Posted on October 04, 2024
The two things that drive Samuel Sepeng every day he steps onto the athletics track to coach are his desire to make a difference in athletes' lives and to leave a lasting legacy. As the Tuks middle-distance coach, Sepeng is well on his way to achieving that. Seven of the athletes he trained...
Posted on September 04, 2024
TuksFootball has secured a spot in the 2024 Men’s Varsity Football semi-finals, but the battle is only halfway won. The path to the final becomes much smoother if Tuks can overcome TUT on Thursday. A victory would keep them at the top of the log, ensuring a home semi-final. If they win...
Posted on September 01, 2024
TuksSport High School learner-athlete, Njabulo Mbatha of TuksAthletics Academy, capped a brilliant season when he formed part of South Africa's 4x400m men’s relay team and won a silver medal at the World Athletics U-20 Championships in Lima, Peru. South Africa ran a season-best in the...
Posted on August 14, 2024
Atlegang Masemola is part of the current Varsity Football squad. He came through the TuksFootball Academy which forms part of the TuksSport High School programme. As one of the Tuks 'elder statesmen', he shares his thoughts ahead of their clash against UFS Kovsies on Thursday, 15 August....
Posted on August 01, 2024
Tatjana Smith upped her Olympic medal tally to four, finishing second in the women’s 200m-breaststroke at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France. The result means she is South Africa's "GOAT" – greatest of all time – in women's sport at the Olympics. Earlier this week, the...
Posted on July 30, 2024
On Monday, 29 July, Tatjana Smith of TuksSwimming, won gold in the women's 100m breaststroke final with an impressive time of 1:05.28 at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France. The Tuks swimmer's heroics led South Africa to win their first Olympic gold medal at the Paris Games. It was...
Posted on July 26, 2024
One of the proudest traditions in TuksSport is how athletes and coaches step up during the Olympic Games to beat the world's best. Statistics confirm this. Since the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Tuks athletes have won nine medals (four gold, four silver and one bronze). In total, South Africa...
Posted on July 24, 2024
Morongwa Manamela has become a key player in the Tuks women's football team. She is one of the few, maybe the only one, who can say they have been playing for Tuks for seven years. Manamela debuted in 2018 while still at TuksSport High School. Please don't ask her how many games she has played,...
Posted on January 25, 2024
At TuksSport High School the focus is very much on distinctions and how many the top performers achieve from the start of the year, says Principal, Hettie de Villiers.
Posted on October 30, 2023
2023 is the year in which UP-Tuks female athletes stepped up and beat the best. Their heroics led to the Tuks being able to boast of having a world champion, a World Student Games champion, an African Beach Games champion, and various other international medals. Records have also been set, and...
Posted on October 23, 2023
TuksSport High is 21! From humble beginnings to monumental success, TuksSport High School is celebrating 21 years since its founding in 2002.
Posted on September 20, 2023
Tuks swimmers continued to make a big splash over the weekend during the USSA Swimming Championships in Gqeberha, winning overall as well as the men's and women's team competitions. It is the sixth year that TuksSwimming has been victorious. Four of the seven swimmers, namely Cameron Casali, Arno...
Posted on August 17, 2023
To most, being young in sports equates to inexperience, but Kamogelo Maseko is one for whom the "glass will always be half full and not half empty". "It is a given that we are a relatively inexperienced team. Quite a few of my teammates will play in varsity netball for the first time. I don't...
Posted on July 26, 2023
Tatjana Schoenmaker and Rocco Meiring are the real deal when it comes to performing at their best when it matters most. It was proved yesterday when the Tuks swimmer won silver in the 100-meter breaststroke during the Swimming World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. Schoenmaker has now won 11...
Posted on June 01, 2023
A few years back, Wendy Shongwe promised her dad she would take up football again after she finished matric at TuksSport High School and formed part of the TuksAthletics Academy. She kept her word. In 2021, she was back on the field. It did not take long for her natural talent to come to the...
Posted on March 24, 2023
William Mokgopo can rightfully claim to be one of the trailblazers of South African cycling, proving that riders of colour can cycle and win races. That is why it is exciting that he is now the head coach of the TuksCycling Academy at TuksSport High School. The aim is definitely to coach...
Posted on January 23, 2023
TuksSport High School's matrics of 2022 managed to achieve a 100% pass rate, with Chris-Dian Haasbroek and fellow learner Rivers Williams passing with six distinctions each.
Posted on December 12, 2022
Linda Sikweza joined the Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute - SEMLI at the University of Pretoria in 2020 as a Sport Science Intern. She holds a BA Honours in Sport Science qualification obtained at the University of Johannesburg. Having worked her way up, to date, she is a Junior...
Posted on September 14, 2022
After winning gold at the recent Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in England, Geronay Michaela Whitebooi of TuksJudo, set herself the challenge and that is to be at her best level every time she competes. She has opted not to compete at the upcoming 2022 World Judo Championships in Uzbekistan....
Posted on August 11, 2022
Elzana Joubert joined TuksSport High School 20 years ago. She is a Mathematics teacher. Here, Mrs Joubert tells us more about what Women's Month means to her, the importance of celebrating International Mathematics Day and shares her advice to the upcoming generation of learner-athletes at...
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