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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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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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.

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Project Day: Department of Informatics
Sanku Tsunke
Posted on 13 Dec 2012

On 19 October 2012 the Department of Informatics hosted another Project Day for its final year BCom (Informatics) students. Fifteen groups formed part of the exhibition, held in the Sanlam Auditorium.

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New young and dynamic Head for the Department of Marketing Management
Department of Marketing Management
Posted on 12 Dec 2012

Prof Yolanda Jordaan has been appointed as Head of the Department of Marketing Management with effect from 1 January 2013.

Prof Jordaan was previously a full professor and C2-rated researcher in the Department of Marketing Management. Apart from her leadership qualities, she is also an outstanding academic, has excellent research qualities and has valuable connections both nationally and abroad.

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Conference gathers global thought leaders
ALCRL
Posted on 12 Dec 2012

The 2nd International Conference on Responsible Leadership took place in November 2012 and gathered global thought leaders on responsible leadership nationally as well as internationally.

The four-day Africa Leads summit was hosted by the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) in partnership with the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI) and the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership at the University of Pretoria.

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Expert on self-determination theory visits Faculty of Education
Faculty/Fakulteit
Posted on 23 May 2012

Professor Christopher Niemiec from the University of Rochester, an established scholar and expert on self-determination theory, is visiting the Department of Educational Psychology between 22 and 28 May 2011.

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Cooperation between students and township entrepreneurs celebrated
Business Clinic
Posted on 12 Dec 2012

The Mamelodi Business Clinic in the Department of Business Management hosted a farewell function to celebrate and conclude the very successful Ngezandla Zethu / Tshwane Arts & Crafts Hub mentorship programme at the Ditsong Museum on 30 October 2012.

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International conference focuses on ending mass atrocities in Africa
Dan Kuwali
Posted on 12 Dec 2012

The Centre for Human Rights, in collaboration with the Department of Political Sciences at the University of Pretoria, convened an international conference from 6 to 7 December 2012, under the overarching theme, Article 4(h) @ 10: How to End Mass Atrocities in Africa.

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