Posted on November 28, 2024
"I have achieved all but one of the goals I have set for myself. It is the first time that Tuks has won the USSA Indoor and Beach Volleyball Tournaments in the same year. I got to captain South Africa to win the gold at the CUCSA Games. Leo Williams and I won bronze at the Continental Cup in...
Posted on November 27, 2024
Fashion brands are entering the metaverse to provide highly personalised digital experiences. As retail therapy takes on a whole new look, is this the end of bricks-and-mortar malls?
Posted on November 26, 2024
Being responsible for entrepreneurship development initiatives across all 26 public universities in South Africa is no easy task. However, University of Pretoria (UP) alumnus Dr Edwell Gumbo, Director of Entrepreneurship at Universities South Africa (USAf), says his UP academic journey has been...
Posted on November 25, 2024
The University of Pretoria Museums (UP Museums) recently hosted a group of visitors for a tour of the institution's most prestigious art exhibitions, as part of the University's celebration of South Africa's first 30 years of democracy and UP’s commitment to preserving cultural heritage....
Posted on November 24, 2024
From 25 November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) to 10 December (International Human Rights Day), the world observes the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children campaign.
Posted on November 22, 2024
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Division of Medicinal Plant Sciences in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences recently organised and hosted a joint meeting of the 23rd international congress of the International Society for Ethnopharmacology (ISE) and the second international congress...
Posted on November 22, 2024
The articles in this edition showcase work from all nine of our faculties, and underscore our University’s slogan ‘Make today matter’. RE.SEARCH has been named South Africa's top corporate publication as the winner of the 2024 SA Publication's Forum Awards. It is a runner up and...
Posted on November 21, 2024
As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly transforms society, many universities have responded by banning its use outright, choosing prohibition over adaptation. Rather than capitalising on AI's immense potential, these institutions have opted to restrict the use of AI out of fear of misuse. Yet,...
Posted on November 21, 2024
A project to conserve a large peeling and cracked oil painting that hung in a public section of the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Merensky Library has unearthed fascinating insights into the institution’s offerings and collaborations. UP Museums has a painting conservator to restore...
Posted on November 20, 2024
Newly released data paints a grim picture of global food security, with nearly 9% of the world’s population suffering from undernourishment in 2023. The crisis has deepened in recent years, with approximately 735 million people now facing hunger and 2.4 billion lacking reliable access to...
Posted on November 20, 2024
A lack of affordable menstrual products, limited sanitation facilities and pervasive cultural taboos around menstruation result in many girls missing school every month. This disrupts their academic progress, harms their self-esteem and diminishes their future opportunities.
Posted on November 19, 2024
In a world where sight often dominates the art experience, the Javett-UP has taken a pioneering step towards inclusivity with its latest exhibition, We, The Purple. On 11 October 2024, just a day after World Sight Day, Javett-UP welcomed ten visually impaired visitors to experience art and...
Posted on November 19, 2024
Every 19 November, World Toilet Day, a United Nations observance campaign, encourages governments and the private sector to address the global sanitation crisis.
Posted on November 19, 2024
South Africa lags in green talent training to capacitate people with the skills needed to drive the transition towards a green economy. The gap in green talent training delays the transition away from coal. Dr Sean Kruger, lead researcher at the UP Centre for the Future of Work unpacked in The...
Posted on November 18, 2024
SA’s chairing of the bloc last year saw the expansion of the group to nine countries. Brics has sought to establish a more equitable global trade system, as well as to increase commerce, and promote socioeconomic development, among its members.
Posted on November 15, 2024
Prof Helena Barnard, who is the academic head of the GIBS doctoral programme, is instrumental in this success. She was recently honoured for her work in shaping the programme’s winning trajectory, taking the second runner-up place for the 2024 South African Women in Science Award for...
Posted on November 15, 2024
“The government must prioritise the prosecution of extortion crimes to stop unabated growth in extortion gangs,” writes Professor Christiaan Bezuidenhout of the University of Pretoria’s Department of Social Work and Criminology.
Posted on November 15, 2024
Dr Quraysha Ismail Sooliman – a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, and in the Department of Political Science at the University of Pretoria (UP) – asks whether this generation holds the key to resolving the conflicts of our time,...
Posted on November 15, 2024
Prof Melanie Rademeyer of UP’s Department of Chemistry recently received a C2 rating from the National Research Foundation. She tells us about the path she’s taken from kitchen experiments to a career in crystallography.
Posted on November 15, 2024
Code-switching is a common linguistic practice in multilingual cultures where people switch between languages in a single discourse. Most African languages are under-represented in recent natural language processing technologies such as ChatGPT. It is imperative to move towards an equitable...
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