Prof Lourie Terblanche receives EAPA Member of the Year award
Liana le Roux
Posted on 16 Nov 2012
Prof Lourie Terblanche from our Department was recently awarded ‘EAPA Member of the Year’ at the Annual International Conference of the Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA) in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Caster Semenya wins silver in London
Danie Cornelius
Posted on 12 Aug 2012
When Caster Semenya was chosen to carry the SA flag during the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony, it was a good omen of things to come for the 21-year-old Tukkie athlete.
Tuks players selected for the Gauteng North Senior Netball team
Riana Bezuidenhout
Posted on 14 Jun 2012
Congratulations to all Tuks Divas and Tuks 1 players who were selected in the Gauteng North Senior Ladies A and B squads. The tournament is taking place in Johannesburg from 5 - 11 August 2012.
Commitment to sustainability
ALCRL
Posted on 12 Feb 2013
Prof Derick de Jongh, Director of the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership, was invited by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) to give a presentation at the Deans and Directors General Conference that was hosted by the Koç University School of Business in Turkey from 31 January to 1 February 2013.
Advocate Pansy Tlakula welcomes new human rights students
AY Sayaad
Posted on 12 Feb 2013
Advocate Pansy Tlakula, the Chairperson of the South African Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), who is also the African Commission’s Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa, recently addressed aspiring human rights students from across the African continent.
TuksLaw reigns supreme again
Petronell Kruger
Posted on 12 Feb 2013
During the second week of February 2013, TuksLaw seized the right to represent South Africa in the international rounds of the prestigious Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Washington DC.
The annual South African national qualifying rounds of the Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition were held in Port Elizabeth on 7 and 8 February 2013.
Mamelodi Campus Science Reading Room selected as one of the seven leading centres in the world
Sanku Tsunke
Posted on 11 Feb 2013
The Mae Jemison US Science Reading Room at the University of Pretoria’s Mamelodi Campus has been selected as one of seven “Model American Spaces” in the world through a project conducted by the Smithsonian Institution on behalf of the United States State Department. The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum and research complex with 19 museums, nine research centres, and more than 140 affiliated museums around the world.
Tuks RAG procession 2013
Nicolize Mulder
Posted on 11 Feb 2013
Most students have returned for the start of the University of Pretoria’s 2013 academic year and, as is true to tradition, the Tuks RAG Procession was a highlight of the new year.
Thousands of students and their colourful floats brought the streets of Hatfield to a standstill on Saturday, 9 February. The theme for this year’s RAG Procession was Childhood memories and everything from Ronald McDonald, dragons and spaceships completed the new route over a total distance of 5,8 km.
New department of Marketing Management is 'On the Move'
Nicolize Mulder
Posted on 07 Feb 2013
Melinda Bam, Miss South Africa 2011, was one. So was Olympic Gold medallist John Smith and new 94.7 Highveld DJ, Alex Caige. Not to mention advertising executives and CEOs – all were successful students in Marketing Management at the University of Pretoria (UP).