Posted on May 23, 2025
Learn more about how Lanché van Tonder, Head of Residence Management and Student Life at UP, is transforming student housing into a leadership development community.
Posted on May 23, 2025
Meet UP doctoral candidate Dr Daluxolo Mbebe, a historian and pastor who completed his PhD in just two years. “You cannot second-guess yourself into success,” he says.
Posted on May 23, 2025
“When your qualification is purpose-driven, the motivation to keep going despite the demands is stronger,” says Sindisiwe Kubeka of UP’s Health Sciences Faculty, who balanced a demanding professional role with completing a master’s in Strategic Communication Management.
Posted on May 23, 2025
Dr Marchantia Pollock, chartered accountant turned academic, shares her journey from corporate finance to inspiring future accountants at UP.
Posted on May 23, 2025
University of Pretoria (UP) PhD graduate Abongile Pindo can think of no better way to celebrate graduating with a Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology Development Studies from the Faculty of Humanities than with those closest to her.
Posted on May 22, 2025
After nearly 20 years of experience in the field of gender advocacy, Dr Samukele Deborah Khumalo-Dludla has reached a major milestone in her journey from practitioner to academic: graduating with a PhD from the University of Pretoria (UP). Her research, which focused on gender mainstreaming and...
Posted on May 21, 2025
Artworks tell the story of our lives. They comment on society. They document the times. The artworks of Diane Victor, one of South Africa’s greatest living artists, are a no-holds-barred mirror of the reality we inhabit, gliding from horror and violence to beauty, frailty and freedom.
Posted on May 21, 2025
A veterinary team UP gave four-year-old white rhino Houdini a breath of life after performing fully invasive surgery
Posted on May 19, 2025
The University of Pretoria (UP) has conferred an honorary doctorate upon South Africa’s most celebrated and multi-award-winning editorial cartoonist, Jonathan Shapiro – better known as Zapiro.
Posted on May 19, 2025
History was made at the recent DHHS awards function.
Posted on May 15, 2025
“Education has no end,” says Josiah Muriuki, who will be graduating with a BSc (Hons) degree in Food Science from the University of Pretoria (UP) in May as part of UP’s autumn graduation season. “The more you know, the more you realise you don’t know and the thirst...
Posted on May 15, 2025
The University of Pretoria (UP) has conferred an honorary doctorate on Associate Professor Makhosazana Xaba, an award-winning poet, short story writer, essayist and editor, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to literature, feminist thought and cultural activism in South Africa.
Posted on May 13, 2025
The University of Pretoria has conferred an honorary doctorate on Professor Tshilidzi Marwala
Posted on May 13, 2025
University of Pretoria (UP) graduate Maikeleng Ledimo will be graduating in May with a master’s in Nursing Science (Research). Her research focuses on the importance of accurately completing the J88 form – a medico-legal document used to record the findings of a medical examination in...
Posted on May 13, 2025
Research by Professors Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu and Ramos Emmanuel Mabugu found that investing aggressively in agriculture, using a mix of external and domestic fiscal sources to tackle poverty and inequality and achieve inclusive economic growth.
Posted on May 12, 2025
PRETORIA – The University of Pretoria (UP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, to promote ongoing cooperation between the two institutions and achieve maximum mutual benefits. This broad institutional agreement encompasses all...
Posted on May 12, 2025
A University of Pretoria (UP) theology graduate has made a significant contribution to the field of correctional dynamics with her research on the complex relationships between correctional officials and inmates. In her study, Fredolene Manganye, who graduated with a master’s degree from...
Posted on May 12, 2025
Every May, Global Employee Health and Fitness Month is commemorated
Posted on May 12, 2025
From a young age, Dr Louisa Dlamini knew that medicine was her calling. Having grown up in Mabopane, a township in Tshwane, under difficult socio-economic conditions, becoming a doctor might have seemed like a dream too big to chase – perhaps even far-fetched.
Posted on May 12, 2025
South Africa’s only Veterinary Science university faculty has just graduated its 100th class
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