Transformation battles continue at the University of Pretoria, as a professor makes allegations of harassment by management because he is black.
A report to parliament cites discrimination in terms of bursaries and election to the alumni board at the University of Pretoria.
One teacher’s contribution to the essential conversation — how to educate our children.
Using water flow to create energy has major potential benefits.
First-year maths and science students perform worse than their predecessors.
Researchers have produced evidence that the sound level inside a 2010 Soccer World Cup stadium could lead to permanent hearing damage
Cheryl de la Rey, the new vice-chancellor of the University of Pretoria, is excited by the abundant possibilities of the job.
Calie Pistorius literally grew up on the lawns of the 100-year-old institution where his father was a deputy vice-chancellor.
A list of 13 names has been compiled for the post of vice-chancellor of the University of Pretoria after the resignation of Calie Pistorius.
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/ 20 October 2008
The University of Pretoria has overhauled its community engagement efforts, adopting the approach that charity begins at home.
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/ 3 September 2008
Dr Pearl Sithole argues that the stunted rate of transformation in producing academic research needs to be critically addressed.
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/ 3 September 2008
South Africa has a spirit of resilience but it needs to build a more tough-minded approach to competitiveness to grow the economy and create jobs.
Professor Brenda Wingfield has always pushed the boundaries of science. She was the first person to start DNA sequencing of filamentous fungi in SA.
With rabies and related viruses in Africa as the focus of her research, Dr Wanda Markotter has an interest in the viruses found in African bats.
As a fresh wave of severe xenophobic violence gripped Johannesburg on Sunday, with five people killed in the Cleveland area, hundreds fleeing to the safety of police stations and shops in the CBD looted, President Thabo Mbeki announced that a panel had been set up to look into the attacks.
Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius won his appeal on Friday and can compete for a place in the Beijing Olympics. The Court of Arbitration (CAS) for Sport ruled that the 21-year-old South African is eligible to race against able-bodied athletes, overturning a ban imposed by the International Association of Athletics Federations.
You would expect Sello Maduma, South Africa’s fencing hope at the Olympics, to be at his happiest. But the 21-year-old athlete is a worried man. He is already looking beyond the Olympics and what he sees is bleak. ”I’m worried about life after the Olympics,” he says.
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) will investigate allegations of racist incidents on campus where black students say they are ”living in a climate of fear”. Local South African Students’ Congress chairperson Xolani Mkhwemnte said on Friday there had been an outbreak of ”racially motivated incidents” on the Kingsway campus since Monday this week.
A bake sale where cake prices were determined by a person’s race was broken up by the University of Pretoria’s campus security on Friday. The Freedom Front Plus student organisation, VF+TAS, said it held the sale to illustrate the unfairness of affirmative action. The organisation asked white, Indian and coloured students to pay significantly more for cake than black students.
Orlando Pirates striker Gilbert Mushangazhike may be the symbol of a new wave of players trekking down to South Africa in search of Absa PSL’s hundreds of millions. A free agent after a stint in China with Jiangsu Shuntian, it is safe to conclude his decision to come to South Africa was as much professional as financial.
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/ 29 February 2008
Police are investigating a case of crimen injuria in relation to a racist video made by students at the University of the Free State. The video, which caused national outrage, features black university employees on their knees eating food that had apparently been urinated upon by white students.
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/ 8 February 2008
Springbok coach Peter has challenged black clubs which claim he is neglecting black talent to name the players they say are overlooked. De Villiers reacted to complaints that rugby authorities paid no attention to black areas and therefore denied talented youngsters opportunities to play at the highest level.
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/ 6 February 2008
A matriculant who earned eight distinctions last year may have lost the use of her legs after an armed robber ”emptied his gun on her”, a media report said on Wednesday. Razelle Botha (18), was at her home in Moreletta Park at 9.45pm on Monday night when the robber shot her in the arm, chest, stomach, lung and spine.
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/ 30 January 2008
The African National Congress’s (ANC) drive to close the Scorpions is ”myopic and dangerous”, political analyst Professor Adam Habib said on Wednesday. Speaking at the University of Pretoria’s African Dialogue Lecture series, both Habib and fellow academic and analyst Professor Stephen Friedman said the move sent out the wrong signals.
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/ 23 October 2007
Students who do not attain the required mark when applying to do a BSc degree can now do so through a four-year programme with lower entrance requirements. The programme would be introduced at the University of Pretoria in 2008, the university said in a statement on Tuesday.
Seven tries in the first half and a score of 47-0 at the break against the Boland Cavaliers on Saturday ensured the Golden Lions of third place on the Absa Currie Cup log after the last round of the season. The Lions’ comprehensive win of 75-0 will see them play the Sharks in Durban next Saturday in the first of the Currie Cup semifinals.
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/ 10 September 2007
The present vice-chairperson of the University of Pretoria’s student representative council (SRC), Cobus van der Linde, will not be a candidate in Tuesday’s elections for next year’s SRC. Pretoria High Court judge Lettie Malopa on Monday dismissed Van der Linde’s urgent application to remain on the candidates list.
Publishing group hopes to digitise about a quarter of a million local titles, writes Tumi Makgetla