Posted on July 13, 2019
AU leaders should reinvigorate their efforts to create an African Monetary Fund and use it to encourage African states to engage more actively in regional trade by offering them financial support for managing risks.
Posted on July 12, 2019
A further opportunity will be granted to the Convocation to nominate candidates for election as President of the Convocation.
Posted on July 11, 2019
South Africa is six months into its third elected term on the United Nations Security Council. Its conduct in its previous two terms has been criticised for the country’s controversial voting record.
Posted on July 11, 2019
Tuks athlete Zeney van der Walt never races to finish second, but there are always exceptions; and Wednesday night's 400m hurdles final at the World Student Games in Napoli, Italy, was one.
Posted on July 11, 2019
South Africa will present its first progress report on the Sustainable Development Goals at the United Nations on 17 July. This report will provide a rather extensive snapshot of the country’s progress towards the 169 ambitious targets.
Posted on July 10, 2019
Tuks swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker has added another gold medal to her collection after taking first place in the 200m breaststroke in a time of 2:22.92 at the World Student Games in Napoli, Italy.
Posted on July 10, 2019
Six University of Pretoria (UP) first-year students recently went on a weeklong tour arranged by the National Science and Technology Forum as part of its Brilliants Programme for first-year students who excelled in grade 12 in 2018.
Posted on July 08, 2019
The University of Pretoria, in partnership with seven other universities, will host a conference titled Unsettling Paradigms, the Decolonial Turn in the Humanities Curriculum from 10-12 July 2019 at its Future Africa Campus.
Posted on July 08, 2019
Researchers at UP have conducted a global review of studies on the entanglement of pinnipeds in oceanic plastic pollution, and found that 67% of these aquatic mammals are at risk of entanglement. Pinnipeds have front and rear flippers, and the group includes seals, sea lions and walruses.
Posted on July 05, 2019
More than 200 learners as well as teachers from schools in KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape and Gauteng attended this year’s Learners’ Focus Week at the University of Pretoria’s Hatfield Campus.
Posted on July 04, 2019
University of Pretoria (UP) students and staff responsible for the creation of acclaimed commercially viable inventions were granted 40% rights to the first R1 million of revenues that have accrued to the University.
Posted on July 03, 2019
The University of Pretoria is set to host the 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education at its Groenkloof Campus from 7 to 12 July 2019.
Posted on July 01, 2019
Can you write a report? Are you emotionally intelligent and mature? Are you able to cognitively process at a higher rate? Do you have financial skills? Are you a solutions architect?
Posted on July 01, 2019
UP's Mamelodi Campus is celebrating 10 years of extended curriculum programmes. However, there is much more afoot at the campus than the University’s flagship programmes.
Posted on June 28, 2019
University of Pretoria (UP) researchers, Prof Robin Crewe and Dr Mardé Helbig won category awards at the 2018/2019 National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF-South32) Awards function, held yesterday at Emperors Palace, Johannesburg.
Posted on June 27, 2019
Changes in geopolitical forces are sweeping rapidly across the world, affecting the lives of many, for better and for worse. In much the same way, attitudes towards gender and sexual diversity are dynamic. They are moving towards greater acceptance in some parts of the world, while in others...
Posted on June 27, 2019
The University of Pretoria’s Professor Christa Janse van Rensburg, Head of UP’s Section Sports Medicine, has been selected as a member of the International Netball Federation (INF) Medical Committee (MC) for a two-year term. The INF is the worldwide governing body for netball,...
Posted on June 26, 2019
The right to peaceful protest is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in December 1948. Today, this right is recognised in the constitutions of 182 countries. However, we are still far away from universal acceptance of this right in practice.
Posted on June 25, 2019
Scientists at the University of Pretoria (UP) and National Zoological Gardens of South Africa (NZG) predict that the arid western parts of southern Africa will lose much of its bird life by the end of the century as a result of climate change.
Posted on June 21, 2019
The Activate Challenge Awards were recently hosted by TuksNovation, a University of Pretoria (UP) incubator that provides world-class technology development and entrepreneurial support to start-ups, from the prototype to commercialisation stages, to ensure that the technology addresses a relevant...
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