Posted on May 24, 2024
UP congratulates the 12 individuals from among our staff members who have been announced as finalists for the 2023/2024 NSTF-South32 Awards, popularly known as the “Science Oscars” of South Africa.
Posted on May 23, 2024
The Energy Economics Research Unit housed in the University of Pretoria's Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme and the Presidential Climate Commission recently hosted a public debate, which explored the complexities of South...
Posted on May 20, 2024
UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences in collaboration with African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) hosted the launch of the African Transformation Index. The Index will be used as a tool used to measure the progress of African countries in relation to economic...
Posted on May 17, 2024
In celebration of Internal Audit Awareness Month, UP’s Centre of Excellence in Internal Auditing celebrates the support it continues to receive from the internal audit industry, both locally and internationally. This is a prime example of stakeholder engagement and community engagement at...
Posted on May 08, 2024
South African musician, Nicholas Joubert, has orchestrated a symphony of success, juggling academic pursuits with a flourishing music career at UP.
Posted on May 03, 2024
At first, he cared mostly for sports – now it’s human rights. UP diversity and inclusion specialist Tumelo “Duke” Rasebopye has graduated with a master’s specialising in leadership and gender equality.
Posted on April 30, 2024
After “volumes of work, moments of self-doubt, meltdowns, and time away from friends and family”, Samantha Castle, head of Alumni Relations at UP, has realised her dream of obtaining a PhD.
Posted on April 24, 2024
Duané Kitching (24), a Junior Marketer at UP & recent Master of Commerce in Marketing Management graduate, scored her latest academic success with a research study focused on Nando's tongue-in-cheek adverts related to loadshedding.
Posted on April 18, 2024
“The key to social media marketing is accepting new trends and being at ease with change. It's important to be adaptable, since what's fashionable now might not be so tomorrow," says Munaka Muthambi graduating with a BCom Marketing Management (Hon) degree from UP.
Posted on April 18, 2024
Do today’s academics and leaders have the skills to be changemakers? This and other questions were up for discussion when university leaders from 32 countries met at the Times Higher Education Pan-African Universities Summit, hosted by UP.
Posted on April 17, 2024
The University of Pretoria has once again performed strongly in the 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject, with 16 of its subject offerings ranked in the top 450 offerings by universities worldwide, and 18 ranked in the top three among South African universities.
Posted on April 15, 2024
The University of Pretoria (UP) will confer degrees on 12 511 undergraduate and postgraduate students during its autumn graduation season, which will take place between 15 April and 15 May 2024 on Hillcrest campus.
Posted on April 12, 2024
Theo De Jager, a proud EMS alumnus and Audit Executive in the Product Solutions Cluster at ABSA Group Limited tells us about his academic and career achievements and his hopes and aspirations for South Africa. Having already made his mark in various top financial sector positions, his business...
Posted on April 05, 2024
The University of Pretoria (UP) has once again achieved a 100% pass rate in the January 2024 South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) Initial Test of Competence (ITC). UP candidates dominated the top five, placing four UP candidates in the top five of the ITC results nationally.
Posted on March 19, 2024
The UP Library services hosted a discussion led by renowned economist Dawie Roodt on the 2024 National Budget Speech at the Merensky 2 Library Auditorium.
Posted on March 11, 2024
"When evaluating the Budget Speech within the context of South Africa's socio-economic landscape, it is important to recognise the limits of Treasury's mandate and what they can ultimately do to solve our many and multifaceted problems," writes Professor Heinrich Bohlmann and Dr Jessika Bohlmann,...
Posted on March 08, 2024
In an attempt to continue late lecturer Lizette Kotze’s generosity towards students, the Department of Accounting has established the Lizette Kotze Support Fund. The fund will be used to address the needs of students as lecturers become aware of them, similar to what Kotze would have done.
Posted on March 07, 2024
Prof Nara Monkam, an Associate Professor of Public Economics in the Department of Economics and Head of the Public Policy Hub at the University of Pretoria (UP) has been appointed as the Chair in Municipal Finance at the African Tax Institute, within the Faculty of Economic and Management...
Posted on March 06, 2024
Prof Annet Oguttu has been appointed as the new director of the African Tax Institute. at the University of Pretoria. She is a professor of taxation in the Department of Taxation.
Posted on March 05, 2024
Dr Sansia Blackmore, a senior lecturer in the African Tax Institute writes that tax morality is a double-edged sword because the revenue handed over by weary taxpayers has not been used to build a transformed, inclusive, and just society. It has been diverted towards elite interests instead of...
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