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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
Posted on July 23, 2022
Tuks student, Rimari Sutton, is set to compete at the 2022 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships that will take place from 24 to 28 August in Les Gets, France. 11 years ago, she promised herself that she would never cycle again, at least not competitively. To her, there was no fun to...
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.
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...
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.
Posted on June 23, 2022
Professor Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) hosted a celebratory function on 6 June 2023 to celebrate staff members who graduated from various institutions during the second quarter of the year.
Posted on June 21, 2022
Prof Dan Banik, an extraordinary professor at the Albert Luthuli Leadership Institute and a professor of political science at the University of Oslo recently delivered a broad-ranging lecture, which explored the complex relationship between poverty and politics, with a focus on the various...
Posted on June 09, 2022
Recent research has indicated that, in addition to the anxiety induced by health fears and the uncertainty and disruption caused by the pandemic, the newly adopted hybrid workplaces can also increase the risk of mental health problems due to its complexity and interruption of the new normal.
Posted on June 07, 2022
Various electricity pricing structure reforms, including an increase in the price of electricity, are required if Eskom is to be financially sustainable and for consumers to receive a stable supply of electricity.
Posted on June 03, 2022
With the youngest global population, there is an opportunity for Africa to upskill a generation that can contribute high-quality human resources to the future workplace, if the necessary resources are mobilised.
Posted on June 02, 2022
The dysfunctional and collapsing state of municipalities prompted Dr Fezile Ngqobe to investigate whether the development of an integrated performance and accountability framework could contribute to improved service delivery.
Posted on June 02, 2022
Fifty aspirant youth entrepreneurs from the community are taking part in the first entrepreneurial course fully funded by UNICEF at the Mamelodi Business Hub in association with UNICEF South Africa and Price Waterhouse Coopers.
Posted on May 27, 2022
UP’s Alumni Relations Office recently hosted the latest instalment in its LeadUP: Thought Leadership series, this time addressing the thorny issue of state capture and its implications for South Africa.
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