Posted on May 17, 2022
UP’s Directorate of Comprehensive Online Education Services (COES) has seen its first cohort graduate during the autumn graduation session.
Posted on May 17, 2022
In his weekly column in The Business Day Professor Adekeye Adebajo writes about soccer and politics in Nigeria. .
Posted on May 17, 2022
“It’s imperative for SA organisations to prepare their people for the future, to alleviate the unsustainably high level of unemployment and to bring our talented people, young and older, into the next era of work.” – UP VC Prof Tawana Kupe.
Posted on May 16, 2022
UP has launched the Mamelodi Business Hub with UNICEF South Africa and PricewaterhouseCoopers to offer youth access to technology, entrepreneurial advice and a space to collaborate.
Posted on May 16, 2022
Professor Sijbren Cnossen is recognised as an international authority in the field of public finance and taxation, and previously held the position of extraordinary professor at UP's African Tax Institute.
Posted on May 15, 2022
Delegates from 12 countries recently gathered at the Future Africa Institute at UP to share knowledge that will assist in planning not only for future emerging diseases but also current neglected diseases. The workshop was hosted by the Southern Africa Bat Research Network, led by UP’s Prof...
Posted on May 13, 2022
The book, edited by UP’s Prof Daniel Bradlow and Dr Magalie Masamba, focuses on the issue of African sovereign debt management and renegotiation/ restructuring, with a particular concentration on SADC countries.
Posted on May 13, 2022
The Department of Library Services at the University of Pretoria has a well-established bindery, offering high standard, professional binding services to all University of Pretoria staff, students, academic departments and private clients.
Posted on May 13, 2022
Benjamin Richardson, 18, is the South African Under-20 champion in the 100m and 200m events. During the recent South African Senior Track and Field Championships in Cape Town, he won a bronze medal in the 200 metres.
Posted on May 12, 2022
Astronomers have unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy. The announcement was made at simultaneous press conferences around the world. Professor Roger Deane, an Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria and Director for the...
Posted on May 12, 2022
Dr Sune Scholtz’s journey to a PhD was a unique one. She had a special helper, Morkie, her Maltese-Yorkie who helped her delve deeper into the field of Animal- Assisted Play Therapy.
Posted on May 11, 2022
Prof Mokubung Nkomo, retired independent education academic, has received an honorary doctorate from UP in recognition of his contributions to the field of education.
Posted on May 11, 2022
Professor Charles Maimela said the Faculty was kickstarting this series with students’ participation “because the voices of the students are fundamental in our teaching and learning endeavours and exercises”.
Posted on May 09, 2022
Asylum seeker Fabrice Kapya arrived in SA with a goal in mind: to further his studies. So began his journey from car guard to PhD candidate and assistant lecturer in UP’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
Posted on May 09, 2022
“If you remain optimistic with clear goals, you can achieve anything” – UP history student Rudolph Boraine who overcame disability challenges to obtain an honours degree cum laude, having written his research report on the history of the koeksister.
Posted on May 06, 2022
About 35% of Gauteng's population, the richest province in South Africa is food insecure. They have (at the very least) skipped a meal because there was insufficient money for food.
Posted on May 06, 2022
"I am who I am today due to the support and guidance I have received from the decision-makers of TuksFootball and UP,” says AmaTuks head coach and former captain Tlisane Motaung who is responsible for turning things around for team.
Posted on May 05, 2022
“[Graduating] means a lot to me because a lot of black students don’t reach the finish line. Despite all the barriers, I’ve managed to come out victorious,” said current UP SRC president Thuto Mashile.
Posted on May 05, 2022
“Despite the Nobel laureate’s poetic prose and powerful polemic, this controversy is far from over.” – UP’s Prof Adekeye Adebajo on writer Wole Soyinka’s attempts to rebut claims made in a book that he was co-opted by the CIA.
Posted on May 05, 2022
UP’s Faculty of Veterinary Science has conferred degrees in veterinary nursing (BVetNurs) on the country’s first-ever cohort of graduates.
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