‘The road ahead will entail radical change’ – UP Vice-Chancellor and Principal Prof Tawana Kupe on the University’s recently launched DX strategy

Posted on June 12, 2023

The process of developing UP's digital transformation strategy has allowed for a reflection of current digital milestones and has been an opportunity to conceptualise, redefine and reposition the way forward.

Veld fires and livestock: UP Faculty of Veterinary Science experts advise on animal treatment decisions

Posted on June 12, 2023

Veld fires are common in South Africa and according to local studies will increase in frequency over the next three decades. Farmers are emotionally and financially affected by fires, sustaining losses including feed, facilities, livestock, and future performance of surviving livestock exposed to...

A first for South Africa as UP veterinary team performs beak transplant on vulture

Posted on June 10, 2023

What do you do when a vulture with a crushed beak needs a new beak and two attempts to fit an acrylic beak fail? You improvise and use the beak of a deceased vulture, successfully enabling the injured bird to feed again.

UP EXPERT OPINION: South Africa needs leaders with conscience

Posted on June 09, 2023

In a recent article with the Mail & Guardian, Dr Quraysha Ismail Sooliman of UP’s National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences says South Africa needs leaders with conscience and a true sense of ethics, accountability, and transparency.

‘Let’s work towards creating a future where humans and machines coexist’

Posted on June 08, 2023

UP hosts the 18th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST) under the theme ‘Society 5.0’.

UP and Montpellier University launch collaborative PhD platform to establish global community of sustainability scientists

Posted on June 08, 2023

UP and the University of Montpellier have launched the Feed, Protect, Care Global Collaborative PhD Platform to address key challenges of sustainable development, & shape the scientific communities needed to design a common future.

UP EXPERT OPINION: The diamond jubilee of African unity and the quest for Pax Africana

Posted on June 05, 2023

UP senior researcher and Professor, Adekeye Adebajo, examines the efforts made by the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) to achieve unity in the continent over the past 60 years in his latest article with Business Day. He argues that much needs to be done to achieve Pax Africana.

#YouthOfUP: Get to know SRC President Njabulo Sibeko

Posted on June 02, 2023

SRC President Njabulo Sibeko chats about his personal and academic life.