Commercii committee closes their term with a big bang

Posted on October 15, 2019

The 2018/19 Executive Committee (EC) of Commercii, the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences’ faculty house, attended the UP Student Development Awards on 7 October 2019 at the Groenkloof Campus.

UP tax expert receives international recognition

Posted on October 07, 2019

Prof Annet Wanyana Oguttu, Professor of tax law in the Department of Taxation and the African Tax Institute, has been recognised among a group of trailblazing women who have made significant contributions to the profession. The honour was bestowed by the International Fiscal Association (IFA) at...

UP Student wins the 2019 SA Young Tax Professional of the Year competition

Posted on September 09, 2019

The Ernst & Young (EY) Young Tax Professional of the Year (YTPY) is a global competition open to students from universities internationally and is mainly directed at finding future tax leaders. The first leg of the competition runs in the specific countries, where (after a series of...

Australia’s tax office can use global data leaks to pursue multinationals, High Court rules

Posted on September 05, 2019

Can something that has been seen be unseen? It’s an axiom of the internet age that it can’t – and though the world’s biggest mining company, Glencore, would like it to be otherwise, it’s one with which the High Court of Australia on 14 August agreed in a landmark...

Dr Teresa Pidduck wins 2019 SAIPA Accountancy Top Achievers Award

Posted on August 27, 2019

It was a night of glitz and glamour at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, as University of Pretoria Senior Lecturer and former Rhodes University PhD student, Dr Teresa Pidduck, was awarded with a South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA) 2019 Accountancy Top...

Prospective EMS students win big on ChooseUP Day

Posted on August 23, 2019

Staff and students at the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) welcomed thousands of prospective students who visited the University of Pretoria’s Hatfield Campus to attend #ChooseUP Day on 17 August 2019.

Academic excellence celebrated at the EMS Dean’s List Awards

Posted on August 01, 2019

The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) hosted the annual Dean’s List Awards function on 23 July 2019, where top performers in the Faculty were celebrated for their outstanding academic achievements.

EMS Faculty Awards function honours top-performing academic staff

Posted on June 07, 2019

The Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences hosted its annual awards function on 5 June 2019 in celebration of the achievements of academic staff during 2018.