Posted on August 05, 2025
Kefilwe Morobane, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences alumna, is the CEO of Giving Wings, a leadership, entrepreneurship and organisational development consulting firm which she co-founded with her sister to empower people to be effective communicators. She credits the University of...
Posted on July 15, 2025
By 2027, 43% of work-related tasks could be performed by machines
Posted on July 08, 2025
Prof Adrino Mazenda, a food security expert in the School of Public Management and Administration, together with researchers from the University of New South Wales, wrote in the Conversation Africa together migrants in Gauteng experience food insecurity. They note that "addressing food access...
Posted on June 30, 2025
Four UP employees raised R28 020 in donations by completing the Comrades Marathon.
Posted on June 24, 2025
UP students Tumelo and Owethu Mahan are making a name for themselves as high-performance swimmers
Posted on June 24, 2025
Africa lags behind in green innovation due to the high costs of renewable energy. Prof Nara Monkam, Head of the Public Policy Hub at the University of Pretoria, writes in The Conversation that green financing could accelerate green industrialisation and innovation in Africa, creating new jobs in...
Posted on June 23, 2025
UP has strengthened its international standing after securing seventh spot globally for SDG 17
Posted on June 12, 2025
The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) at the University of Pretoria hosted its annual EMS Excellence Day on 30 May 2025 at the Sanlam Auditorium. The event celebrated excellence in teaching, learning, and research while highlighting the Faculty’s impact on shaping the future...
Posted on June 04, 2025
Dr Bianca Frost will take on the Comrades Marathon to support UP’s missing-middle students.
Posted on May 28, 2025
University of Pretoria (UP) alumna Jane Moshoeshoe describes herself as a “proponent of lifelong learning” who always strives to expand her knowledge base. She holds a BCom Honours degree in Marketing Management, which was driven by a desire to stay updated on the latest marketing...
Posted on May 27, 2025
In an opinion piece in the Mail and Guardian, Professor Roula Inglesi-Lotz, Head of the Energy Economics Research Unit at the University of Pretoria, writes that a just energy transition will require careful thinking about the skills and training that will be required for an equitable transition....
Posted on May 26, 2025
The School of Public Management and Administration (SPMA) in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria hosted its 16th Annual Conference from 19 to 20 May 2025 in celebration of its 50th anniversary as an independent academic department at the University of...
Posted on May 23, 2025
Dr Marchantia Pollock, chartered accountant turned academic, shares her journey from corporate finance to inspiring future accountants at UP.
Posted on May 22, 2025
Despite all the progress that has been made toward gender equality globally, many are still tempted to view armed conflict as primarily the domain of men. In fact, women often prove decisive in such settings, including in combat, non-combat, and leadership roles. Nonetheless, they are routinely...
Posted on May 13, 2025
Research by Professors Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu and Ramos Emmanuel Mabugu found that investing aggressively in agriculture, using a mix of external and domestic fiscal sources to tackle poverty and inequality and achieve inclusive economic growth.
Posted on May 05, 2025
PRETORIA – The University of Pretoria (UP) is set to confer an honorary Doctorate in Commerce on Terence Nombembe, a chartered accountant and leader in the public and private sector who served as Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) from 2006 to 2013. He was also the first black South...
Posted on May 05, 2025
An economic modelling exercise conducted by a team of economists in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the University of Pretoria and others demonstrated that a basic income grant targeting all individuals aged between 18 and 59 could significantly reduce poverty and inequality in...
Posted on April 10, 2025
Africa is urbanising at an unprecedented pace.
Posted on April 07, 2025
The University of Pretoria (UP) has once again secured a 100% pass rate in the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants' (SAICA) first professional examination, the Initial Assessment of Competence (IAC) . This is the third consecutive year UP candidates achieved a 100% overall pass rate....
Posted on March 19, 2025
The Budget attempts to walk a tightrope, balancing concerns about low economic growth and infrastructure spend against the need to narrow the budget deficit and reduce future debt servicing costs, which is already consuming 20c in every Rand of tax revenue collected, writes Professor Roula...
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