NATIONAL WATER WEEK: A rooftop revolution – UP uses parking lots for water collection

Posted on March 24, 2025

A range of recent projects at UP's Hatfield Campus is reaffirming UP’s commitment to optimal stormwater management

UP experts and volunteers spearhead first large-scale Magaliesberg aloe reintroduction

Posted on March 05, 2025

The Magaliesberg aloe is a slow-growing species and is known for its spectacular red flowers.

UP’s Giving Garden helps community gardeners think differently about growing edible plants

Posted on February 20, 2025

UP's Giving Garden provided around 100 community food gardens in Gauteng with free cuttings, seedlings and tubers of lesser-known and easily grown crop plants in 2024

Bridging the digital divide: Youth empowerment through AI training at UP Mamelodi Campus

Posted on February 12, 2025

UP's Mamelodi Campus hosted students from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University to teach local high school learners how to use AI to create solutions to real-world problems.

UP and RMIS join hands to empower communal and emerging farmers

Posted on January 30, 2025

A recent Farmer’s Day organised by UP and RMIS resulted in successful identifying, aging and vaccination of 176 cattle.

UP Pre-University Academy celebrates milestone as first cohort graduates

Posted on November 13, 2024

The University of Pretoria Pre-University Academy (UP-PUA), a flagship programme designed to bridge the gap between basic and higher education, is celebrating a significant milestone as its first cohort of more than 50 students completed the programme.

UP clinic gives a ‘voice’ to babies and toddlers struggling with speech and communication

Posted on October 29, 2024

HELPING STRUGGLING CHILDREN FIND THEIR VOICE: The Clinic for High Risk Babies (CHRIB) at UP’s Hatfield Campus is helping babies and toddlers struggling with speech and communication. Staff and students from UP’s Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology provide early...

UP and Buddhist community distribute wheelchairs ‘as tools of empowerment’

Posted on October 18, 2024

SUPPORTING LIVES, BUILDING FUTURES: The Oxford (UP) Centre for Religion, Public Life and Security in Africa recently partnered with the Buddha’s Light International Association to transform 102 lives across Gauteng. The organisations worked together to donate 102 wheelchairs to nine...