Hello and welcome to all prospective pink ones, current Magrietjies and all pink lovers!
A huge welcome to our new Spikkels of 2013. It is a privilege to receive you in House Pink!
For any information on Welcome Week (Faculty programmes and the Residence programme), please go to the First Year Information page (to the left of your screen). On this page you will find a heading in RED font (scroll down the main page) with relevant documents that you can download.
As the HK for the year 2013 we decided to approach things a little differently. We established six values which form the foundation of our student life and the way we make decisions. Not only do we strive to live our lives in the residence based on these values, but also in the world out there when we leave. These values are:
- Be the best that you can be
- Mutual Respect
- Integrity
- Pride
- Acceptance
- Ownership
The dream for the year is taking risks in all aspects of student life to ensure change for the better. Our goal is to create an inspirational space where ladies are developed to their full potential. Magrietjie is more than just a residence, it is a place where every single lady can be herself. We believe that one does not only get a degree while at university, but also develop and evolve to be the beautiful confident women they are meant to be.
Magrietjie is considered home to around 330 sisters, and we look forward to welcoming the new faces into our wonderful home every year.
Thank you for taking the time to visit our webpage. Feel free to browse through the pages and share in our memories.
Pink Greetings
Elmien Steyn
Primaria 2013
News
TuksGolf Training Centre officially opened at the University of Pretoria - 17/05/2013
The University of Pretoria prides itself on its publicly recognised achievements pertaining to its various sporting fraternities. These achievements can be attributed to the University’s sporting facilities, which are of the highest quality among South African universities. To add to its quality achievements, the University of Pretoria, through TuksSport and the High Performance Centre (hpc), has now officially opened a golf training centre.
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South African law professor to report to the United Nations on Lethal Robots - 16/05/2013
South African human rights law professor, Christof Heyns, will submit a widely anticipated report on Lethal Autonomous Robots (LARs) to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council on 29 May 2013.
Prof Heyns, from the University of Pretoria (UP), was appointed as UN Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions in 2010. During last year, he conducted worldwide research on the question whether states should be allowed to use LARs - weapons that, once deployed, can use lethal force without further human intervention - during war, or peace.
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A continental Leadership Transformation Programme established - 15/05/2013
The African Union’s New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership (ALCRL) recently co-hosted a roundtable aimed at establishing a continental leadership transformation programme.
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The University of Pretoria prides itself on its publicly recognised achievements pertaining to its various sporting fraternities. These achievements can be attributed to the University’s sporting facilities, which are of the highest quality among South African universities. To add to its quality achievements, the University of Pretoria, through TuksSport and the High Performance Centre (hpc), has now officially opened a golf training centre.
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South African human rights law professor, Christof Heyns, will submit a widely anticipated report on Lethal Autonomous Robots (LARs) to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council on 29 May 2013.
Prof Heyns, from the University of Pretoria (UP), was appointed as UN Special Rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions in 2010. During last year, he conducted worldwide research on the question whether states should be allowed to use LARs - weapons that, once deployed, can use lethal force without further human intervention - during war, or peace.
The African Union’s New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership (ALCRL) recently co-hosted a roundtable aimed at establishing a continental leadership transformation programme.
Judges from five African countries (Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda) joined participants from 20 other African countries for a course on socio-economic rights, presented by the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria from 6 to 10 May 2013.
Speaking on TuksFM’s Bang Bang Breakfast Show, the University of Pretoria’s Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Prof Cheryl de la Rey, announced that the second Woolly Winter Campaign will be launched earlier in a bid to make it ‘bigger and better’ than the previous year’s effort.
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