News & Events (Archive)

Staff of the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences awarded
Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Posted on 07 Nov 2012

The annual Education Innovation Awards gala evening of the University of Pretoria took place on 18 October 2012.

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Tuks responds to Varsity Cup dispute
Nicolize Mulder
Posted on 20 Mar 2013

The reports in Media24 regarding Tuks and the Varsity Cup dispute concern a single player. The University of Pretoria (UP) would like to state the facts about the matter in order to properly inform the public. Press releases explaining the situation that were issued by Tuks over the past weekend were, unfortunately, not published by the media.

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Social workers promote social and economic equality
Sanku Tsunke
Posted on 19 Mar 2013

Social workers stand central in the 2030 Vision of the National Development Plan (NDP) to eliminate poverty and reduce inequality. Having adopted a developmental social welfare policy in 1997, social work has renewed its commitment to social justice and human rights. Yet, more deliberate action is required by social workers to confront structural issues that keep vulnerable groups socially and economically excluded. More success stories of social workers in standing up against injustices and embracing social inclusiveness must be told and be heard in order to be recognised as significant contributors to integrated social and economic development.

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University of Pretoria and partners launch a book
Sanku Tsunke
Posted on 19 Mar 2013

Drug resistance is one of the main challenges confronting HIV and TB programmes in Africa. Facing these challenges requires an understanding of how drug resistance develops, as well as up-to-date knowledge of how to diagnose and manage drug resistance in HIV and TB patients. It is against this background that the University of Pretoria, in collaboration with the University of KwaZulu-Natal, the Medical Research Council (MRC), the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of South Africa, and the Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies have launched HIV and TB drug resistance and clinical management case book.

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Onsite weeks eventful for BA Hons (AAC) students
Ensa Johnson
Posted on 18 Mar 2013

The past two weeks were eventful at the Centre for AAC (CAAC) with the contact weeks of the first years and second year BA Hons students taking place from 4 to 8 March and 11 to 15 March respectively. Two delegates from the Ministry of Education in Botswana, Ms D Molosiwa and J Masongo also joined the two student groups to obtain more information on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).

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Eskom’s big conundrum
Sanku Tsunke
Posted on 18 Mar 2013

Pretoria, 18 March 2013. With state-owned electricity provider Eskom scrambling to resolve the problems besetting its Medupi Power Station and running a multi-million rand campaign urging South Africans to save energy, the question being asked is whether energy surplus may not be a reality in 2030.

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TUKS reacts to Varsity Cup dispute
Nicolize Mulder
Posted on 17 Mar 2013

The University of Pretoria (UP) wishes to state its position regarding the dispute declared by Varsity Cup and provide further clarification in response to press reports over the past few days, including a press statement from Varsity Cup itself.

Dispute resolution proceedings between FNB Varsity Cup and the Rugby Club of UP took place on 12 and 14 March. The dispute related to an issue about whether a number of players in the UP team qualify as bona fide players for purposes of the Varsity Cup as well as the Young Guns competition.

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Tourism research knows no boundaries
Richard Wyllie
Posted on 15 Mar 2013

Representatives from the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies and the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology were invited to present their research findings of a study at a Research Colloquium of the National Department of Tourism (NDT) on 12 March 2013 in Johannesburg.

This signified the completion of the first phase of a research project entitled, ‘Understanding the Concept of Cross-Border Guiding in Southern Africa’ which was commissioned by the NDT.

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The world marks Glaucoma Week
Sanku Tsunke
Posted on 12 Mar 2013

World Glaucoma Week takes place from 10 to 16 March 2013 and it is a time that we, as eye healthcare workers globally, commit to raise awareness and demystify this condition, often referred to as a ‘silent thief’ of sight. Indeed, it creeps in like a thief and ‘snatches away’ sight silently and painlessly.

Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness in the world.

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TuksRugby: UP-Tuks 1 significant step closer to play-offs
Morris Gilbert
Posted on 12 Mar 2013

UP-Tuks 1 are a significant step closer to the 2013 Varsity Cup semi-finals after beating UJ on Monday in a true 80-minute Johannesburg thriller.

Fortune changed hands twice in the last four minutes after UJ first took the lead for the very first time with only four minutes to go to full time (29-26).

The enthusiasm of the big and boisterous home crowd did not last long, however, as UP-Tuks struck back in the second-last minute with a spectacular try by left winger Courtnall Skosan that was initiated through brilliant individual play by the hooker and ‘Player that Rocks’, Bongi Mbonambi.

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