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.
Working group convened to discuss Article 14 of the ACHPR Protocol on the Rights of Women
Centre for Human Rights (Gender Unit)
Posted on 14 Jun 2012
The Centre for Human Rights, with support from the Solidarity for Women's Rights Network, recently constituted a working group of experts, drawn from various organisations dealing with HIV/AIDS and related matters, at the University of Pretoria.
Tuks RAG: Crowning of Miss Tuks RAG Queen
Shaun Carvalho-Malekane
Posted on 02 Feb 2012
The crowning of the Debutante who will take up the role of Miss Tuks RAG Queen sees the final step in a 7-month programme which started with over 80 girls who have now been pared down to the Top 19.
Tuks RAG Procession 2012 in partnership with City of Tshwane, Pick 'n Pay and Vodacom
Thato Moagi
Posted on 02 Feb 2012
The Tuks RAG Procession is a parade which is one of the biggest annual events in Pretoria. On display will be a parade of floats constructed by Tuks students from residences and day houses, all in aid of charity.
Orazio wins first medal for Tuks
Danie Cornelius
Posted on 28 Jun 2012
Shot-putter Orazio Cremona’s second-round put of 19,19 m earned him a silver medal on Day 1 of the CAA African Championships that was held in Benin. It was an improvement on his performance in 2010, when he received a bronze medal. It was the first medal for Tuks at this event.
Education lecturer listed as one of top 200 Young South Africans
Faculty/Fakulteit
Posted on 28 Jun 2012
Dr Lindelani Mnguni, a lecturer in Science Education, was listed as one of the top 200 Young South Africans for 2012 that were announced at a function held in Johannesburg on 21June 2012.
Drone strikes threaten 50 years of international law, says UN rapporteur and Co-director of ICLA
Elzet Hurter
Posted on 25 Jun 2012
The US policy of using drones to carry out targeted killings presents a major challenge to the system of international law that has endured since World War II, says Prof Christof Heyns, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, summary or arbitrary executions and Co-director of the Institute for Comparative Law in Africa, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria.
Faculty’s rhino DNA profiling method featured in ‘Rhinos under threat’ film at Rio+20 Conference
AvdM
Posted on 22 Jun 2012
The Veterinary Genetics Laboratory (VGL) of the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria highlighted the importance of DNA profiling in the fight against rhino poaching in a short movie, Rhinos under threat, which was screened at the Rio+20 Conference on 18 June 2012.
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