#TuksAthletics: Coetzee overcomes severe back-injury to win SA title

Posted on March 16, 2018

Yesterday at the national championships at Tuks the 23-year old won the women’s hammer throw for women with a distance of 58.97m. Her performance ranks her fourth on South Africa’s all-time list.

Prof Steve Cornelius appointed as member of the IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal

Posted on November 30, 2017

Prof Steve Cornelius, Head of the Department of Private Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pretoria, has been appointed by the Council of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) as a member of the IAAF Disciplinary Tribunal.

2017 TuksSport Colours and Awards

Posted on October 23, 2017

In 2017 the University of Pretoria successfully elevated the standard of university sports by winning six of the Varsity Sport Cup Competitions and nine of the USSA Tournaments. On 18 October 2017, a total of 368 athletes and officials were honoured at the TuksSport Colours and Awards ceremony in...

#TuksSport at the forefront of sporting excellence

Posted on October 12, 2017

In 2017, the University of Pretoria has raised the standard of university sport to a new level, winning six of the Varsity competitions and nine of the University Sports South Africa (USSA) tournaments.

#TuksRowing: SA's McCann wins World Champs gold

Posted on October 02, 2017

Tuks/hpc rower Kirsten McCann won the lightweight women's single sculls race in Sarasota, Florida by out-rowing Marieke Keijser (Netherlands) to win by a boat length, or to be more precise by more than two seconds.

#TuksFootball: UP-Tuks beat TUT 2–0 to claim 2017 Varsity Football title

Posted on September 29, 2017

UP-Tuks were relentless in their pursuit of the Varsity Football title at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) on Thursday night, resulting in a 2–0 victory over defending champions TUT.

UP track champion graduates with Information Science degree

Posted on September 11, 2017

Akani Simbine, 2016 Rio Olympics finalist in the 100 metres, South African record holder in the 100 metres sprint, and Diamond League gold medallist, graduated at the University of Pretoria (UP) with a Bachelor of Information Science on Friday, 8 September.

#TuksFootball: UP-Tuks demolish 10-man Wits

Posted on August 25, 2017

The University of Pretoria proved to be too much for a hapless University of the Witwatersrand and walked away 4-0 winners in their Round Five Varsity Football match at the Tuks Stadium in Pretoria.