Former Auditor-General Terence Nombembe receives honorary doctorate from UP

Posted on May 05, 2025

PRETORIA – The University of Pretoria (UP) is set to confer an honorary Doctorate in Commerce on Terence Nombembe, a chartered accountant and leader in the public and private sector who served as Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) from 2006 to 2013. He was also the first black South...

UP EXPERT OPINION: Empowering Africa’s cities: The case for fiscal autonomy and financial expertise

Posted on April 10, 2025

Africa is urbanising at an unprecedented pace.

UP secures 100% pass rate in SAICA’s IAC for third consecutive year

Posted on April 07, 2025

The University of Pretoria (UP) has once again secured a 100% pass rate in the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants' (SAICA) first professional examination, the Initial Assessment of Competence (IAC) . This is the third consecutive year UP candidates achieved a 100% overall pass rate....

UP Expert Opinion: The Unspoken Words of Budget 2025: What It Means for Energy and South Africa’s Transition

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...

Six UP subjects ranked best in South Africa in latest QS rankings

Posted on March 17, 2025

PRETORIA – The 2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject, released on 12 March 2025, has ranked 16 subjects offered by the University of Pretoria (UP) among the top 450 in the world. UP’s total number of ranked subjects also increased from 19 in 2024 to 22 in 2025.

On a quest for continuous improvement

Posted on March 17, 2025

Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) alumnus, Vincent Jones is always striving for excellence. Jones, who holds multiple qualifications from the University of Pretoria including a BCom in Financial Accounting, a BCom (Hons) and an MPhil specialising in Fraud Risk Management says...

A new chapter for UP as Professor Francis Petersen takes the helm as the 14th Vice-Chancellor

Posted on March 16, 2025

Prof Francis Petersen was inaugurated as UP’s Vice-Chancellor and Principal on the 14th of March

UP EXPERT OPINION: Households to pay more as government balances debt and spending

Posted on March 13, 2025

South African households will feel the effects of the 2025 Budget, whether in at the grocery store till, through stagnant salaries, or creeping tax burdens.