#Assupol TuksCricket helps Mamelodi youngsters fulfil their potential

Posted on May 25, 2020

The batsman misses. Stumps flies through the air. There is a wild celebration. That is precisely what mini-cricket is about.

#TuksAthletics: Steenkamp shatters SA indoor 60m-hurdles record in Glasgow

Posted on February 16, 2020

The Tuks-Puma athlete, Rikenette Steenkamp, set a new South African indoor record yesterday in Glasgow by running a time of 8.29s in the 60m-hurdles.

#TuksArchery: UP archers bag two gold medals at Archery World Cup in Turkey

Posted on May 27, 2019

TuksSport archers made South African sports history last weekend by winning two gold medals during the Hyundai Archery World Cup in Antalya.

JuniorTukkie scoops Gold Excellence Award at MACE 2018

Posted on December 06, 2018

The JuniorTukkie programme in the Department of Enrolment and Student Administration was entered into this year’s Marketing, Advancement and Communication in Education (MACE)* Competition in the Category: Student Recruitment Campaigns. On Thursday, 22 November 2018, JuniorTukkie received a...

UP’s Tshwane Insulin Project brings quality diabetes treatment to underserved communities

Posted on December 06, 2018

Tshwane Insulin Project (TIP), a collaborative project between various University of Pretoria (UP) departments, will lead an exciting five-year research programme that will explore the use of remote prescribing to help primary care physicians and/or nurses better serve the needs of people living...

UP postdoctoral fellow wins British Ecological Society photography competition

Posted on December 06, 2018

Dr Chris Oosthuizen of the University of Pretoria’s Department of Zoology and Entomology recently won the British Ecological Society’s annual photography competition, Capturing Ecology, which celebrates the diversity of ecology around the world. The independent judging panel...

Assupol TuksCricket gets up close and personal with rhinos

Posted on August 26, 2018

23 August 2018 This year, Assupol TuksCricket widened its community outreach spectrum and started a conservation project to help raise funds for the Black Rhino Reserve Wildlife Trust. Part of the Trust’s function is to assist with rhino anti-poaching activities in the Pilanesberg...

Health, well-being and sustainable development, intrinsically connected

Posted on August 26, 2018

To achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3 which entails ‘ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages,’ involves strengthening of the implementation of the framework convention on tobacco control and providing access to medicines and vaccines. It also involves...