Tuks RAG: Crowning of Miss Tuks RAG Queen
Shaun Carvalho-Malekane
Posted on 02 Feb 2012
The crowning of the Debutante who will take up the role of Miss Tuks RAG Queen sees the final step in a 7-month programme which started with over 80 girls who have now been pared down to the Top 19.
Tuks RAG Procession 2012 in partnership with City of Tshwane, Pick 'n Pay and Vodacom
Thato Moagi
Posted on 02 Feb 2012
The Tuks RAG Procession is a parade which is one of the biggest annual events in Pretoria. On display will be a parade of floats constructed by Tuks students from residences and day houses, all in aid of charity.
Dr Reuel Khoza speaks on leadership
GIBS News
Posted on 02 Apr 2012
According to DR Reuel Khoza, author of the book Attuned Leadership, who spoke at last week’s GIBS Forum, ”powerful leaders don’t lead from the top, but consult the people around them before they make decisions”.
Carlyn Fischer, hpc-sponsored triathlete, won in Cape Town
hpc
Posted on 20 Feb 2012
Tuks student, Carlyn Fischer, sponsored by the High Performance Centre’s (hpc) Sport Science and Medical Unit, got her season off to an excellent start when she won the women’s title at the 2012 Cape Town ITU Sprint Triathlon African Cup on Sunday, 19 February.
Prof Nigel Bennett receives prestigious award
Martie Meyer
Posted on 04 Apr 2012
The Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns recently bestowed the Havenga Prize for Biological Sciences on Prof Nigel Bennett from the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP).
First African open-source geospatial laboratory established at Tuks
Centre for Geoinformation Science/Deur die Sentrum vir Geoinformatika
Posted on 04 Apr 2012
The first African open-source geospatial laboratory has been established at the Centre for Geo-information Science at the University of Pretoria.
Centre congratulates Prof John Dugard on Presidential recognition of his contributions to law and human rights in SA
Ryan Kilpatrick
Posted on 04 Apr 2012
Professor Christopher John Robert Dugard, Extraordinary Professor of Law in the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, will receive one of South Africa’s highest civilian honours, the Order of the Baobab: Gold, in a ceremony conducted by President Jacob Zuma on Freedom Day, 27 April 2012.
Tshwane Enterprise Development Programme (TEDP) makes positive contribution
Prof Jurie van Vuuren
Posted on 03 Apr 2012
In 2009 the City of Tshwane initiated a programme to enhance entrepreneurship within the city by providing a training and mentorship opportunity to entrepreneurs that operate on different levels within the city, with the University of Pretoria as the service provider.
2012 – The Year of the Students
Sanku Tsunke
Posted on 03 Apr 2012
The new Student Representative Council of 2012 described this year as the ‘Year of the Students’ - driven by pursued excellence of tolerance and inclusivity of student representation. They pledged this at their formal inauguration on 27 March 2012 at the University of Pretoria’s Hatfield campus.
Swedish Ambassador talks on climate change
Martie Meyer
Posted on 02 Apr 2012
On 29 March 2012, the Swedish Ambassador, Mrs Anna Lindstedt, visited the University of Pretoria’s Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences.
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