Posted on September 28, 2020
The Whale Unit at the University of Pretoria’s Mammal Research Institute (MRI) will be conducting this year’s aerial survey of southern right whales from 28 September to mid-October. This is the 41st annual southern right whale photo-identification aerial survey, making it one of the...
Posted on September 28, 2020
Rabies is a frightening viral infection and the only infectious disease that carries a 100% mortality in any species (including humans) once it is contracted. World Rabies Day is observed every year on 28 September to help raise awareness about rabies prevention and the impact of the disease on...
Posted on September 26, 2020
The University of Pretoria (UP), in partnership with the National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), hosted a launch on 21 September for an open access book on research infrastructure written by Dr Rakeshnie Ramoutar-Prieschl, Head of Research Capacity...
Posted on September 26, 2020
The University of Pretoria (UP) is part of a consortium that has been awarded €11 million (about R 216 million) to study the microbiomes in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Posted on September 25, 2020
The Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP) recently hosted a panel discussion that assessed the impact of COVID-19 on the broader decolonial project. The conversation focused on five key change markers: positionality, intersectionality, fair representation,...
Posted on September 25, 2020
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Posted on September 25, 2020
A long and hard conversation about a basic income grant, or BIG, is looming for South Africa, said an expert at a recent webinar hosted by the national Centre of Excellence in Food Security (CoE-FS), based at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and the University of Pretoria (UP).
Posted on September 24, 2020
This pandemic has revealed the deep fault lines in democratic South Africa, but, equally, it has opened up a crucial opportunity to think deeply about who we are and how we have come to be here.
Posted on September 23, 2020
Heritage Day on 24 September is an opportunity to celebrate the unique and diverse histories and cultures which have come to form the basis of South Africans’ post-apartheid national identity.
Posted on September 23, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has left many without a source of income. This has had devastating effects on household food security, a disastrous reality which prompted the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Community Oriented Primary Care Research Unit (COPC), to start an initiative.
Posted on September 23, 2020
On Thursday 10 September I was honoured to present the 25th University of Pretoria Expert Lecture, which explored whether international law can address the most pressing concerns of society. The concerns to which I referred during the lecture included a range of security issues and the fight...
Posted on September 23, 2020
University of Pretoria (UP) Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe and Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) Executive Director Professor Tade Aina formalised the strategic partnership between the two institutions during a virtual signing ceremony of a...
Posted on September 23, 2020
The University of Pretoria's (UP) first Community of Practice (CoP) focusing on eliminating malaria, hosted in the UP Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control (UP ISMC), has been renewed for a second round of funding. Through the CoP initiative, the National Research Foundation (NRF) provides...
Posted on September 22, 2020
University of Pretoria final-year law student Nicholas Herd has been unanimously chosen as the national winner of the 2020 Yunus Mahomed Public Interest Award – Law/ Business/ Ethics National Prize.
Posted on September 22, 2020
Leadership is paramount to develop and foster an inclusive culture for any organisation and for the broader society.
Posted on September 22, 2020
A University of Pretoria professor of zoology was part of a team that recently published a study that reveals that tiny hummingbirds living in the Andes Mountains in Peru drop their body temperature from 40°C to 3.3°C, near freezing point, to survive bitterly cold nights. “It is the...
Posted on September 21, 2020
The thought of having our memories erased and being unable to recognise the people we cherish would elicit fear in most individuals. For adults with a dementia diagnosis, this fear is magnified ¬– even more so for those closest to them.
Posted on September 21, 2020
The time has come for the 2020 SRC elections season to commence. The 2020 SRC elections will take place in the midst of extraordinary circumstances created by the COVID- 19 pandemic.
Posted on September 21, 2020
The University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Architecture recently lost one of its longest-living alumni, Gabriël (Gawie) Theron Fagan, who passed away at the age of 94.
Posted on September 21, 2020
Uitgesmyt – ‘cast out’ – is a documentary by Dr Siona O’Connell which tells the story of the first land restitution case in South Africa.
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