Taxation shines the spotlight on research

Posted on April 11, 2018

Research has received significant attention at the Department of Taxation in UP’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences thus far this year.

Tax@Tuks successfully hosts annual networking event

Posted on June 15, 2017

The Department of Taxation’s Tax@Tuks student society hosted its third annual networking event on 2 May 2017. This event aims to provide both students and prospective employers with the ideal platform to engage one another regarding vacation work, articles and other graduate programmes...

Taxation honours students go on a farm field trip

Posted on June 14, 2017

The 2017 Taxation honours class went to the Du Plooy Dairy Farm in Kaalfontein, east of Pretoria, on 25 May 2017 as part of their farming operations learning area. The purpose of the trip was to provide the students with practical experience of how a farm works on a day-to-day basis and how this...

UP students win team challenge at SAIT Student Conference

Posted on June 14, 2017

On 5 May 2017, Ms Juanita Venter, the subject-responsible lecturer for the BCom Taxation Honours group, and the academic trainees in the Department of Taxation Mses Noma Bafana, Thelma Mudluli, Corlia Faurie, Jade Els and the 2017 Taxation honours students attended the South African Institute of...

EMS tops the local 2017 QS World University Rankings by Subject

Posted on March 09, 2017

This year's edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject was published on 8 March 2017. The University of Pretoria has been ranked first in South Africa for Accounting and Finance, and placed in the 151–200 band (the top 4% of all participating institutions worldwide).

Dr Marius van Oordt wins Tax Thesis Competition

Posted on October 20, 2016

Dr Marius van Oordt, a Senior Lecturer with the African Tax Institute (ATI) at the University of Pretoria, has been announced as the 2016 winner in the doctoral category of the national Tax Thesis Competition.

Outgoing Commercii committee passes on the baton to new leadership

Posted on September 20, 2016

The Economic and Management Sciences Faculty House Commercii welcomed its incoming Executive Committee (EC) on 16 September 2016. The inauguration ceremony was symbolic of the passing on of the baton from the previous EC, overseen by the Dean of the Faculty, Prof Elsabé Loots, who commended all...

JSE CEO discusses recent trends in financial markets

Posted on August 11, 2016

Ms Nicky Newton-King, CEO of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), addressed students and staff of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences on 4 August 2016, as part of the EMS Talk series.