Posted on May 25, 2022
Vodacom Bulls rugby defence coach Joey Mongalo has added another string to his bow after graduating from UP with an MCom in Industrial Psychology.
Posted on May 23, 2022
Elma Akob (22) is a CEO, award-winning public speaker, events host and three-time UP graduate. She chats about how her mother and father have been the main driving factors in her quest for excellence.
Posted on May 17, 2022
“It’s imperative for SA organisations to prepare their people for the future, to alleviate the unsustainably high level of unemployment and to bring our talented people, young and older, into the next era of work.” – UP VC Prof Tawana Kupe.
Posted on May 16, 2022
UP has launched the Mamelodi Business Hub with UNICEF South Africa and PricewaterhouseCoopers to offer youth access to technology, entrepreneurial advice and a space to collaborate.
Posted on May 16, 2022
Professor Sijbren Cnossen is recognised as an international authority in the field of public finance and taxation, and previously held the position of extraordinary professor at UP's African Tax Institute.
Posted on May 06, 2022
About 35% of Gauteng's population, the richest province in South Africa is food insecure. They have (at the very least) skipped a meal because there was insufficient money for food.
Posted on May 05, 2022
The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences is pleased to host in-person #UPGraduation2022 ceremonies since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted on May 03, 2022
UP is proud to have been named SA’s second-best and Africa’s third-best university in the 2022 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings! UP’s overall score marks the greatest improvement among all SA universities.
Posted on April 28, 2022
The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) has moved up in the 2022 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject.
Posted on April 26, 2022
Innovation is the next step forward. The innovations highlighted in this edition show us that the knowledge we create today is a step forward to future.
Posted on April 21, 2022
Analysis by Prof Roula Inglesi-Lotz of UP and master’s student Tichinashe Mabugu suggests policy will need to ensure that electricity demand can rise enough to facilitate economic growth while ensuring supply is always higher than demand.
Posted on April 13, 2022
“We want to stretch the rand to ensure that the impact of the provincial budget positively touches each household in Gauteng,” said MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko at the launch of the Gauteng Provincial Treasury’s revenue enhancement strategy hosted at UP.
Posted on April 12, 2022
A report recently released by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) shows a year-on-year improvement in overall 2020 research publications output units accrued by the University of Pretoria.
Posted on April 12, 2022
"Our youth are our greatest resource and, considering the high unemployment rate across the continent, understanding what the future of work will look like for our youth is pertinent to the success of our continent," said Dr Olebogeng Selebi, Deputy Director of the CFoW expressing her views on...
Posted on April 11, 2022
The University of Pretoria is proud to add a hat trick of three new National Research Foundation A-rated researchers to its rapidly growing list of NRF-rated researchers, now at 595, which is the highest nationally.
Posted on April 08, 2022
Research on the economic and environmental effects of COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown has found that adapting the fiscal package towards a “greener” policy would achieve the same economic outcome as well as decrease income inequality.
Posted on April 07, 2022
South Africans are among the worst savers in the world and just a small percentage can retire at similar living standards to before. This highlights the importance of budgeting and financial planning.
Posted on March 31, 2022
Sanlam donated over 2000 masks to EMS staff and students.
Posted on March 31, 2022
Prof Gerda van Dijk has been appointed as the new Director of School of Public Management and Administration and Prof Nicola Viegi as the head of Department of Economics, both for a term of four years.
Posted on March 25, 2022
“We pride ourselves on the quality of graduates that we produce. These excellent results attest to the quality of our teaching and learning,” said EMS Dean Prof Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu, as UP celebrates a 99,4% pass rate in the 2022 SAICA ITC.
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