News & Events (Archive)

Kiaat Wins RAG
Christopher Le Roy
Posted on 31 Jan 2010

Kiaat wins Tuks 2010 RAG putting Kiaat a step ahead of all other residences with their Pot&Pons win adding to their unbeatable status.

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Africa Dialogue Lecture Series
Department of Political Sciences
Posted on 29 Jan 2010

Lecture entitled ""Placing African and South African Research on the Global Map" to be presented by Dr van Jaarsveld, President and CEO of NRF.

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New Tugs Rag Queen Crowned
Posted on 29 Jan 2010

Azel van Zyl has won the 2010 University of Pretoria Rag Quuen pageant. Twenty-one year old van Zyl hails from Nelspruit in Mpumalanga and she is a fourth year Bachelor of Law student at the university of Pretoria. The beauty pageant took place on Thursday evening (28 January 2010) in the Aula – at the Hatfield campus of the University of Pretoria.

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Plagiarism Prevention
Posted on 29 Jan 2010

This year the University of Pretoria will focus the attention on plagiarism. The aim will, however, be to provide as much information as possible to students rather than purely enforcing the rules.

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Pan African Human Rights Programme Enters Second Decade
Posted on 28 Jan 2010

Officially welcoming thirty students from 19 African countries starting their studies in human rights and democratisation in Africa at the centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria on 22 January 2010, Justice Yvonne Mokgoro challenged them to ensure that national and regional institutions become effective vehicles for change on the continent.

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New Science Facility Celebrated First Birthday
Posted on 28 Jan 2010

The Mae Jemison US Science Reading Room will tomorrow celebrate its first year of existence since it was publicly opened to students and school learners at the University of Pretoria’s Mamelodi Campus on 26 January 2009. This science facility was established and launched as a partnership between the United States Embassy and the University of Pretoria.

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Tuks Rag Week Hits Off in Hatfield
Posted on 28 Jan 2010

The RAG Week is an annual event held at the University of Pretoria whereby students raise funds by parading their creativities in a colourful manner. There will be three different student-driven charity events taking place on 28, 29 and 30 January 2010 at University of Pretoria, and all of them have a pre-determined goal of actively participating in fundraising and helping out community service projects.

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Venue change in interest of game
Morris Gilbert
Posted on 28 Jan 2010

The decision to move the 2010 FNB Varsity Cup opening matches from the TuksRugby Stadium to the adjacent TuksAthletics Stadium was taken in the interest of the game.

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Tuks name team for 2010 Varsity Cup opener
Morris Gilbert
Posted on 28 Jan 2010

Form and potential were the deciding factors in the selection of Tuks’ 23 for the 2010 Varsity Cup opening match against Pukke on February 1.

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Ienkmelodienk 2010
Mia Badenhorst
Posted on 27 Jan 2010

The annual First Years’ Concert of the University of Pretoria started 2010 on a high note. Residences and Day Houses showed off the talents of their new recruits.

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