and its role in transforming municipal finance.
Posted on July 11, 2024
The fourth annual Pretoria-Stellenbosch PhD Workshop in Economics took place on 9 July.
Posted on June 27, 2024
Forty alumni from the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences were honoured during the EMS Dean’s List ceremony. This annual event is hosted to celebrate the achievements of students who have maintained a high level of academic performance throughout their studies.
Posted on June 27, 2024
UP's Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences recently hosted the official launch of the Chair in Municipal Finance in Africa. The Chair is set to contribute to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—in particular SDG 11—which aim to make cities inclusive, safe,...
Posted on June 27, 2024
On 20 June 2024, the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) at the University of Pretoria hosted its annual EMS Staff Awards to honour staff members who demonstrated outstanding excellence in teaching and learning, research and media engagements during the 2023 academic year.
Posted on June 13, 2024
Research teams from the University of Pretoria’s Energy Economics Research Unit and Curtin University’s School of Accounting, Economics and Finance as well as its Institute for Energy Transition, have embarked on a significant collaborative research initiative focused on gender...
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