The sky is the limit for EMS alumnus Ithiel Egambaram

Posted on February 03, 2025

Every dream is valid. If you really work hard to realise it, you can achieve anything!” This continues to be the driving force behind every goal exemplary alumnus Ithiel Egambaram sets his sights on. “If I thought I would eventually work in New York and now London, I probably would...

South Africa’s low-cost housing model is broken – study suggests how to fix it

Posted on December 19, 2024

The backlog of subsidised public housing in South Africa is estimated at 2.4 million. Professor Adrino Mazenda of the School of Public Management and Administration (SPMA) at the University of Pretoria posed questions to Dr Hlengiwe Maila, a research fellow at the SPMA about possible solutions to...

Reclaiming our taxes from the elite

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...

Expert Opinion: It just takes only one to break the silence.

Posted on December 09, 2024

Whistleblowers should be rewarded for their courage; instead, many pay for it with their lives.

UP student’s ‘asteroid’ discovery recorded in International Astronomical Union database

Posted on December 05, 2024

A third-year student at UP is over the moon after being credited with a provisional asteroid detection that has been catalogued in the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center database.

How the elite benefit from our taxes

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...

Championing impactful entrepreneurship for an equitable society

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...

UP’s Prof Wesley Rosslyn-Smith honoured with Decade of Academic Excellence in Turnaround Management Award

Posted on December 02, 2024

Prof Wesley Rosslyn-Smith, Director of the Centre for the Future of Work at the University of Pretoria (UP), has been honoured by the Turnaround Association of South Africa (TM-SA) with the Decade of Academic Excellence in Turnaround Management Award. He was recognised for his pioneering work on...