Posted on January 20, 2025
A hamstring injury is why South African 800m champion Edmund du Plessis must postpone his plans to compete against the stopwatch. This means that the fourth-year medical student at Tuks has to postpone his plans to qualify for the 2025 World Indoor Championships in China. The plan was to start...
Posted on January 15, 2025
Older rugby fans will know who Japie Mulder is; he was, after all, a player of the first Springbok team that won the World Cup at Ellis Park in 1995. 30 years later, another Mulder played for the Boks. Jané Mulder proved that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree when she played for the...
Posted on January 13, 2025
Amanda Mynhardt, former Protea captain, has been appointed as the new TuksNetball Head Coach, effective January 2025. No stranger to the coaching world, Mynhardt brings a track record of success. Under her leadership, the Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool (Affies) first team was crowned national...
Posted on December 09, 2024
If you thought match racing was all about wind and sail, think again. For the Tuks sailors, winning the 2024 USSA Sailing Championships is about much more—it's about tactics and mastering the rules. Understanding the intricacies of the sport allows teams to find clever loopholes,...
Posted on December 02, 2024
From Monday in Kimberley, the TuksFootball men's team will try and do what only a few of their predecessors in the Stripe jersey had been able to do, and that is to defend the USSA Football title they won last year. The team's captain, Tshiamo Mokoena, believes it can be done if they play with...
Posted on December 01, 2024
The TuksWaterpolo women’s team is diving into the upcoming USSA Water Polo Championships in East London with determination and a point to prove. Having finished as runners-up for four consecutive years, each loss to Maties in the finals, the team is motivated to turn silver into gold....
Posted on November 30, 2024
Personality, patience, fighting spirit, hard work, and confidence—these are the hallmarks of a chess champion. Anje van Jaarsveld, a second-year BCom Law student at UP-Tuks, embodies them all. Selected to represent TuksChess at the USSA Chess Championships from 29 November to 3 December...
Posted on November 28, 2024
TuksSport and the University of Pretoria are proud to announce that Sappi—a global pulp and paper group headquartered in South Africa—has come on board as the new naming sponsor of the annual TuksRace. The well-known Pretoria 21/10km event arranged by TuksSport and TuksAthletics is...
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