(Archive)

UP student in the Department of French wins international writing competition
Annamarie de Beer
Posted on 16 May 2012

Sabine Petsch, an honours student in French and Visual Studies at UP, will be travelling to Paris at the end of May to receive the first prize at the awards ceremony for the Espace en Jeu (Space in Play) competition that was organised by the Observatoire de l’Espace du CNES (Space Observatory of the National Centre for Spatial Studies).

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights presents the Helen Kanzira Memorial Lecture
the Centre for Human Rights/die Sentrum vir Menseregte
Posted on 16 May 2012

On Tuesday, 15 May 2012, Ms Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, presented the Annual Helen Kanzira Memorial Lecture at the University of Pretoria.

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Xayata officially part of the TuksRES family
Ms Katlego Mabala
Posted on 15 May 2012

Saturday, 12 May 2012 marked the official launch of Xayata as a residence. “House Xayata” is now a thing of the past.

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Staff exchange scholarship awarded
Prof Deon Meiring
Posted on 15 May 2012

Prof Deon Meiring of the Department of Human Resource Management has been selected by the Europe & South Africa Partnership for Human Development (EUROSA) Consortium Selection Committee for a staff exchange scholarship in the framework of the EUROSA programme.

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University of Pretoria celebrates International Nurses Day
Sanku Tsunke
Posted on 15 May 2012

On 11 May 2012, the Department of Nursing Science of the University of Pretoria celebrated the annual International Nurses Day, as well as the inauguration of selected members into the prestigious Africa Honor Society for Nurses.

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Six Tuks players make the cut for Spar SA Netball Team going to Jamaica
Riana Bezuidenhout
Posted on 14 May 2012

The Spar South African team that will compete in a three-test series in Jamaica next month includes six Tuks players.

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TuksFootball: AmaTuks’ PSL debut just around the corner
Morris Gilbert
Posted on 14 May 2012

AmaTuks will have little or no time to adjust to their new hard-earned status as Premier Soccer League (PSL) participants as their official debut will take place as early as on 10 or 11 August.

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Professor Cheryl de la Rey honoured by Rhodes University for her contribution to social change in the country
Nicolize Mulder
Posted on 14 May 2012

Debating the nature and role of psychology in South Africa’s higher education institutions and society in general, Prof Cheryl de la Rey, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, called for a new approach to the discipline which would be better suited to addressing the problems experienced by millions of South Africans.

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GIBS scoops top honours as Africa’s best business school
GIBS News/GIBS Nuus
Posted on 14 May 2012

The University of Pretoria’s Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) has again been ranked the top South African and African business school in the annual UK Financial Times Executive Education rankings.

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Tuks athlete Marc Mundell qualifies for Olympics
Danie Cornelius
Posted on 14 May 2012

Marc Mundell not only qualified for the Olympic Games in the 50km at the World Race Walking Cup in Saransk, Russia on Sunday, 13 May, but also improved his own South African record, crossing the line in 3:57:57.

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