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Participation of Theatre for Development students in ZAZI launch
Chris Broodryk
Posted on 07 Jun 2013

On Friday, 31 May, the ZAZI campaign was launched in the Musaion on the Hatfield Campus at the University of Pretoria. The campus launch took place under the auspices of the UP Youth Choir who were involved in the national and media launches on 25 May.

ZAZI (‘Know Yourself’) has been developed as a partnership between the Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, the South African National Aids Council (SANAC) Women’s Sector, the Department of Health, the Department of Social Development and Johns Hopkins Health and Education in South Africa.

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Prof Robin Crewe receives Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship to continue research on the African Honeybee
Nicolize Mulder
Posted on 06 Jun 2013

The Board of the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust this week announced Prof Robin Crewe as the recipient of the prestigious Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award for 2012. Prof Crewe, currently acting as Senior Vice-Principal at UP, is the thirteenth recipient of the Award since its inception and the first from UP.

“This very generous award provides us with an extraordinary opportunity to document the importance of understanding the biology of African honeybee populations to the conception of honeybee sociality globally and provide potential solutions to the threat of the loss of honeybee populations,” Prof Crewe said.

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UP’s architecture students change lives at informal settlements in Mamelodi
Sanku Tsunke
Posted on 05 Jun 2013

Honours students of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Interior Architecture have joined forces in proposing interventions to uplift the lives of people at Alaska and Lusaka informal settlements in Mamelodi, east of Pretoria. The interventions are aimed at improving the informal settlements and will also meet the needs of the community through job creation, upliftment in terms of agriculture and creating recreational facilities.

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“Missing the Point of Multilingualism?”
Prof Stephan Mühr
Posted on 04 Jun 2013

Multilingualism is a widespread phenomenon occurring in numerous societies throughout the world, including South Africa. However, attitudes towards first and second languages are problematic in South Africa. In this context, the envisaged multilingual policy is addressing an urgent, valid and realistic target for national education.

It seems logical to assume that sociocultural cohesion in South Africa would benefit greatly if its overall population were fluent in at least three of its 11 official languages. A policy objective to that effect seems feasible for South Africa, given the considerable body of international research that has taken a favourable view of the prospects for successful educational implementation of multilingual policy that is mother-tongue referenced.

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Department of Social Work and Criminology participates in Child Protection Week 2013
Nicolize Mulder
Posted on 04 Jun 2013

South Africa’s children face serious challenges to their well-being, with alarming levels of child abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence against children. They are further exposed to harmful conditions related to HIV and Aids, unemployment, poverty, and poor living environments. This poses serious threats to children’s healthy development, well-being and human rights.

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Former African presidents to speak in the Aula on Wednesday, 5 June 2013
DUR
Posted on 03 Jun 2013

The Round Table is a programme of the African Presidential Centre at Boston University, to be hosted in the Aula in conjunction with the University of Pretoria.

Former President Thabo Mbeki and more than nine other former African presidents, including Raila Odinga, Pedro Pires, Joaquim Chissano, Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Rupiah Banda, Karl Auguste Offmann, Amani Abed Karume, Frederick Tluway Sumaye and Nicephore Dieudonne Soglo, will act as discussants on the topic '2K63: The future of democracy in Africa'.

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Delegate from Georgia State University presented AAC workshop
Prof Kitty Uys
Posted on 31 May 2013

Andrea Barton-Hulsey from Georgia State University presented a workshop on “Parent-coached language intervention for toddlers and pre-schoolers using AAC (Augmentative & Alternative Communication)” on Wednesday 22 May 2013 on the UP campus. Under the leadership of Dr Mary-Ann Romski, two research projects on language and literacy were completed and Andrea presented some of the results.

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UP’s Daspoort Clinic launches community-based healthcare
Sanku Tsunke
Posted on 31 May 2013

The University of Pretoria has launched a Community Oriented Primary Care (COPC) initiative at its Daspoort Clinic in Claremont, west of Pretoria. The launch coincided with the début of the book titled, Community oriented primary care L2: Primary health, written by Prof Tessa Marcus (PhD) of the Department of Family Medicine.

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Dr Paul van Dam is not only Faculty Manager, he is writing books too...
CvB
Posted on 28 May 2013

Dr Paul van Dam, Faculty Manager of the Faculty of Veterinary Science is a man of many talents and recently his first book about endurance riding, “The Spirit of Endurance. Your 101 guide to endurance riding in South Africa”, was published by Kejafa Knowledge Works.

The coffee table book with a classy glossy finish is widely distributed by big commercial chain outlets such as CNA and was done in conjunction with Ms Anzel Potgieter who did the photography for the book.

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AmaTuks lauded for brilliant performance in the first Absa Premiership season
Sanku Tsunke
Posted on 28 May 2013

The University of Pretoria’s Football Club, affectionately known as AmaTuks, has always been under the spotlight. The journey since its promotion to the elite Absa Premiership has been enthralling and interesting for many South Africans. The team have outdone themselves and exceeded many expectations – at the end of the first season, AmaTuks is in the top eight of the Premier Soccer League (PSL).

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