News & Events (Archive)

Tuks take honours in Potch cliffhanger
Morris Gilbert
Posted on 02 Feb 2009

Tukkies had a dream start to the 2009 Varsity Cup competition beating Pukke in Potchefstroom Monday evening.

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University of Pretoria’s Security Services receives award from Brooklyn Police
Posted on 02 Feb 2009

The University of Pretoria’s Department of Security Services has received an award from the Brooklyn Police. The SAPS awarded a certificate to the University’s Security Services in recognition of sustained support and commitment in doing everything possible to eradicate crime on all levels and the rendering of a professional service at all times.

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Van Zyl in ominous form
Posted on 02 Feb 2009

Tuks and hpc athlete LJ v Zyl has been hard at work honing his form in preparation for the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin in August. Van Zyl knows that if he wants to improve on his 5th place finish at the Beijing Olympics, it's going to be speed that counts.

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University of Pretoria’s Physicist Awarded Esteemed Award
Phindiwe Nkosi
Posted on 30 Jan 2009

Physics is her life, her passion and her career — that’s Claudia Zander - the Physics graduate from the University of Pretoria who obtained the acclaimed Southern African Association for the Advancement of Science (S2A3) Bronze Medal for her Masters dissertation.

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No fool in this Freddie
Morris Gilbert
Posted on 30 Jan 2009

There is much substance in the saying fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
With Freddie Grobler, newly appointed rugby head coach, there is however a distinct difference: he is no fool.

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Important information about rules regarding plagiarism
Dr Sanette Boshoff
Posted on 30 Jan 2009

All students should take note of the fact that the definition of “misconduct” in the Disciplinary Code: Students has been expanded to specifically include Plagiarism.

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Launch of a Partnership Between the Kara Heritage Institute and the University
Phindiwe Nkosi
Posted on 29 Jan 2009

The launch of a partnership between the KARA Heritage Institute and the University of Pretoria took place on 28 January at 18:00 in the Serengeti Terrace (Hatfield Campus) of the University.

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Africa dialogue lecture series - The World & South Africa in the 2010s: the latest scenarios
Posted on 29 Jan 2009

The Centre for International Political Studies (CiPS) at the University of Pretoria cordially invites you to a lecture funded by the Embassies of the United States of America and the Republic of Indonesia in the ongoing
AFRICA DIALOGUE LECTURE SERIES

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The Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering celebrates fifty years with a record number of new first year students
Posted on 28 Jan 2009

The Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering welcomed a record number of new first year students on 22 January 2009 when these students visited the Department for the first time as part of orientation week.

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University Of Pretoria Announces Mandela Rhodes Scholarship Recipients
Phindiwe Nkosi & Kotie Odendaal
Posted on 27 Jan 2009

Two students of the University of Pretoria are among the 28 Mandela Rhodes Scholarship recipients selected from eight African countries namely: Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

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