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Veruska Claria Uys, a MA Criminology student in the Department of Social Work and Criminology, is the first Criminology student to represent our Department as...

During the 2025 Criminological Society of Africa (CRIMSA) International Biennial Conference (19-22 August, Cape Town), Dr Phaello Malataliana was awarded the...

International Day of Play 2025 will be celebrated on the 11 th of June under the theme of Choose Play – Every Day! Children make sense, experience, and learn...

The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria is proud to announce the appointment of Professor Nontembeko Bila as the new Head of the Department of...

25 May 2025 marks 62 years since the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), now known as the African Union (AU). To commemorate this...

Our Department’s KRM 710 (Crime and Criminal Justice) module has a community engagement component. The focus of this year’s project was to empower female...

Every 19 November, World Toilet Day, a United Nations observance campaign, encourages governments and the private sector to address the global sanitation crisis...

“IF I MUST DIE” BY REFAAT ALAREER, killed on 6 th December 2023 in an Israeli airstrike along with his brother, his brother’s son, his sister and her three...

As we mark World Mental Health Day on 10 October 2024, the theme "Mental Health at Work" is particularly relevant for the University of Pretoria. The pressures...

Since 1991, the International Day of Older Persons is observed on 1 October each year, as a way of reminding us to consider the plight of people aged 60 years...

The global day of parenting recognises the “selfless commitment to children and their lifelong sacrifice towards nurturing this relationship” 1. Parenting is a...

For the past 90 years, the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) has represented the interests of social work education, focusing on...

World Social Work Day (WSWD) 2024 was celebrated on the 19 th of March, by the staff and students of the Department of Social Work and Criminology. The theme...

Little by little, we're seeing a shift in the way the world looks at and appreciates women. On International Women's Day 2024, as we contemplate the theme of...

As we approach Women's Day, it is essential to take a moment to recognise and celebrate the incredible contributions women make to our academic community and...

Mamiky Phiri is an exchange student on the Erasmus+ programme at Kiel University of Applied Sciences. She received a scholarship to study at Fachhochschule Kiel...

Research by the University of Pretoria (UP) has demonstrated the importance of community policing forums in fighting crime in high-risk environments, such as in...

Theme: Inclusion is Strength On this occasion of International Albinism Awareness Day, we come together under a theme that is both inspiring and powerful:...

This year, World Social Work Day (WSWD2023) fell on South Africa’s Human Rights Day, 21 March. To celebrate the occasion, the Social Work and Criminology...

29 September 1952 - 26 February 2023 Known for her love of people, communities and the academic project, Vollie Spies also excelled at athletics and achieved...