Posted on February 25, 2019
Are you an aspiring rapper, a skilled MC, a slam poet, and a UP student? If so, UP wants to hear from you! You could win cool UP branded gear from the UP Shop by sending us a 15- to 20-second video or audio clip of you showing off your rapping skills or doing a slam poetry performance celebrating...
Posted on February 21, 2019
Dr Eyob Tesfamariam of the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP) recently accepted the President’s Award from the Soil Science Society of South Africa for delivering the best oral presentation at the society’s Combined Congress recently held in...
Posted on February 20, 2019
Professor Tawana Kupe, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria (UP), urged 63 students, who are the 2019 recipients of the prestigious Mastercard Foundation Scholarship, to give back to the community once they have completed their studies.
Posted on February 20, 2019
Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom visited the University of Pretoria recently for a preview of the Javett-UP as construction of this new home for African art at the university’s Hatfield Campus nears completion.
Posted on February 20, 2019
Criminal law should not be used to punish the poor for being poor. However, many by-laws across South Africa prohibit sleeping in public spaces, begging, loitering, and trading without a permit. Offenders may be fined, arrested and detained.
Posted on February 19, 2019
Angola has decriminalised consensual same-sex acts between adults in private.
Posted on February 18, 2019
Dr Siona O’Connell talks to Tukkie about her documentary Uitgesmyt (“Thrown out”), which focuses on the effects of forced removals and land restitution.
Posted on February 18, 2019
University of Pretoria Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe visited Pretoria’s Menlyn Park mall on Thursday 14 February to make a personal donation to Tuks FM and Menlyn Mall’s #Back2Varsity campaign.
Posted on February 18, 2019
The head of the Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography Laboratory in the Department of Chemistry shares his feelings on receiving the Georg Forster award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany.
Posted on February 15, 2019
Sport and living an active lifestyle are two things that Professor Tawana Kupe, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, feels quite strongly about.
Posted on February 12, 2019
An early 2019 meme called #10yearchallenge, that involved someone sharing an image from 2008 or 2009 next to one from 2018 or 2019, gained tremendous popular traction and within days spread like a virus across social media.
Posted on February 11, 2019
University of Pretoria students on Saturday hosted their annual RAG of Hope Day to raise money for more than a dozen charities, including the Siyanqoba Feeding Scheme, Cansa, Bramley Children’s Group, and Reach for a Dream. RAG of Hope Day is a student-driven fundraising event held...
Posted on February 11, 2019
Two renowned researchers from the Department of Zoology and Entomology at the University of Pretoria, Professors Armanda Bastos and Marthán Bester, have been announced as fellows of the Royal Society of South Africa (RSSAf) for 2019. This brings the total number of RSSAf fellows from the...
Posted on February 11, 2019
The University of Pretoria’s (UP) Department of Residence Affairs and Accommodation hosted their annual TuksRes Academic Excellence Awards late last year to celebrate residence students who achieved excellent academic marks.
Posted on February 09, 2019
Ideas around cross-border tourism, indigenous storytelling, and film tourism were the focus of a keynote address delivered at the recent World Federation of Tourist Guides Association (WFTGA) Convention by Professor Karen Harris, Head of the University of Pretoria’s Department of Historical...
Posted on February 08, 2019
University of Pretoria (UP) Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe officially opened the university’s 2019 academic year today (Friday 8 February), and outlined his vision for the year to staff. He placed emphasis on his Executive addressing issues facing students, including...
Posted on February 08, 2019
The University is working closely with student leadership and specifically the Student Representative Council (SRC) to find solutions to students’ concerns regarding registration and accommodation.
Posted on February 07, 2019
The University of Pretoria’s annual 1nSync concert saw scores of first-year students showing off their singing and dancing skills. The sold-out concert, held at two venues on UP’s Hatfield Campus on Saturday 2 February, is a team-building exercise aimed at all first-year students, who...
Posted on February 05, 2019
The African Tax Institute (ATI), located in the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, recently launched a book called Taxing Africa: Coercion, Reform and Development at UP’s Hatfield Campus.
Posted on February 04, 2019
To all our senior students: Welcome back! We hope you’ve had a great recess and are ready to start working on your studies again. We have some really cool things lined up for all UP students this semester, so keep an eye on your emails, LED boards, posters and UP’s official social...
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