UP researchers weigh in on bird flu outbreak

Posted on July 19, 2017

University of Pretoria (UP) researchers are working with the poultry industry and the National Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to contain the current bird flu outbreak in South Africa.

Alternative currencies are the future: why it matters for development

Posted on July 13, 2017

Prof Lorenzo Fioramonti from the Centre for the Study of Governance Innovation (GovInn) at the University of Pretoria, discusses the future of alternative currencies and why it matters for development.

Ensuring better health and proper care for cheetahs in captivity

Posted on July 11, 2017

Dr Adrian Tordiffe, from the Department of Paraclinical Sciences at UP, has been intrigued by diseases in captive cheetahs since his days working as a clinical veterinarian at the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa.

Moving towards the Javett-UP

Posted on July 05, 2017

The Javett-UP, which is slowly taking shape on the Hatfield and South campuses, is set to become Africa's foremost art gallery and will exhibit art of the highest quality, with a specific focus on the art of Africa.

Vice-Chancellor nominated for Businesswoman of the Year Award

Posted on June 28, 2017

Prof Cheryl de la Rey, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, has been named as one of 13 finalists competing for the Businesswomen's Association of South Africa's prestigious Businesswoman of the Year Award.

Science has the power to boost farming in Africa. But a lot has to change

Posted on June 26, 2017

Professor Frans Swanepoel from the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship at the University of Pretoria, discusses the possibilities that science offers for the future of farming and food security in Africa.

Department of African Languages hosts dictionary workshop

Posted on June 23, 2017

Over the last few years, the Department of African Languages has been distributing African language dictionaries to schools. Thus far, with sponsorship assistance from the African Association for Lexicography (Afrilex), the Department has distributed dictionaries in Sepedi, Setswana and...

UP joins worldwide research project to fight bacteria affecting tropical and subtropical crops

Posted on June 22, 2017

The University of Pretoria (UP) has become a partner in the TROPICSAFE project, an initiative to fight three economically important bacterial diseases of citrus plants, grapevines and palms.