Posted on May 25, 2020
The release of offenders during the COVID-19 crisis is not unique to South Africa – many countries have pardoned thousands of prisoners in order to convert prisons into medical facilities or to create social distancing.
Posted on May 21, 2020
Living a fulfilling life has many facets. One needs to have a reasonable level of intellectual stimulation, emotional capacity and connection, a strong moral compass and even a sense of service to humanity. These facets allow one to develop oneself and consequently society.
Posted on May 14, 2020
On 23 March 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a nationwide lockdown for 21 days with effect from 27 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Upon receiving the news, many South Africans bought food in bulk to feed their families.
Posted on May 06, 2020
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Professor Christiaan Bezuidenhout from the Faculty of Humanities has been selected as a principal candidate for the Fulbright South African Research Scholar Program (SARSP) for the 2020-2021 academic year.
Posted on May 04, 2020
UP academic Dr Marc Wegerif is calling on the government to provide emergency relief for informal food traders and the establishment of a “social safety net” to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown.
Posted on April 30, 2020
Despite several calls by smokers and the legal tobacco industry, on 29 April, government confirmed its uncompromising stance on the ban. Strangely, this announcement follows only six days after President Cyril Ramaphosa declared that government planned to lift the tobacco ban as South Africa...
Posted on April 30, 2020
The libraries’ physical doors might be closed, but we are still providing virtual support for teaching, learning and research.
Posted on April 23, 2020
Among the many extraordinary moments in the ANC’s long history was the release of Nelson Mandela in 1990 and the liberation of South Africa in 1994. The first occasion signalled the final dash towards freedom, while the second created the possibility of transforming the state from a slave...
Posted on April 20, 2020
The Faculty of Humanities would like to congratulate Emeritus Professor, Anneliese Goslin on the release of a new Routledge publication titled 'Managing Sport Across Borders'.
Posted on April 16, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic poses an urgent threat to both the physical welfare of individuals and the collective economic health of our communities. But there is also a looming mental-health crisis just waiting to erupt.
Posted on April 14, 2020
Dr John Boje (83) is one of 11 000 University of Pretoria (UP) graduates who were awarded their qualifications in absentia earlier this week during a virtual ceremony necessitated by the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted on April 11, 2020
This video clip, titled “Isiduduzo” (2nd movement), is the University of Pretoria (UP) School of the Arts’ creative response to a call made by the University’s Faculty of Humanities for sources of inspiration as the UP community, and the world, face the uncertainties...
Posted on April 10, 2020
The right to health as described by the World Health Organization (WHO) is an inclusive right that extends beyond basic healthcare – it includes the right to equal opportunities to achieve health, the right to preventative healthcare, and to healthcare that is acceptable and of good...
Posted on April 09, 2020
The rapid spread of the highly contagious COVID-19 virus has prompted several countries to announce a national lockdown in an attempt to “flatten the curve” and curb the impact of the virus.
Posted on April 02, 2020
Soft power is generally deployed when countries are inspired by certain values and the civilisation of another nation to the point that they are moved to emulate such standards, offers retired lawyer and political thinker Lam Pin Foo.
Posted on March 30, 2020
In 2019, Professor David Medalie received an award from the National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences for his anthology of short stories, Recognition. This is, however, not the first award Prof Medalie has won for his literary works – he has also received numerous accolades for...
Posted on March 27, 2020
On 31 December last year, as China first alerted the WHO about several cases of unusual pneumonia in the port city of Wuhan, India was in the throes of the largest protests the country had witnessed since Narendra Modi and the right-wing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) first took...
Posted on March 23, 2020
Prof Karen Harris, Head of the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies (DHHS), was invited to speak at the 2020 International Tourist Guide Day Celebrations held at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg.
Posted on February 14, 2020
On Thursday, 6 February 2020, Vice-Chancellor Prof Tawana Kupe and the University of Pretoria welcomed Federal Chancellor Dr Angela Merkel to our new interdisciplinary campus, Future Africa. This was the first time the Federal Chancellor was able to meet with South African students to discuss...
Posted on January 20, 2020
In spite of dramatic constitutional changes, South Africans remain stuck in the apartheid ways of thinking and relating to each other, living in a society fragmented by racial discourse, and continuing to talk about four distinct “races”.
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