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  • Seal Group receives major financial boost from the NRF

    Posted on February 03, 2009

    The Department of Research Support (DRS) is to be commended for the role that it played in the allocation of a National Research Foundation (NRF) grant in excess of R8 million to the Seal Group, says Prof Marth

  • Tuks look to develop top young cricketers

    Posted on February 03, 2009

    The TuksCricket Academy joined the other sporting academies at the High Performance Centre last year and has since grown from strength to strength.

  • Lize-Marie Retief says goodbye to swimming

    Posted on February 03, 2009

    At the age of 22years Lize-Marie Retief decided to leave her swimming career behind to be a normal person.

  • Van Zyl in ominous form

    Posted on February 02, 2009

    Tuks and hpc athlete LJ v Zyl has been hard at work honing his form in preparation for the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin in August. Van Zyl knows that if he wants to improve on his 5th place finish at the Beijing Olympics, it's going to be

  • Workshop on Ear Canal Management for Audiologists

    Posted on February 02, 2009

    Prof Ross Roeser from the Callier Center, University of Texas in Dallas, presented a hands-on workshop for Audiology staff members on ear canal management.

  • Tuks take honours in Potch cliffhanger

    Posted on February 02, 2009

    Tukkies had a dream start to the 2009 Varsity Cup competition beating Pukke in Potchefstroom Monday evening.

  • University of Pretoria

    Posted on January 30, 2009

    Physics is her life, her passion and her career &#151 that&#146s Claudia Zander - the Physics graduate from the University of Pretoria who obtained the acclaimed Southern African Association for the Advancement of Science (S2A3) Bronze Medal for her Maste

  • No fool in this Freddie

    Posted on January 30, 2009

    There is much substance in the saying fools rush in where angels fear to tread. With Freddie Grobler, newly appointed rugby head coach, there is however a distinct difference: he is no fool.

  • Launch of a Partnership Between the Kara Heritage Institute and the University

    Posted on January 29, 2009

    The launch of a partnership between the KARA Heritage Institute and the University of Pretoria took place on 28 January at 18:00 in the Serengeti Terrace (Hatfield Campus) of the University.

  • University Of Pretoria Announces Mandela Rhodes Scholarship Recipients

    Posted on January 27, 2009

    Two students of the University of Pretoria are among the 28 Mandela Rhodes Scholarship recipients selected from eight African countries namely: Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

  • University Of Pretoria Empowers Agricultural Economic Departments In Africa

    Posted on January 27, 2009

    The University of Pretoria hosted the Technical Workshop on Institutional and Behavioural Economics, which took place on 21 &#151 25 January 2009 at the University&#146s Hatfield Campus.

  • University of Pretoria researchers granted huge NRF awards

    Posted on January 26, 2009

    Research Infrastructure Support Programme (RISP) grants totalling more than R5 million were recently awarded to two of the University

  • TSG Membership Rates for 2009

    Posted on January 22, 2009

    Want to join the the gym but don't know what it costs. Read further and get all the info you need.

  • Library for N'Wa Vangani Primary School

    Posted on January 16, 2009

    Community-Based Project Students developed library for N'Wa Vanagni Primary School

  • Khethiwe and Demi fly flag for Tuks

    Posted on January 12, 2009

    Ten year old Khethiwe Hadebe and Demi Lopes stole the show at the recent 6th Zone IV Invitational Swimming Championships at Ellis Park. Running from the 8th to the 10th of January, the competition is aimed at raising the standard of swimming in Sub Saha

  • Brains and Brawn

    Posted on January 06, 2009

    100% Pass rate for TuksSport School

  • HPC & Trust Fund for Excellence in Sport plan Mauritius Swimming Future

    Posted on December 12, 2008

    The High Performance Centre (hpc) and the Trust Fund for Excellence in Mauritius are planning the future of the Islands Swimming stars. Michael Glover, CVO of the Centre, established the Academy to develop swimming in Mauritius.

  • Atmospheric model development initiative at UP receives the Stanley Jackson Award

    Posted on December 12, 2008

    Over the last few years researchers at the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology (GGM) at the University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Australia, have devel

  • New study shows southern Africa will become drier

    Posted on December 12, 2008

    In the midst of the debate of a water crisis threatening South Africa, a new climate change study reveals that southern Africa is likely to become drier as a result of Global Warming and associated climate change.

  • University of Pretoria cuts through the top at esteemed Thinkahead Awards 2008

    Posted on December 10, 2008

    The University of Pretoria was recently accoladed as the Top Institution for 2008 at the highly esteemed seventh annual Sappi Thinkahead Awards, hosted at Carfax in Newtown, Johannesburg. Not only did the institution

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