UP excels in 2022 Shanghai Rankings

Posted on September 05, 2022

The Academic Ranking of World Universities has ranked UP first in South Africa and Africa in veterinary science, mechanical engineering, finance and economics.

Leading the way: UP alumna on a mission to place learners on the best career path

Posted on August 31, 2022

“Education is the first step for people to gain the knowledge, critical thinking, empowerment and skills they need to make the world a better place,” says University of Pretoria (UP) alumna Dintle Nkosi, who is helping young people to make smart career choices through her NGO Thuto...

Be RARE and break the glass ceiling

Posted on August 31, 2022

Professor Hellicy Ngambi, founder and director of Mutepa RARE Solutions and former Vice-Chancellor of Mulungushi University and Kwame Nkrumah University in Zambia addressed staff and students in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, encouraging them to break the glass ceiling.

UP EXPERT OPINION: South Africa’s fuel price subsidies: a close analysis shows they don’t reduce poverty

Posted on August 29, 2022

Professor Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu and her colleagues write that the oil price hike in South Africa increases poverty, and subsidising the oil price widens inequality as the poorest households suffer the worst effects.

Master your self-awareness for success, says former UP Chancellor

Posted on August 26, 2022

"To achieve success and enduring contentment as a professional and business leader, your life has to be anchored on the correct principles and values,” said Prof Wiseman Nkuhlu to first-year accounting students during a talk.

#WomenOfUP: Meet award-winning economist Dr Carolyn Chisadza

Posted on August 09, 2022

Every August, South Africa celebrates Women’s Month, with Women’s Day being commemorated on 9 August as it marks the anniversary of the 1956 march undertaken by some 20 000 women to protest the apartheid’s regime’s pass laws.

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 Conference witnessed the resounding endorsement of a political faction supporting the protagonist of state capture causing fallout across South African society while South Africans...