Appointment of new Deputy Dean: Teaching and Learning in EMS

Posted on August 08, 2022

Professor Theuns Steyn has been appointed as the new Deputy Dean: Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences effective from 1 August 2022 until 31 January 2026.

UP EXPERT OPINION: The ANC’s tyranny of the collective

Posted on August 08, 2022

Dr Sansia Blackmore of the African Tax Institute writes in the Mail and Guardian that the recent ANC KwaZulu-Natal witnessed the resounding endorsement of a political faction supporting the protagonist of state capture causing fallout across South African society while South Africans are fighting...

Lego on the menu for children in a Mandela Day collaboration between the University of Pretoria, UNICEF and PwC at the Mamelodi Business Hub

Posted on July 28, 2022

Children from local ECD centres in Pretoria were treated to a LEGO games treat and practical food and nutrition tips as part of a "fun skills development" outreach event to celebrate the birthday of icon Nelson Mandela.

UP Miss SA finalist seeks to reduce education inequality

Posted on July 28, 2022

“Ultimately, it should not matter which school or area they come from, all learners should be given quality education and an equal opportunity to nurture their strengths,” says UP BCom Investment Management graduate Ndavi Nokeri.

UP EXPERT OPINION: Is the world retracting from globalisation, setting it up for a fifth wave?

Posted on July 27, 2022

“The data on economic globalisation paint an interesting picture. They show that, even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world in 2020, a deceleration in the intensity of globalisation is evident.” – UP Professor of Economics Elsabe Loots.

UP Taxation Dept academics predict Supreme Court of Appeal ruling on government’s COVID-19 tobacco ban

Posted on July 04, 2022

Professor Teresa Pidduck and Sumarie Swanepoel predicted the case’s eventual outcome in a paper titled ‘Sobering up in South Africa: The Sin Tax Consequences of a Pandemic’ and published in December 2021.

EMS students restore dignity of school girls with pad donation

Posted on June 28, 2022

The lack of access to sanitary pads for underprivileged school girls at Tswaing Secondary School in Winterveld, Pretoria, touched the hearts of students in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) and prompted them to step in and assist by donating over 400 packs of sanitary pads to...

EMS top achievers celebrated at Dean’s List Awards

Posted on June 23, 2022

The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences recently hosted a celebratory event for graduates who had made it onto the Dean’s List based on their outstanding performance during the 2021 academic year.