Caster Semenya wins silver in London
Danie Cornelius
Posted on 12 Aug 2012
When Caster Semenya was chosen to carry the SA flag during the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony, it was a good omen of things to come for the 21-year-old Tukkie athlete.
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.
Nicci Hattingh, alumna and part-time Information Design lecturer, awarded at the International PromaxBDA Awards 2012
Visual Arts
Posted on 03 Sep 2012
Nicci Hattingh, an Information Design graduate and part-time Information Design lecturer at the University of Pretoria’s Visual Arts Department, has fared exceptionally well at the International PromaxBDA Awards 2012, held in Los Angeles in June this year.
University of Pretoria and the Pan African Parliament sign MOU for a better African Union
Erika de Wet
Posted on 31 Aug 2012
On 28 August 2012, the Pan African Parliament (PAP) and the University of Pretoria (UP), through the Faculty of Law’s Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (ICLA), concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to build the capacity of the PAP in the areas of development and harmonisation of laws in line with African Union (AU) instruments.
The start of a new era for the Aula
Corporate Communication & Marketing
Posted on 31 Aug 2012
The big glass doors of the Aula Theatre at the University of Pretoria are open again after wide-ranging improvements and building over a period of almost two years.
International Conference on Convergence and Conflicts of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in Military Operations
Corporate Communication & Marketing / Korporatiewe Kommunikasie & Bemarking
Posted on 31 Aug 2012
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is committed to the protection of South Africa and its citizens, and is proud of the role its armed forces have played in peacekeeping operations in countries emerging from conflict.