Posted on April 07, 2015
Food safety is internationally recognised as one of the most important risks to public health and food security.
Posted on April 02, 2015
Prof Mashudu Tshifularo, Head of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose and throat studies, ENT) at the University of Pretoria (UP), is widely recognised as one of the best ENT specialists in the country.
Posted on March 31, 2015
The biggest irony of UP-Tuks’ nail-biting defeat against NWU-Pukke on Monday in the 2015 Varsity Cup semi-finals is ‘that we were not beaten by a better team. We simply lost to ourselves, making it so much harder to fathom’.
Posted on March 31, 2015
‘People think that because South Africa is a dry country, there is not a lot of opportunity for hydropower,’ says water engineer Marco van Dijk, ‘but it is actually low-hanging fruit.’
Posted on March 31, 2015
Prof Stella Anyangwe has been elected as Director for the Africa Region on the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) Board.
Posted on March 31, 2015
Fifty-three judokas from eight universities converged at the University of Pretoria Sports Campus to participate in the 2015 University Sports South Africa (USSA) National Institutional Judo Championships.
Posted on March 31, 2015
Harmful microbes have become increasingly resistant to antimicrobial agents during recent years, with the result that common bacterial infections are no longer effectively treated.
Posted on March 30, 2015
The Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) had the honour of hosting Prof Brenda Louw from 8–21 March 2015.
Posted on March 27, 2015
TuksRowing participated in the University Sports South Africa (USSA) Rowing Sprints regatta in Misverstand, Cape Town this past weekend, 20- 22 March 2015.
Posted on March 27, 2015
TuksAthletics arrived in Potchefstroom on 24 March 2015 hoping to defend their unbroken streak as winners of the Varsity Athletics Series since the inception of the competition.
Posted on March 27, 2015
The Chartered Accountancy students of the University of Pretoria have once again delivered an exceptional performance in the January 2015 Initial Test of Competence (ITC) of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA).
Posted on March 26, 2015
The Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University of Pretoria received accolades from the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency who recognised the Department for its extensive research into improving the lives of cancer patients and the training offered to medical nuclear...
Posted on March 24, 2015
It could be a blessing in disguise that UP-Tuks take on NWU-Pukke, and not Maties, in the Varsity Cup semi-finals at the Tuks Stadium on Monday night.
Posted on March 24, 2015
The Department of Social Work and Criminology recently commemorated World Social Work Day and highlighted their discipline’s contribution to society by organising a seminar on the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Hatfield Campus.
Posted on March 24, 2015
A new faculty research theme in the Faculty of Humanities will aim to rebuild the history and gain a better understanding of the peoples of southern Africa by analysing elements of UP's extensive pottery collection.
Posted on March 24, 2015
The University of Pretoria Wind Band, known as the Symphonic Winds, was formed in 2012 to take the place of the esteemed Concert Ensemble.
Posted on March 20, 2015
Connectivity, personal engagement, change and transformation were some of the important topics discussed at the Second African Regional Conference of the International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes (IAGP), hosted by the University of Pretoria (UP) between 11 and 14 March...
Posted on March 18, 2015
Dr Heike Lutermann of the Department of Zoology and Entomology has been studying the elephant shrew, a small mammal also known as the sengi, for several years.
Posted on March 17, 2015
The UP-Tuks rugby team secured a Varsity Cup home semi-final on Monday with their impressive 34-0 win against UJ in Johannesburg.
Posted on March 16, 2015
The ordinary question, ’How are you?’ has been given new meaning by students at the University of Pretoria.
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