UP’s Prof Christof Heyns honoured with essay collection

Posted on January 12, 2022

The life and legacy of late human rights lawyer and educator Prof Christof Heyns has been commemorated with an essay collection, which was recently launched at UP.

EXPERT OPINION: ‘The COVID-19 crisis has taught us how tertiary education needs to change in order to prepare our students for an ever-changing global environment’ – UP Vice-Chancellor Prof Tawana Kupe

Posted on January 04, 2022

The opportunity to be uncharacteristically flexible and responsive has taught higher education institutions a number of lessons which they can carry forward in order to shape a successful future, says UP Vice-Chancellor Prof Tawana Kupe.

UP Drama: Exploring gender-based violence through performance

Posted on December 22, 2021

Academics from the UP School of the Arts used performance art as part of research involving two participant groups in Saulsville and Tembisa to find out what their perceptions on the drivers of GBV in their communities were.

Former Deputy Chief Justice Dr Dikgang Moseneke joins UP’s Department of Jurisprudence

Posted on December 22, 2021

The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Law is proud to announce the appointment of Emeritus Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke as Honorary Professor in the Department of Jurisprudence from 1 January 2022.

UP’s Faculty of Health Sciences leads vaccination of undocumented communities against COVID- 19

Posted on December 21, 2021

“It is critical that people who are excluded or hard to reach are enabled to benefit from the vaccination programme to prevent islands within which the virus can hide and spread,” says UP’s Prof Jannie Hugo about the Gauteng-centred project.

UP’s Department of Financial Management academics win international excellence awards from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

Posted on December 21, 2021

Elize Kirsten and Dr Zack Enslin, both senior lecturers in the Department of Financial Management at the University of Pretoria (UP), received global honours at the 2021 Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Excellence Awards.

New research: How COVID-19 has made life harder for South African women

Posted on December 20, 2021

Measures taken today to prevent the worst consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for women could directly support future well-being and economic growth, advise UP’s Prof Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu and her colleagues.

South African bats are losing their trees, UP research shows

Posted on December 18, 2021

Research at UP is looking at how tree harvesting is causing the destruction of natural habitat, bringing wild animals like bats into closer contact with humans than ever before and leading to increased risk of new zoonotic diseases.