#TuksSport: Akani Simbine and Tatjana Schoenmaker crowned as Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year at the 2021 TuksSport Awards

Posted on November 16, 2021

The 2020 Olympic gold medallist and World Record holder, Tatjana Schoenmaker (now a TuksSport High School matriculant), is the University of Pretoria Sportswoman of the Year. On Monday, 15 November, at the Future Africa Campus, it was also announced that she is the TuksSport Newsmaker of the...

#TuksTaekwondo: Abueng Sekgwelea regained her self-respect through taekwondo

Posted on November 08, 2021

What she started doing in anger became a passion. Abueng Sekgwelea is now the Secretary-General of the South African Taekwondo Federation. If she can have her way, every young girl should consider taking up the sport. Sekgwelea takes up her story herself.

#TuksFootball: Tuks lost and gained status in the 2021 Women’s Varsity Football final and

Posted on October 05, 2021

#TuksFootball: Tuks lost and gained status in the 2021 Women’s Varsity Football final and The statistics of the Varsity Women’s Football tournament will show that the Tuks women's football team lost to UWC in the 2021-final, but it is not always a true reflection of what happened...

#TuksJudo: Breytenbach twins all set for the 2021 World Junior Judo Championships in Italy

Posted on October 05, 2021

#TuksJudo: Breytenbach twins all set for the 2021 World Junior Judo Championships in Italy No South African judoka has ever won a medal at the World Judo Championships. It is a statistic that Donné Breytenbach hopes to change from Wednesday when she competes in Italy. She is one of five...

#TuksSwimming: “I would not be a gold medallist and have earned a degree if it was not for UP and TuksSport,” says Tatjana Schoenmaker

Posted on September 15, 2021

#TuksSwimming: “I would not be a gold medallist and have earned a degree if it was not for UP and TuksSport,” says Tatjana Schoenmaker The University of Pretoria (UP) recently welcomed Tatjana Schoenmaker back to her alma mater when the country’s golden girl lunched with the...

#TuksFootball: Blessing Mabasa aims to lead Tuks by example in the 2021 Varsity Football competition

Posted on September 09, 2021

#TuksFootball: Blessing Mabasa aims to lead Tuks by example in the 2021 Varsity Football competition A good captain leads by example, is confident but also humble, and knows how to motivate teammates. These were the TuksSport High School matriculant & TuksFootball Academy graduate,...

#TuksSwimming: 17 years of perseverance is the reason why Hendrik van der Merwe is competing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics in Japan

Posted on August 26, 2021

#TuksSwimming: 17 years of perseverance is the reason why Hendrik van der Merwe is competing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics in Japan Rumour has it that Hendrik van der Merwe used to pack quite a mean punch in his younger days at school, but he was not a fighter at heart, so he took up...

#TuksAthletics: Benjamin Richardson sights set on medalling at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Kenya

Posted on August 16, 2021

The Tuks sprinter, Benjamin Richardson (who is a TuksSport High School learner-athlete part of the TuksAthletics Academy), will race to win from Wednesday when he competes in the 100 metres at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. "The goal is always gold. It does not...