UP EXPERT OPINION: Animal welfare: Shifting the focus from preventing harm to promoting happiness

Posted on April 14, 2025

Happiness, or mental well-being, is surely more than just the absence of suffering.

'SA managers, investors and entrepreneurs could do with a decision-making mind shift' – Prof Charlene Lew during inaugural address

Posted on April 11, 2025

Professor Charlene Lew, newly inaugurated professor at the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), offered insight into the decision-making behaviour of managers, investors and entrepreneurs.

UP's Professor Buch appointed to ministerial advisory committee on human resources for health

Posted on April 11, 2025

In a bold move to strengthen South Africa’s healthcare system, the National Health Council/Min-MEC – a statutory body comprising the Minister of Health, all nine provincial Health MECs, SALGA, and the Surgeon General of the SA Military Health Services – has announced the...

UP expert rings the alarm on preventable cancer deaths among South African women

Posted on April 11, 2025

Cervical cancer among South African women is almost entirely preventable and breast cancer outcomes can drastically improve with earlier detection. Yet, too many women – many of them breadwinners and single parents – are dying unnecessarily.

UP EXPERT OPINION: Empowering Africa’s cities: The case for fiscal autonomy and financial expertise

Posted on April 10, 2025

Africa is urbanising at an unprecedented pace.

UP EXPERT OPINION: ‘We must adopt a trauma-informed approach to online activism, one that prioritises the dignity of victims’ – UP digital rights expert

Posted on April 09, 2025

The line between activism and exploitation grows increasingly blurred. We must ask: at what cost does awareness come?

UP celebrates five years of accessible, fully online education

Posted on April 09, 2025

UP Online continues to go from strength to strength, with more than 10 000 students from all over the world having enrolled in programmes to date!

UP's Future-Ready Public Health and Medical Education: Lessons from Smart Learning Innovation

Posted on April 09, 2025

The University of Pretoria is making waves on the international stage, showcasing innovative advancements in public health education at the Asia-Pacific Conference on Education Technology from the 24th-28th March 2025, in Tokyo, Japan hosted by the International Academic Forum (IAFOR).