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Back Round table at Centre for Human Rights reflects on African approaches to international law 9 May What is unique about Africa’s approaches to international law? What would be the features of a generalised African approach? These are some of the questions a group of forty international law scholars from across Africa and the diaspora … Read more
Back Get your smart access card 20 April A campus wide email sent on 28 March communicated that the new access system implementation was underway. The new smart access cards will be issued to all staff, students and contractors in phases from 20 April . To obtain a new smart access card your photo and … Read more
Long jump star Luvo Manyonga, teenage sprinter Gift Leotlela and hurdler Ruan de Vries stole the show on Wednesday, 8 March , delivering spectacular performances at the second leg of the Athletics South Africa Speed Series Meeting in Bloemfontein.
Back Notification: Compliance with traffic rules on UP campuses and general safety awareness 29 March In compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993, the University of Pretoria continuously monitors on-duty incidents and injuries, and then reports thereon to the relevant the structures, as prescribed by the Act. Recently several incidents/injuries involving … Read more
Back Sport for Development and Peace 6 April Sport has the inherent power to bring communities together, to provide a sense of inclusion to people living on the fringes of society and to solve a myriad of social problems. The power of sport to bring people together and to overcome racial and cultural barriers has … Read more
Back Public lecture by Prof Paulo Gouveia de Almeida, University NOVA of Lisboa, Portugal 17 March Prof Marietjie Venter, Head of the Emerging Vector-borne and Respiratory Virus Research Group at the Centre for Viral Zoonoses in the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Pretoria (UP), cordially invites you to a public lecture titled, … Read more
Back Third round of the ASLP connects young science leaders across Africa 3 May With the complex challenges facing the world, and especially Africa, an adaptive and collaborative style of science leadership is required. The Africa Science Leadership Programme (ASLP) was launched in June 2015 to address this, and recently concluded its third round of … Read more
Back Opinion: African scientists are punching above their weight and changing the world 7 June Over the past five years, Africa’s contributions to the world’s research – that is, new knowledge – have varied from a low of 0.7% to the present and highest level of 1.1%. There are many reasons for Africa’s small contribution to world research. … Read more
University of Pretoria Academic Calendar 2024-2025 University of Pretoria Academic Calendar 2024-2025 : University of Pretoria Academic Calendar- with key dates has been listed below; Key Dates January 01 January New Year’s Day 02 January Public holiday in terms of legislation 03 January Academic year commences 09 January – 20 January Summer School Registration of … Read more
Back Simbine: Trailblazer for South African athletics 9 May Being one of the trailblazers of South African athletics seems to come naturally to Akani Simbine. On Friday when the Tuks-athlete outsprinted Justin Gatlin to win the 100 metres at the Diamond League Meeting in Doha, it was the third time this season that he had … Read more