Youth Advocacy Festival Comes to UP

Posted on March 13, 2023

The Humanities Faculty in collaboration with Engage South Africa and with support from the High Commission of Canada in South Africa, hosted the Youth Advocacy Festival on the 17 and 18 February 2023. The Festival took place at the Javett-UP Art Centre and on UP’s Hatfield Campus. The Youth...

UP’s African Centre for the Study of the United States aims to bridge the knowledge gap between Africa and the US

Posted on May 24, 2022

UP has launched the African Centre for the Study of the United States to bridge the knowledge gap between Africa and the US, and to produce multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary research.

University of Pretoria African Centre for the Study of the United States turns its critical gaze on the super power

Posted on March 11, 2022

The establishment of the African Centre for the Study of the United States-UP as a premier African knowledge-creation hub and think-tank will contribute to bridging the knowledge deficit for Africa in its relations and engagements with the US.

International Workers’ Day

Posted on June 25, 2021

International Workers’ Day, also known as Labour Day or May Day, is a celebration of the courage shown by the working class when they united in objecting to poor working conditions. This day is celebrated on different days in different countries, but generally falls on the first day of May....

Youth Forum at Future Africa!

Posted on June 25, 2021

On 10 June, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in partnership with the University of Pretoria and its transdisciplinary research institution Future Africa, hosted a youth forum under the theme: ‘Reimagine education tomorrow – Our time. Our turn. Our future’. As...

World Refugee Day—humanity in crisis

Posted on June 25, 2021

World Refugee Day is hosted annually on 20 June. Under the theme ‘Together we heal, learn and shine’, this year’s event aims to create awareness of the challenges faced by refugees globally.

WORLD FOOD SAFETY DAY: ‘Low-income nations bear the brunt of food-borne risks’

Posted on June 07, 2021

“A complete paradigm shift around food safety is required for Africa.” – Austin Pinkerton of UP’s Political Sciences Department on why low-income nations bear the brunt of food-borne risks.

How ‘Free’ is free?

Posted on April 27, 2021

27 years ago South Africa held its first democratic elections with 17 million people casting a vote for the first time (Constitutional Rights Foundation, 2018). The African National Congress (ANC) won the election with 63%, gaining control of the national parliament and electing Nelson Mandela as...