Five Mandela Rhodes scholars choose UP

Posted on March 02, 2016

Five Mandela Rhodes Scholars have decided to pursue their postgraduate studies at the University of Pretoria this year.

Prof Zitha Mokomane appointed to board of SERFAC

Posted on February 16, 2016

Prof Zitha Mokomane, from the Department of Sociology in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria, has been appointed as a member of the International Advisory Board of the India-based Service and Research Institute on Family and Children (SERFAC) for a term of five years.

Sociology Seminar Series

Posted on November 13, 2015

Conversations on transition: Limits and possibilities of interview-based research by Dr Charles Puttergill, Department of Sociology, UP. This paper considered whether interview-based conversations on how people currently locate themselves within a changing context can adequately reflect...

Striving for balance: Examining the work-family interface in Africa

Posted on September 15, 2015

Getting the balance between work and family right is not only vital for better labour-market outcomes, but can also greatly enhance the well-being of workers and their families and lead to overall positive human development.

‘DIABETES HEALTH BELIEFS’ AND EVERYDAY SELF-CARE

Posted on September 10, 2015

Paper presented by Dr Mariana Pietersen, Department of Sociology, University of Pretoria. In this presentation, the diabetes health beliefs that emerged from a qualitative population-based research study at seven public primary health care clinics in the district of Tshwane, Gauteng Province,...

In the media

Posted on July 10, 2013

Read an article on the implications of wild cat strikes in the mining industry for South Africa's industrial relations dispensation.

Bumper crop of master’s degrees

Posted on July 10, 2013

It has been a year of non-stop celebration given the number of master’s degrees that were awarded by the Department. Three of our staff members completed their Master’s dissertations this year.

New publication

Posted on July 10, 2013

We are proud to announce the publication of a new book, co-edited by Professor Sakhela Buhlungu from the Department of Sociology at the University of Pretoria and Dr Malehoko Tshoaedi from the Department of Sociology at the University of South Africa.