Posted on September 11, 2020
The rule of law must be the anchor of any constitutional democracy. This was according to Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola, one of the speakers at last night’s inaugural LeadUP: In Conversation with the VC, a new series of online panel discussions where alumni...
Posted on September 10, 2020
While kangaroos are distinguished for their well-developed hindlimbs which they use to hop across the Australian outback, it seems South Africa has its own unusual hopper – the springhare. A new study published in the Journal of Anatomy suggests that “the diminutive springhare is a...
Posted on September 10, 2020
The Faculty of Law (UP Law) at the University of Pretoria (UP) is deeply saddened by the passing of the steadfast and uncompromising human rights defender Adv George Bizos SC, age 92, on Wednesday, 9 September 2020.
Posted on September 10, 2020
Suicide is a public mental health problem with significant personal, social and economic implications. Globally, approximately one million people die by suicide annually, with experts estimating that for every person who dies by suicide, 20 more make an attempt to take their lives.
Posted on September 09, 2020
About 40% of countries in Africa are at a debt-stressed level, while COVID-19 has forced a strong fiscal response globally as nations try to avoid lasting structural damage to their economies.
Posted on September 09, 2020
More than 250 cetacean experts from around the world have signed an open statement to global leaders calling for action to urgently address the precarious situation of many populations of whales, dolphins and porpoises (collectively known as ‘cetaceans’).
Posted on September 08, 2020
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Tawana Kupe, has been appointed to serve on the Association of Commonwealth Universities’ (ACU) Council as a member and Trustee. Prof Kupe will serve in the role for a period of three years, until 31 July 2023.
Posted on September 08, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a phenomenon that has not only ravaged lives and economies, but also shaped the course of laws and policies. Various issues relating to human rights, labour matters, intellectual property and more have emerged, of which several legal regimes across the globe did not...
Posted on September 07, 2020
The last time that an international pandemic caused the closure of the University of Pretoria (UP) was in 1918, just over 100 years ago. The Spanish Flu epidemic reached South Africa in September 1918, and the following month became known locally as “Black October” as infections and...
Posted on September 07, 2020
Inspirational stories of resilience and community support during the national lockdown as a result of COVID-19 was in the spotlight during a recent virtual webinar. ‘Women as Agents of Ubuntu Philosophy During the COVID-19 Pandemic’. The webinar was hosted by the University of...
Posted on September 04, 2020
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Future Africa institute and campus recently hosted an online panel discussion that featured a group of prominent women who are well known throughout Africa for their achievements in fields such as medicine, chemistry, academia and development economics.
Posted on September 04, 2020
Dear UP Community Since the last communication to UP students covering the move to level 2 of the COVID-19 risk adjustment on 19 August, the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation has made a few announcements during a media briefing, including the return of first-year students to...
Posted on September 04, 2020
A new television commercial in the University of Pretoria’s (UP) ‘A World of Answers’ campaign innovatively highlights the work UP researchers have been doing to help in the national and global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted on September 04, 2020
Professor Janine Wichmann is an environmental epidemiologist and Head of the Environmental and Occupational Sciences Division, School of Health Systems and Public Health, at the University of Pretoria.
Posted on September 03, 2020
Sofia Sprechmann of humanitarian organisation Care International didn’t mince any words when she recently wrote on the impact that the COVID-19 has had on women: if before the crisis economic parity for women was still a good 257 years away, the pandemic has set that clock even further aback.
Posted on September 03, 2020
The University of Pretoria’s 2020 Spring Graduation Ceremonies, which were scheduled to take place from 29 September to 2 October 2020, will be conducted virtually, and all the qualifications listed in the graduation programmes will be conferred and awarded in absentia, during a legal...
Posted on September 03, 2020
When I started working at the University of Pretoria (UP) in January, I thought I would predominantly be supporting in the background. Although the position is part of the executive management team, as Chief Operating Officer, I am in charge of facilities, Information Technology Services (ITS)...
Posted on September 02, 2020
PRETORIA – The University of Pretoria (UP) and the Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam (University of Ikiam) in the Republic of Ecuador signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday, 31 August to collaborate on research, and student and staff exchange projects.
Posted on September 02, 2020
The Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP), in partnership with Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, the University of the Witwatersrand, the University of Namibia and Welwitchia University, has been awarded a European Union (EU) grant valued at £1 million (about...
Posted on September 01, 2020
The success of disinformation campaigns in the 21st century is due to the fact that we now have a category of news that has the name “fake news”. Something becomes legitimate when it has a name or becomes a concept.
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