Posted on September 10, 2019
Meet Thabang Manamela who has just graduated with an LLB degree from the University of Pretoria, despite the hardships he endured. Manamela was born in Ga-Mashashane, Limpopo, with glaucoma, which resulted in him losing his eyesight at an early age.
Posted on September 10, 2019
How we define what is heritage – and what is not – requires of us to constantly navigate our sense of the world. We need to question what our national heritage is and whether there is such a thing as a collective heritage or shared histories.
Posted on September 10, 2019
The University of Pretoria (UP), in partnership with Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education (EDHE), the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and other stakeholders, recently hosted a Student Entrepreneurship Week (SEW) at UP’s Hatfield Campus.
Posted on September 09, 2019
The wave of the #pleasurerevolution reached the University of Pretoria’s Hatfield Campus recently when celebrated medical professional and television personality Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng launched her book, Dr T: A Guide to Sexual Health and Pleasure.
Posted on September 09, 2019
University of Pretoria (UP) astrophysicist, Professor Roger Deane is a part of a consortium of scientists that has won the prestigious 2020 Breakthrough Prize for Fundamental Physics, for giving the world the first image of a black hole in April this year.
Posted on September 09, 2019
The Ernst & Young (EY) Young Tax Professional of the Year (YTPY) is a global competition open to students from universities internationally and is mainly directed at finding future tax leaders. The first leg of the competition runs in the specific countries, where (after a series of...
Posted on September 06, 2019
It was a double celebration in the Kolo household when husband and wife Francis and Agatha graduated from the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Veterinary Science this week with PhDs in Veterinary Science.
Posted on September 06, 2019
The untimely death of a student in Cape Town and the recent attacks on foreign nationals reflect the extreme and unacceptable levels of violence pervasive in our society.
Posted on September 05, 2019
As a show of solidarity in support of the national outcry against gender-based violence and violence against foreign nationals, the University of Pretoria will suspend all University-based academic activities on Friday, 6 September 2019, except for essential services, external events and...
Posted on September 05, 2019
Due to the disruption of classes and in the interest of the safety of our students and staff, the Executive of the University of Pretoria has decided to suspend classes for today, 5 September. We regret the interruption and apologise for any inconvenience.
Posted on September 05, 2019
Can something that has been seen be unseen? It’s an axiom of the internet age that it can’t – and though the world’s biggest mining company, Glencore, would like it to be otherwise, it’s one with which the High Court of Australia on 14 August agreed in a landmark...
Posted on September 05, 2019
University of Pretoria Principal and Vice-Chancellor Professor Tawana Kupe participated in the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) held in Yokohama, Japan, recently under the theme “Advancing Africa’s Development through People, Technology and...
Posted on September 04, 2019
Two University of Pretoria (UP) veterinarians saved the life of a 5.5-ton elephant at Poznan Zoo in Poland, by performing a surgical extraction of his damaged tusk. Ninio, an African elephant, suffered a severe infection in July after a crack appeared at the bottom of his right tusk.
Posted on September 03, 2019
The University of Pretoria’s Unit for Internal Audit and the University of Porto, Portugal, recently strengthened their relations on cooperation and student and staff exchange programmes.
Posted on September 03, 2019
At UP, students admitted to the ECPs on the Mamelodi Campus attend lectures there for the first year of their studies. Upon performing successfully, they can transfer to their preferred study programme
Posted on September 03, 2019
Masego Dilebo, a master’s student in biochemistry at the University of Pretoria, recently won an award for the best oral presentation at the 5th Annual Malaria Research Conference.
Posted on September 02, 2019
The University of Pretoria’s Hatfield Campus was a hive of activity on 30 August when Kiara Hanimonth from India and Keketso Mabuleka from Lesotho were crowned Miss and Mr International Students’ Day, respectively, as part of the day’s activities.
Posted on September 02, 2019
South African women with disability are often isolated as they belong to a group with multiple minority status factors, such as gender bias, poverty and disability stigmatisation.
Posted on September 02, 2019
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) spring graduation ceremonies take place from 2 to 6 September when 1 582 students will be awarded qualifications ranging from certificates, diplomas and degrees.
Posted on September 02, 2019
Emeritus Professor Marthán Bester, from the Department of Zoology and Entomology in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP), was awarded the distinguished Gold Medal of the Zoological Society of Southern Africa (ZSSA) at the 39th ZSSA Congress held in...
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