Posted on July 04, 2022
Dr Sian Tiley-Nel, curator of UP’s Mapungubwe Collection and head of its Mapungubwe Archive, scooped a deal with UK’s top academic publisher, BAR, with her groundbreaking book, ‘Past Imperfect’, about UP and Mapungubwe.
Posted on July 04, 2022
The University of Fort Hare’s Department of History and NAHECS hosted the 28th Biennial Conference of the Southern African Historical Society.
Posted on July 04, 2022
Professor Teresa Pidduck and Sumarie Swanepoel predicted the case’s eventual outcome in a paper titled ‘Sobering up in South Africa: The Sin Tax Consequences of a Pandemic’ and published in December 2021.
Posted on July 01, 2022
World Refugee Day is a United Nations-designated occasion that is observed annually on 20 June to highlight the lives and challenges faced by refugees, and to urge the global community to stand in solidarity with them.
Posted on July 01, 2022
“We need to change agriculture from a way of life to a business enterprise that is profitable,” said Dr Ayodele Odusola, UNDP representative, at the recent UP-hosted book launch.
Posted on July 01, 2022
Two teams from UP’s Department for Education Innovation have won international Anthology Catalyst Awards for innovation and excellence in using technology for student success and optimising the student experience.
Posted on July 01, 2022
In the monthly message for July, Vice-Chancellor Prof Tawana Kupe highlights the importance of giving, especially as it is Mandela Month. He also encourages the UP community to donate funds to worthy causes at UP through the Giving Matters campaign.
Posted on June 30, 2022
President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated Reverend Professor Jerry Pillay, Dean of UP’s Faculty of Theology and Religion, on his election as general secretary of the World Council of Churches.
Posted on June 28, 2022
28 learners from the UP-PUA took part in a global knowledge-sharing initiative that gave learners the chance to discuss university life with students from five countries around the world: South Africa, India, Morocco, USA, & Iraq.
Posted on June 28, 2022
The University of Pretoria recently joined St Alban’s College in paying tribute to an ex-teacher of the school and alumnus of the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies as well as the Department of English.
Posted on June 27, 2022
Is monkeypox highly contagious? Prof Veronica Ueckermann from the Department of Internal Medicine at UP answers this and other questions you might have about the disease after a case was confirmed in South Africa.
Posted on June 27, 2022
The team behind UP’s JuniorTukkie programme – which helps high school learners do better at school and prepare for university life – now supports even more learners through their free jTOnline e-learning platform.
Posted on June 27, 2022
A UP-led team is using the momentum of light to trap particles. This optical trap has been used with collaborators to demonstrate a hidden property in light that remains unchanged even when it passes through turbulence.
Posted on June 27, 2022
Professor Adekeye Adebajo writes a response to The Economist's special report on "China in Africa".
Posted on June 25, 2022
“I’ve always viewed myself as a storyteller and I’ve always had a wild imagination,” says University of Pretoria (UP) graduate Fezekile Msimang.
Posted on June 24, 2022
We can finally do away with the COVID-19 restrictions, including the limitations on gatherings, which impacted all our activities for too long.
Posted on June 23, 2022
Professor Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem, Head of the Department of Philosophy at UP, presented on AI for environmental sustainability, zooming in on UNESCO’s Global Recommendations on the Ethics of AI.
Posted on June 23, 2022
“Globally, about 240 000 people a year will survive a lightning strike,” says UP forensic pathologist Prof Ryan Blumenthal who is calling for a national lightning safety awareness campaign to educate South Africans about the dangers of lightning.
Posted on June 23, 2022
The long-crested eagle (L. occipitalis), an African bird of prey naturally occurs in moist woodland and forest edges, particularly if that habitat is near grassland, marshland, a river or a stream. It is sometimes also found in drier woodland, mixed farmland, on grazing land or on the edges of...
Posted on June 22, 2022
Key stakeholders in biodiversity finance discussed government initiatives across Southern Africa to improve investment into biodiversity, and also showcased innovative approaches to biodiversity finance globally at the Congress.
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