Capacity Building in Space Regulation
Elzet Hurter
Posted on 07 May 2012
The First Africa Regional Round of the 2012 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition will take place from 17 to 18 May 2012. The competition is organised by the International Institute of Space Law (IISL).
UP ARTS presents: TO MOTHER – a show with Magdalene Minnaar and Ockie Vermeulen, dedicated to Mother’s Day.
UP Arts
Posted on 03 May 2012
Music lovers in Pretoria environs can look forward to a delightfully fresh musical breeze on Sunday, 13 May at 15:00 in the Musaion on the Hatfield campus of the University of Pretoria.
TuksRugby: UP-Tuks 1 on course for Varsity Cup campaign
Morris Gilbert
Posted on 24 Jan 2012
UP-Tuks 1 is still on course in its preparation for the 2012 Varsity Cup Competition after beating Central University of Technology (CUT) 32-20 on Friday (20 January).
Photographic skills reach new heights
UP Archives
Posted on 04 Nov 2011
This is the ninth year that the University of Pretoria Archives has presented the photographic workshops and competition with the generous support and sponsorship of Q-Photo, Vega and Fujifilm.
British Knight and design guru receives honorary doctorate from the University of Pretoria
Corporate Communication & Marketing/Korporatiewe Kommunikasie & Bemarking
Posted on 21 Aug 2012
The University of Pretoria today, 21 August 2012, conferred an honorary doctorate on the British architect and design guru, Sir Terence Conran.
The University of Pretoria's Vision 20/20 Eye Clinic receives a donation
Sanku Tsunke
Posted on 01 Oct 2012
The University of Pretoria's Vision 20/20 Clinic, based at the Pretoria West Hospital, has received a cheque for R195 000 from the PPS Insurance Company. The money will be used to purchase the ophthalmic examination equipment required to diagnose eye deficiencies such as cataracts.
Animal Science student wins international scholarship
Martie Meyer
Posted on 01 Oct 2012
Nadia Swanepoel, a PhD student in the Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences, was recently awarded a California Animal Nutrition Conference (CANC) scholarship.
New research programme in Electronic Defence through South Africa / Saudi Arabia partnership with University of Pretoria
Prof BT Maharaj
Posted on 28 Sep 2012
CSIR and its Saudi Arabian partner, the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), have taken the next step in their bi-national initiative to enhance engineering research capabilities in Radar and Electronic Defence by establishing a new research program at the University of Pretoria (UP) in the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering. This initiative also includes the creation of a bi-national research cluster and several Human Capital Development (HCD) programmes at South African and Saudi Arabian universities.
Jurisprudence participates in the Feast of the Clowns
Isolde de Villiers
Posted on 27 Sep 2012
The Feast of the Clowns has been part of the City of Tshwane’s calendar since 2000. What started out as a small street festival, has now established itself as the only annual festival in the inner city combining celebration and social justice.
One of South Africa’s 30 wonder women
Department of Human Resource Management
Posted on 26 Sep 2012
Prof Shirley Zinn, an extraordinary professor in the Department of Human Resource Management, has been designated as one of South Africa’s 30 wonder women by the Wits Business School Journal.