Appointment of a Council member by the donors of the University

Posted on July 10, 2020

The University of Pretoria plays an important role nationally and makes a significant contribution to South Africa’s international standing. The University Council governs the University in terms of the Higher Education Act of 1997, as amended and the Statute of the University of Pretoria.

UP-led consortium wins grant to boost food systems transformation in Africa

Posted on July 10, 2020

PRETORIA – The University of Pretoria (UP), in partnership with the University of Leeds and the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), has been awarded a grant of £2 million (R43 million) to set up a Food Systems Research Network (FSNet-Africa).

UP’s JuniorTukkie Winter School records more than 17 300 online visits in its first week

Posted on July 10, 2020

The University of Pretoria’s (UP) JuniorTukkie programme has begun hosting online Winter School classes free of charge to Grade 12 learners from around South Africa. Its Summer School, which kicks off in September, will also be freely available.

New study clarifies nature of genetic admixture in South Africa’s Afrikaner population

Posted on July 09, 2020

A collaboration between researchers from the University of Pretoria (UP) and Uppsala University in Sweden has found some unexpected patterns of genetic admixture in South Africa’s Afrikaner (white and Afrikaans-speaking) population.

UP Law team wins African rounds of international space law moot court competition after historic 2018 victory

Posted on July 09, 2020

A team from the University of Pretoria (UP) Moot Society in the Faculty of Law has won the 2020 African Regional Rounds of the Manfred Lachs International Space Law Moot Court Competition.

We must protect children’s access to nutritious food during and beyond the pandemic, writes UP expert

Posted on July 08, 2020

Food insecurity and malnutrition are not new to the African continent. Millions of lives are lost each year because of hunger. Many of these are children. The COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated the sluggishness of African governments in addressing food insecurity and has also fuelled the demand to...

UP researchers draft new UN standards on use of force by police

Posted on July 08, 2020

The United Nations in Geneva has released global standards on the use of force by the police worldwide. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet welcomed the new United Nations Human Rights Guidance on the Use of Less-Lethal Weapons in Law Enforcement and urged all states to follow...

UP academics predict COVID-19 lockdown measures will become increasingly difficult to enforce

Posted on July 07, 2020

A study by a team led by academics at the University of Pretoria (UP) predicts that South Africans’ waning compliance with government lockdown regulations will limit their impact in curbing the COVID-19 pandemic.