TuksSport High School's top matric ‘soloed’ to six distinctions

Posted on January 23, 2023

TuksSport High School's matrics of 2022 managed to achieve a 100% pass rate, with Chris-Dian Haasbroek and fellow learner Rivers Williams passing with six distinctions each.

#TuksRoadRunning: Bestmed TuksRace is back – Celebrating Pretoria’s most loved race, 10 years and beyond

Posted on January 12, 2023

Running enthusiasts of all experience levels are welcome to join this fun-filled family event. Athletes can enter the 21.1km half-marathon, the 10km or 5km races, or the 1km fun run/walk.

#TuksWomensRugby: Delta Drone Tuks helps talented rugby players become Springbok Women

Posted on September 26, 2022

Delta Drone TuksWomensRugby 7s coach Riaan van der Merwe wanted to prove that anything is possible with hard work and dedication; and with eight players having played in a Springbok women’s rugby team in the past five months, his team is doing just that.

#TuksSwimming: Tatjana Schoenmaker and Kaylene Corbett write their own history at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Posted on August 01, 2022

On Sunday, 31 July, Tatjana Schoenmaker and Kaylene Corbett won gold and bronze medals in the women’s 200m-breaststroke final at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, achieving a historic victory for South African swimming. They are the first two female swimmers to medal in the same...

#TuksSwimming: The 18-year-old, Pieter Coetzé, is confident of winning more medals at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Posted on July 31, 2022

The football legend Cristiano Ronaldo once said, "If you don't believe you are the best, you will never achieve all that you are capable of." The 18-year-old Tuks swimmer, Pieter Coetzé, took these words took to heart. It is paid dividends. Last night in Birmingham, he became a Commonwealth...

Meet UP’s new high-flying mascot

Posted on June 20, 2022

Step aside Oom Gert, there’s a new mascot in town! UP’s new gender-neutral mascot is a bateleur eagle that’s described as “a high flyer that strives to do better and be better”.

UP EXPERT OPINION: Stellar record shows Rafael Nadal is in a league of his own

Posted on June 14, 2022

“The hallmark of Rafael Nadal’s game has been that of a master matador with the ferociousness of a prowling tiger and a never-say-die attitude,” writes Prof Adekeye Adebajo, UP Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, about the Spanish tennis giant.

#UPGraduation2022: Vodacom Bulls coach graduates with degree in industrial psychology from UP

Posted on May 25, 2022

Vodacom Bulls rugby defence coach Joey Mongalo has added another string to his bow after graduating from UP with an MCom in Industrial Psychology.