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June 2019
10Jun2019

Bold step in right direction for unemployed graduates

An initiative, Step into the New Era, launched in 2018, aims to cap and help reduce the graduate unemployment rate in the South African labour market. Spearheading the project, is newly elected...
05Jun2019

Country duty compels Boston-based alumnus to coach local educators

A passion for education and sense of “country duty” are driving a Boston based Tshwane University of Technology Alumnus to make a difference in the lives of South African students. “The intense TUT...
May 2019
24May2019

Dramatic Arts student for Miss Gauteng Exclusive

Mmalebone Lefoka, a B Tech Dramatic Arts student, definitely personifies beauty and the brains. The versatile student has qualified as one of the top 100 finalists of the prestigious Miss Gauteng Exclusive...
14May2019

Graduations, the hallmark of success and hope

TUT’s 2019 autumn graduations were a medley of celebrations, glamour and tears!
14May2019

Distinguished international programme delivers 31 new graduates

A group of 31 successful Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) academics, who completed the 2019 Vocational Teacher Education Programme...
13May2019

Paralysis will not define me, says alumna

A life-changing cycling accident four years ago almost shattered Palesa Manaleng’s dreams of a career in sport when it left her paralysed from the waist down. Today, the Tshwane University...
April 2019
30Apr2019

Student captures Southern African myth and folklore in pictures

In what is considered one of the most imaginative B Tech dissertations originating from the Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Visual Communication this year, a Photography...
26Apr2019

Showbiz star fills the missing GAP

Multiple award-winning writer, director and actor, Josias Dos Moleele, is changing the way in which people look at the artistic professions. The notion that most creatives cannot sustain themselves financially through their talent, has been giving him...
12Apr2019

Swati Prince’s graduation a Royal affair

• Graduates should plough back their skills and knowledge, says Swati Prince
11Apr2019

ISRC President General graduates

Dineo Hlagala, Transitional Institutional SRC President General, who received a National Diploma in Legal Assistance, was among the more than 1000 students from the Faculty of Humanities who received qualifications on 9 April 2019.
10Apr2019

TUT graduate honours father in unique way

Tshwane University of Technology graduate, Nandipha Zulu, from Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal, did the ‘unthinkable’ during her graduation on 9 April 2019. The Correctional Services Management National Diploma graduate showed up at the Faulty of Humanities graduation ceremony at the Soshanguve South Campus dressed in imvunulo, the isiZulu traditional attire worn...
09Apr2019

Legacy bursary graduate embraces future

The cold, wet weather could not dampen the excitement of the 2 674 students from the Faculty of Humanities who graduated at the Soshanguve South Campus on Friday, 5 April 2019. One of the most excited graduates was Kevin Phehla, first beneficiary of the Benjamin Phehla Bursary fund, who received a BEd degree.
08Apr2019

News junkie recognised for exceptional skills

With only 10 years of producing news behind him, Scara Mafokoane, Journalism alumnus and Senior Field Producer at eNCA, is already celebrated throughout the news fraternity for his exceptional skills in news production.
02Apr2019

Reserve Bank invests in talented TUT student

Viola Greyling (22), a B Tech Fine and Applied Arts student at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), has scooped a South African Reserve...
March 2019
27Mar2019

I dream big about being an entrepreneur, says TUT graduate

An entrepreneur in the making, Vutivi Trinity Khoza, has just graduated cum laude a National Diploma in Accounting at TUT’s first graduation ceremony for this year, at the Mbombela Campus. A National...
25Mar2019

First male black nurse graduates at TUT

Thabiso Bale, Nursing and Operations Manager at the Gynaecological Hospital in Pretoria, has just become the first Black male nurse to graduate at TUT.
12Mar2019

PRISA president shines in Zambia

South African expertise shone in Zambia when Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) journalism alumnus, Malesela Maubane, delivered the keynote address at the 7th Zambia Public Relations Association (ZAPRA) Annual Conference.
06Mar2019

High-flyer is changing the look of SA aviation

TUT graduate and “Air Taxi” boss THOKOZANI MIYA, is walking proof of TUT’s success in producing exceptionally successful people.
05Mar2019

Journalism graduate goes full circle

Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear — George Addair We all grow up dreaming to become something in life. Being a journalist was the DREAM for Sthembiso Sithole.
04Mar2019

TUT Film graduate bags SAFTA award

CONGRATULATIONS to Jolene Van Antwerp, an alumni student of the Department of Drama and Film (Film), Faculty of the Arts, who bagged a SOUTH AFRICAN FILM AND TELEVISION AWARD (SAFTA) in the category Film: Best Achievement in Editing - Documentary Feature at a star-studded event hosted at...
February 2019
25Feb2019

A-list actress sparkles in ring designed by former student

A spectacular ring designed by a Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) alumna adorned the hand of actress Emily Blunt as she accepted an award at the 2019 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards in Los Angeles. Blunt won the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a...
21Feb2019

Arts alumna shines in Paris

Alumni of the Tshwane University of Technology’s Faculty of the Arts continue to represent the University and the country well on the international front. One such an ambassador is Madeli Viljoen, a former student of the Department of Fine and Applied Arts (Jewellery Design & Manufacture), who has just returned from Paris, France, where she reached...