News & Events (Archive)

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.

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World Social Work Day celebrated at the University of Pretoria
Sanku Tsunke
Posted on 26 Mar 2013

Students and staff from the Department of Social Work and Criminology celebrated World Social Work Day on 19 March. This follows the launch of the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development at the United Nations Social Work Day in 2012 where social workers committed themselves to supporting, influencing and enabling structures and systems that positively address the root cause of oppression and inequality, and to create a more socially just and fair world.

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Tuks responds to Varsity Cup dispute
Nicolize Mulder
Posted on 20 Mar 2013

The reports in Media24 regarding Tuks and the Varsity Cup dispute concern a single player. The University of Pretoria (UP) would like to state the facts about the matter in order to properly inform the public. Press releases explaining the situation that were issued by Tuks over the past weekend were, unfortunately, not published by the media.

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Social workers promote social and economic equality
Sanku Tsunke
Posted on 19 Mar 2013

Social workers stand central in the 2030 Vision of the National Development Plan (NDP) to eliminate poverty and reduce inequality. Having adopted a developmental social welfare policy in 1997, social work has renewed its commitment to social justice and human rights. Yet, more deliberate action is required by social workers to confront structural issues that keep vulnerable groups socially and economically excluded. More success stories of social workers in standing up against injustices and embracing social inclusiveness must be told and be heard in order to be recognised as significant contributors to integrated social and economic development.

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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.

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TuksSport bags another Olympic medal
Morris Gilbert
Posted on 10 Aug 2012

TuksSport has bagged another medal at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London.

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University of Pretoria and partners launch a book
Sanku Tsunke
Posted on 19 Mar 2013

Drug resistance is one of the main challenges confronting HIV and TB programmes in Africa. Facing these challenges requires an understanding of how drug resistance develops, as well as up-to-date knowledge of how to diagnose and manage drug resistance in HIV and TB patients. It is against this background that the University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the University of KwaZulu-Natal, the Medical Research Council (MRC), the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of South Africa, and the Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies have launched HIV and TB drug resistance and clinical management case book.

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Onsite weeks eventful for BA Hons (AAC) students
Ensa Johnson
Posted on 18 Mar 2013

The past two weeks were eventful at the Centre for AAC (CAAC) with the contact weeks of the first years and second year BA Hons students taking place from 4 to 8 March and 11 to 15 March respectively. Two delegates from the Ministry of Education in Botswana, Ms D Molosiwa and J Masongo also joined the two student groups to obtain more information on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).

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Eskom’s big conundrum
Sanku Tsunke
Posted on 18 Mar 2013

Pretoria, 18 March 2013. With state-owned electricity provider Eskom scrambling to resolve the problems besetting its Medupi Power Station and running a multi-million rand campaign urging South Africans to save energy, the question being asked is whether energy surplus may not be a reality in 2030.

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TUKS reacts to Varsity Cup dispute
Nicolize Mulder
Posted on 17 Mar 2013

The University of Pretoria (UP) wishes to state its position regarding the dispute declared by Varsity Cup and provide further clarification in response to press reports over the past few days, including a press statement from Varsity Cup itself.

Dispute resolution proceedings between FNB Varsity Cup and the Rugby Club of UP took place on 12 and 14 March. The dispute related to an issue about whether a number of players in the UP team qualify as bona fide players for purposes of the Varsity Cup as well as the Young Guns competition.

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