Posted on February 28, 2020
Former Vice-President of the Minerals Council South Africa and former Executive Head for Anglo American South Africa Andile Sangqu has been appointed as the Executive-in-Residence at the University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science for 2020.
Posted on February 27, 2020
Democratic South Africa has skeletons in the closet that it needs to address. One of these is the death of Dag Hammarskjöld, the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), in a plane crash shortly after midnight on 17 to 18 September 1961. The plane went down as it approached Ndola, a mining...
Posted on February 26, 2020
Associate Professor Dr Caren Scheepers of UP's Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) has won the Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method at the European Case Awards. The 11 Awards and five Competitions, which are in their 30th year, are an annual celebration of excellence in case...
Posted on February 26, 2020
The Director of UP's Centre for Child Law, Advocate Karabo Ozah, has been appointed by the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services to serve on the Advisory Committee of the South African Law Reform Commission's Project 100D on Care of and Contact with Children (incorporating Family Dispute...
Posted on February 24, 2020
A group of postgraduate University of Pretoria (UP) students from various African countries were recently awarded the annual Mastercard Foundation Scholarship.
Posted on February 24, 2020
Students who qualify for NSFAS funding will receive their allowances if they have applied online and submitted the necessary documents.
Posted on February 22, 2020
Once Mohau Chauke starts talking netball, there is no stopping her, especially on the topic of who her heroes are and why. It’s no surprise that most of them play goal attack for the Proteas – the same position she plays.
Posted on February 21, 2020
Professor Lise Korsten, co-director at the Centre of Excellence in Food Security at the University of Pretoria, discusses the importance of healthy food. She also looks at the steps that can be taken to ensure that outbreaks like the listeriosis outbreak that recently hit South Africa hard do not...
Posted on February 21, 2020
Huawei Technologies South Africa has once again invested in students from the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment and Information Technology by awarding them bursaries at a recent ceremony that was attended by Huawei executives and staff from...
Posted on February 19, 2020
Researchers at the University of Pretoria and the University of Leicester are revolutionising the way TB is detected through the invention and application of a 3D-printed insert added to simple face masks. This new approach has the potential to detect millions of currently missed infections...
Posted on February 19, 2020
The University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Veterinary Science recently celebrated a century of veterinary education in South Africa.
Posted on February 19, 2020
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce that its Director of the Centre for Child Law, Adv Karabo Ozah, was appointed by the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ronald Lamola MP, to serve on the Advisory Committee of the South African Law Reform...
Posted on February 18, 2020
More than two years have passed since the detection of what is arguably the most damaging tree pest ever to arrive in South Africa: the polyphagous shot hole borer (Euwallacea fornicatus). The beetle kills trees and there are no proven remedies.
Posted on February 18, 2020
Injury-prone Othaniel Phahlane proved on Saturday with his victory in the Bestmed TuksRace 42.2km that good things happen to those who persevere.
Posted on February 18, 2020
UP has significant strengths in the field of human, animal and environmental health and aims to enhance One Health networks in Africa, said Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe at the LEAP-Agri/LEARN consortium meeting recently hosted at UP’s Future Africa.
Posted on February 17, 2020
University of Pretoria students Johannes Christoff Joubert and Joséphine Queffelec have made it to the semi-finals of the South African leg of FameLab, one of the biggest science communication competitions in the world.
Posted on February 17, 2020
UP needs 12 members of the Convocation to serve on the Convocation Advisory Board. Nominations can be submitted until 6 March 2020. The subsequent electronic voting process will commence on 7 April 2020 and will end on 24 April 2020.
Posted on February 14, 2020
Dixi, a member of the Guide Dog Association, is the UP Museum’s first canine visitor and often makes repeat visits with her owner, BA student Rohan Crafford, since the Museums added interactive guided tours for people living with disabilities.
Posted on February 14, 2020
A team of learners coached by the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Law has won the International Schools Moot Court Competition in Poland.
Posted on February 13, 2020
The paltry child support grant of just R430 a month is insufficient to significantly impact malnutrition rates among South Africa’s children, and it’s time for President Cyril Ramaphosa to step in and do something about it.
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