by Lindokuhle Nkosi

The TUT Vikings have a new leader at the helm! Flash Malinga boasts an impressive coaching career that includes stints with the Cape Town Wild Dogs and the Blue Bulls U18 Academy. He recently took the reins as head coach for the TUT Varsity Shield team.

Two priceless heritage sites occur on Toppieshoek, a Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) property on the banks of Hartbeespoort Dam within the UNESCO designated Magaliesberg Biosphere Reserve. One of them is the Broederstroom Early Iron Age archaeological site, the earliest known African village in this region, occupied in about AD 350. The other is the former Leiden University Observatory Southern Station which includes two historic telescopes built in the early 1900s and operational at Toppieshoek for 25 years until 1978.

by Kgothatso Monono

Anele Nkala (19), from Newcastle, Osizweni in Kwazulu-Natal’s future as an ICT student has kicked off at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Faculty of Information and Communication Technology (FoICT). The first-year student, who obtained four distinctions in Matric, has enrolled for a Diploma in Informatics, which will take him straight into the realm of business analysis, information systems and programming languages. 

by Gerrit Bester

With 49 227 applications to study for an arts qualification this year, TUT's Faculty of Arts and Design remains a popular choice as an academic home for prospective students considering a career in the arts.

by Gerrit Bester

Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) aims to produce graduates who are not only degree holders, but also industry-ready professionals who can make a meaningful contribution to the world of work. The WIL & Graduate Employability Summit, attended by staff from the Faculty of Arts and Design last year, highlighted this as a key focus.

By Kgopotso Seth Chawane

In celebration of World Radio Day, radio stations worldwide came together on 13 February to honour the powerful medium that has been a beacon of information, education and entertainment since the late 1800’s. The spirit of unity in the media industry was evident as TUT FM (Tshwane University of Technology) and MUT FM (Mangosuthu University of Technology), joined forces in a pioneering simulcast.

by Gerrit Bester

Changes in the teaching and learning landscape were the focus of the first in a series of Learning and Teaching Conversations hosted by the Faculty of Arts and Design on 19 February. The aim of these conversations is to promote a pedagogy of care.

Tshwane FM and the Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) Alumni Relations Office are excited to announce the launch of a pioneering radio talk show, ‘Alumni Talk’, which is set to hit the airwaves on 7 March 2024. The talk show aims to profile exceptional TUT Alumni while discussing topics that will help listeners, academics, students and alumni to deal more efficiently with the day-to-day activities in their respective fields.

By: Excel Fongoma

Zusakhe Ngqame, a TUT alumnus, has just won three crowns with his play IMXINWA! During the centenary of the TX Theatre in Tembisa, the play, IMXINWA, which he also directed, won an incredible three First Independent Theatre Markers Awards.

By Tebogo Tabane

Dr PK Smit, an expert with more than 30 years’ experience as a Human Resource Manager in industry and Head of the Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of People Management and Development (PMD) at the Faculty of Management Sciences, has been invited to facilitate a Leadership webinar for the Gauteng Provincial Department of Education on 28 February. 

By Kgothatso Monono

Adoptee of the Tshwane University of Technology’s Faculty of Information and Communication Technology (FoICT), the Sikhululekile Secondary School in Temba, Hammanskraal, was formally renamed Sikhululekile Maths, Science & ICT School of Specialisation on 8 February 2024. FoICT adopted the school to assist them with ICT training, equipment and projects, after the announcement that the school was earmarked to become a school of specialisation in maths, science and ICT and that it would be the only ICT specialisation school in Tshwane North.

Tshwane University of Technology's Faculty of Arts and Design, the University of South Africa's (UNISA) Music Foundation and the Mzansi Philharmonic, South Africa's national orchestra, have joined creative forces to present a ground-breaking concert titled Bolly-Jazz Symphonic Encounter. The concert is scheduled to take place on 16 March 2024 at 19:00 at the UNISA ZK Matthews Hall.