Posted on June 15, 2019
Botswana’s High Court has ruled that private consensual sex between adults of the same sex is no longer criminal. The decision gives hope to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in African countries that still have similar laws in place.
Posted on June 14, 2019
On 14 June 2019, the University of Pretoria (UP), South African National Parks (SANParks) and the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) entered into a heritage agreement regarding the Mapungubwe Collection. The agreement represents the institutions’ continued collective commitment...
Posted on June 13, 2019
As part of its centenary celebrations, the University of Pretoria’s (UP’s) Faculty of Humanities recently hosted a school arts exhibition at the Javett Art Centre at UP. The exhibition showcased young artistic talent from different feeder schools in Gauteng.
Posted on June 11, 2019
With the emergence of climate change, alternative solutions are needed to improve the availability of food. This is particularly true in Africa where most countries rely on rain to water their plants. Consequently, food becomes scarce during periods of drought.
Posted on June 11, 2019
Are you a prospective student interested in selection programmes in the Faculty of Humanities? Are you interested in following a career as an audiologist, speech and language therapist, an artist, an information designer, a musician or in the dramatic and performance arts?
Posted on June 11, 2019
Prof Fransjohan Pretorius’ dedication nets him the Jan H Marais Prize for outstanding contribution to Afrikaans as an academic language.
Posted on June 10, 2019
Professor Siphamandla Zondi, head of the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP), has been appointed by former Minister of Higher Education and Training Dr Naledi Pandor as chair of the South African chapter of the BRICS Academic Forum (formerly known as the BRICS...
Posted on June 10, 2019
The University of Pretoria (UP) recently hosted the fourth South African-Japanese Conference at UP’s Future Africa campus, in association with Universities of South Africa and other stakeholders.
Posted on June 09, 2019
Vandre Prinsloo is utterly focused on keeping Chuma Msindo standing on one foot in the palm of his hand, which is positioned high above his head. As part of the University of Pretoria’s (UP) cheerleading squad, these two skilled athletes are practising the Cupie move in earnest for an...
Posted on June 07, 2019
It takes just three or four days for a lamb chop to travel from a farm in the Northern Cape, via an abattoir, a wholesaler or meat packer, to a local butcher or retailer, and ultimately on to a plate in a city.
Posted on June 07, 2019
With Tourette’s Awareness Day being commemorated worldwide on 7 June, we caught up with University of Pretoria (UP) honours student Radlyn Naidoo, a BCom graduate who has Tourette’s syndrome, for first-hand insight into his experience of living – and studying – with this...
Posted on June 07, 2019
Long-distance runner Charné Bosman (43) will focus on only one thing on Sunday when she lines up to compete in the Comrades ultra marathon for the seventh time.
Posted on June 06, 2019
The Convocation The Convocation is a legally constituted body which includes approximately 300 000 alumni of the University as its largest constituency. Members of the University’s executive, deans of faculties, all current permanent academic staff, professors emeriti and other retired...
Posted on June 06, 2019
The University of Pretoria (UP) Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Prof Tawana Kupe, thanked researchers who are rated by the National Research Foundation (NRF) at levels A, B and C for their contribution to the University’s overall research output, at two recent events.
Posted on June 06, 2019
On 4 June 2019 the University of Pretoria (UP) was formally admitted as the tenth member and only South African partner of the Michigan State University-led Alliance for African Partnership (MSU-AAP). Michigan State University Provost Professor June Pierce Youatt signed the Memorandum of...
Posted on June 06, 2019
A temporary exhibition brought to you by the University of Pretoria Museums and the Department of Ancient and Modern Languages and Cultures in association with the Department of Library Services.
Posted on June 05, 2019
A University of Pretoria (UP) study on ants that inhabit various mountain sites across the world has found that if greenhouse gas emissions continue on the current trajectory, the planet faces major ecosystem changes.
Posted on June 04, 2019
The University of Pretoria’s Department of Library Services, in collaboration with the largest dog therapy organisation in Gauteng, TOP Dogs, will be bringing therapy dogs onto UP’s Hatfield Campus on the mornings of 5, 6 and 7 June 2019, to provide animal-assisted therapy to students...
Posted on June 04, 2019
The University of Pretoria extends hearty congratulations to alumnus Ronald ‘Ozzy’ Lamola, who was recently appointed Minister of Justice and Correctional Services by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
Posted on June 04, 2019
As South Africa awaited President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement of his new Cabinet, a rousing discussion at the May public forum at the Future Africa campus explored the way forward for the Department of Arts and Culture.
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