UP EXPERT OPINION: Empowering all girls and women: Sport can be the equaliser

Posted on August 23, 2023

Creating sporting opportunities for women with disabilities can help achieve the global goals of gender equality by empowering them to acquire skills, says Director of UP’s Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Prof Juan Bornman.

#TuksNetball: "Anything is possible," says Kamogelo Maseko ahead of the Varsity Netball tournament

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...

#Tuksthletics: Marione Fourie sets her sights on racing the women’s 100-meter hurdles final at the 2023 World Athletics Champs in Hungary

Posted on August 16, 2023

When Marione Fourie settles into her starting blocks to race the 100-metre hurdles at the World Championships in Budapest, she will aim to qualify for the final. If she does, she will be the first South African female athlete to do so in the short hurdles race. She finished fifth in the...

‘My role is to lead by example – not force,’ says Tuks women's football team captain Manamela

Posted on August 14, 2023

"The mark of a great captain is not just winning games but creating a winning culture," says the captain of the Tuks women's football team, Morongwa Manamela, as she takes the reins once again.

#TuksAthletics: Winning gold at the FISU World University Games was Marlie Viljoen's breakthrough moment

Posted on August 08, 2023

Marlie Viljoen has been racing the 400 metres for a while, getting faster, but few noticed that until last week when she won the gold at the FISU World University Games in Chengdu, China. It was the cherry on top of a brilliant season for the Tuks student-athlete. She has won 10 of the 20...

#TuksFootball: Wendy Shongwe promises Banyana Banyana will take the fight to the Netherlands in the Round of 16 at the FIFA Women’s World Cup

Posted on August 05, 2023

To make South Africa proud. That is the challenge Banyana Banyana are set for tomorrow when they clash against the Netherlands in the round of 16 of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. "What motivated us is to make history, remembering everyone back at home...

#TuksArchery: Christian de Klerk wins silver at the FISU World University Games in China

Posted on August 01, 2023

The Tuks law student, Christian de Klerk, won South Africa's first medal at the FISU World University Games in Chengdu, China, by not missing many bulls with his bow. He finished second in the compound archery competition. He might be the first South African archer to medal at the World Student...

#TuksSwimming: Tatjana Schoenmaker wins gold in the 200-metre breaststroke at the World Champs in Japan

Posted on July 30, 2023

Tatjana Schoenmaker concluded a unique hat trick this afternoon by winning gold in the 200-metre breaststroke at the Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Japan. It is the first time the 26-year-old Tuks swimmer has won a gold medal at the World Championships. The last time she competed,...