UP researcher named best economics scientist in SA

Posted on March 13, 2023

The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Professor Rangan Gupta has been named the best scientist in the field of economics and finance in South Africa in the latest World Online Ranking of Best Economics & Finance Scientists report.

UP EXPERT OPINION: #BudgetSpeech2023 – Yes, indeed, but....

Posted on February 27, 2023

UP researchers in the Energy Economics Unit write that the proposed incentives for renewable energy and rooftop solar mentioned in the 2023 Budget Speech, could deepen the South African economy’s inequalities.

UP EXPERT OPINION: Economic growth is the anti-poverty strategy that actually works

Posted on January 11, 2023

Dr Jesse Naidoo of the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences writes that economic growth in South Africa can reduce poverty in the country.

UP Economists share their voice at the World Science Forum 2022

Posted on December 14, 2022

Economists from the University of Pretoria’s Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Dr Eleni Yitbarek and Prof Roula Inglesi-Lotz, participated in the recent World Science Forum (WSF) 2022, which took place in Cape Town from 6 to 9 December 2022.

Policy brief on the just greening of the South African economy in a post-COVID era

Posted on November 28, 2022

The research team of the Energy Economics Unit in UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences has completed a study funded by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on South Africa’s just energy transition and its economic implications.

EMS celebrates its shining stars

Posted on November 18, 2022

Academics in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences were recently honoured at the annual EMS awards ceremony, which recognises excellence in teaching and learning, research and media engagements.

‘Thank you for welcoming me home’ – Miss SA Ndavi Nokeri visits her alma mater

Posted on November 03, 2022

Reigning Miss South Africa Ndavi Nokeri was recently welcomed back to her alma mater, the University of Pretoria. UP’s Future Africa campus rolled out the black carpet for Nokeri for an interview and lunch with Vice-Chancellor Professor Tawana Kupe and University officials.

Greening SA’s economy in a post-COVID era

Posted on October 12, 2022

Profs Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Heinrich Bohlmann and Dr Jessika Bohlmann, all of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, presented the preliminary results of their study on the economic impact of the South African energy transition to key stakeholders in energy and...