One of the greatest discoveries of gold treasures on the African continent, the thousand year old Mapungubwe archaeological gold collection goes on public display at the Mapungubwe Museum in Pretoria from 29 October 2009.
The banking group Investec has announced that they will contribute a large amount to certain Junior Tukkie projects of the Client Service Centre.
The Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria was honoured to host a prestige lecture on which occasion the outgoing Justices of the Constitutional Court, Chief Justice Pius Langa and Justices Yvonne Mokgoro, Kate O
The University of Pretoria honoured six of its Alumni at the prestigious Laureate Awards Ball on Saturday, November 14.
Approximately 8600 first year students have been admitted to the University of Pretoria for the 2010 academic year in line with admission targets already reached in September 2009 and no late admissions will be accepted. An existing waiting list will be u
This year the University of Pretoria will focus the attention on plagiarism. The aim will, however, be to provide as much information as possible to students rather than purely enforcing the rules.
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) is hosting the sixth African Science Academy Development Initiative (ASADI) conference which will focus on improving access to energy this year. The conference will be held in Somerset West, Western Cape from
The Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria Prof Cheryl de la Rey, addressed the audience at the Homecoming Revolution event held in London on 20 March 2010.
The South African Journal of Science, which has been fully open access since last year, has taken its next major step
The popular science magazine Quest is launching an interactive website to make science more accessible and exciting for learners.
The University of Pretoria (UP) honoured its academic achievers and researchers to recognise their commitment to quality education and research.
Academic freedom has been debated in South Africa for many decades, mostly as a result of violations by apartheid-era policies. After almost 16 years as a democratic nation, the academic freedom debate remains as relevant as ever, with several much-public
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) has released a peer-reviewed report, entitled Revitalising Clinical Research in South Africa: A Study on Clinical Research and Related Training in South Africa. The Report was written by a 13-member Panel re
Dr Anne Skelton, director of the Centre for Child Law at UP discussed the act regarding young offenders which will no longer be sentenced to prison.
The South African Air Force retired all the Mirage F1-CZ aircraft from service in 1996 and one of the F1
Soccer was one of the first sports to be practised at the TUC (Transvaal University College), the forerunner of UP. When the rugby club was established in 1909, the soccer club already existed.
Prof Paul Sturges, extraordinary professor in the Department of Information Science, received an OBE in the Queen's Honours Birthday list.
As universities increasingly move from an introspective posture to a broader role in addressing global challenges and influencing international politics; there is always an unintentional bias of seeking to collaborate with international universities at th
Prof Willie van Heerden is the new President of the International Association of Oral Pathologists.
You are invited to a presentation on the Creative Commons license by Dr T Schonwetter on Thursday, 21 October from 12:30-14:00, Conference Hall 100, Hatfield Campus.
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