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November 2020
26Nov2020

Policing student is a promising Maskandi artist

TUT students are multi-talented and one such example is Sphamandla Ndlozi (25), a Policing student, who is also an accomplished Maskandi artist.
25Nov2020

Growth in varsity sport and competitions inspires pioneering doctoral study

Hard work and dedication paid off for seasoned academic and popular Director of Sport and Recreation at the Tshwane University of Technology,...
20Nov2020

Problem skin opens up business opportunity for TUT student

A problem-prone skin and not being able to afford expensive beauty products and treatments have triggered Nosipho Mashele (19), a Tshwane University of Technology Retail and Business...
09Nov2020

TUT hosts first-ever online appropriate technology conference

In a first for the Tshwane University of Technology, it will host and sponsor the prestigious 9th International Conference of Appropriate Technology (9th ICAT) online. It is only the 2nd time the ICAT...
06Nov2020

Advancing into new ways of teaching and learning

Simplicity and quick access are the new and developing dimensions of teaching and learning, through the use of technology for lecturers and students.
04Nov2020

Master’s study culminates in poignant photographs of Pretoria

Almost three years ago, when Hein Grové, a lecturer at the Department of Visual Communication (Photography), commenced his Master’s degree studies documenting images of an...
03Nov2020

Four from Home of Champions selected for Banyana Banyana

Four of the Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) ladies soccer players have been selected for the National Banyana Banyana team that will represent the country at the upcoming regional Council...
02Nov2020

Young journalist turns setbacks into comebacks

Delny Mashudu Demana (23), a Tshwane University of Technology Journalism student who hails from Makhado (formerly known as Louis Trichardt), wanted to become a journalist since she was seven...
October 2020
30Oct2020

TUT among thirteen best universities in global rankings

The Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) excellence has once again been recognised when the University made it into the 2021 Best Global Universities Rankings (BGUR). The University was ranked...
23Oct2020

Rollator helps people help themselves

Tshwane University of Technology Electrical Engineering lecturer, Tsholofelo Modise, does not only teach her students the tricks of the trade but is also making knowledge useful with her ingenuity...
23Oct2020

Fixperts live TUT’s core value of caring

An inventive foursome from the Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Architecture and Industrial Design, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, has joined forces...
22Oct2020

Prof writes insightful article on false advertising

Can we trust supplements that promise to boost testosterone levels? Prof Rudi de Lange from the Department of Visual Communication found that science-based claims for such products are...
22Oct2020

Arts alumni bag awards for world-class theatre excellence

Celebrations are in order at the Department of Performing Arts, Faculty of Arts & Design, following three of its alumni students bagging awards at the first-ever online Naledi Awards for...
20Oct2020

Eleven doctors graduate at Humanities

The Tshwane University of Technology’s virtual graduation ceremony held on 14 October, saw a total of 11 doctors graduating from the Faculty of Humanities. During the Autumn...
20Oct2020

Arts boasts two new Doctorates

The Tshwane University of Technology’s Faculty of Arts & Design conferred two D: Tech degrees during the Spring graduation ceremonies hosted virtually on 14 October. The one dissertation offers invaluable advice to South African fashion...
14Oct2020

Germany awaits gifted TUT artist

The opportunity of a lifetime awaits Lerato Motaung, a Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Fine & Studio Arts alumnus, after he has won the 2020 Emergence Art Prize. The prize, which aims to propel the careers of new, emerging talent...
14Oct2020

Legal Assistance student releases new single

Emerging hip-hop artist and Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) final-year Legal Assistance student, Ephraim Ntombela, last week released a new single, called Emakhaya.
09Oct2020

Collab results in fascinating fabrics

TUT Art students are resilient and their resourcefulness during an uncertain time for the creative industries are certainly paying off. One such a student is Soshanguve born and raised, Neo Makondo (26), a Fine & Studio Arts...
09Oct2020

Mr X reviews films for DSTV

Former film student, Xitsundzuxo Himina, or Mr X as he is also known, has been contracted as an official film reviewer for DSTV on YouTube. We speak to the film fanatic and entrepreneur at heart.
08Oct2020

TUT duo behind Somizi’s showstopper outfit

Two alumni students from the Department of Design Studies (Fashion Design) have been trending on social media during September for designing a spectacular outfit that SA Idols judge, Somizi...
08Oct2020

digiCommons embraces fresh ways of doing business at TUT

Often great ideas get lost in isolation. Therefore, the TUT digiCommons, a new, state of the art venue on the fourth floor, Building 21, Pretoria Campus, is a much needed initiative to look at fresh, and,...
08Oct2020

Riveting production puts gender-based-violence in the spotlight

Jeannette Ziady, lecturer at the Department of Performing Arts (Dance) and accomplished performing artist (dancer), added her skill to a thought-provoking film production, titled Dark Light,...
September 2020
23Sep2020

“I intend to serve TUT with humility and integrity,” says LIS Director

The newly appointed Director of Library and Information Services (LIS) at the Pretoria Campus, Ms Sanele Kunene, says she is honoured to be entrusted with such a huge responsibility, and equally...
22Sep2020

Innovative TUT app to help in COVID-19 response

Technology is proving to be a big help in keeping safe from being exposed to COVID-19 and Prof David Katerere, Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences is doing just that...
August 2020
28Aug2020

Nasty C gives student drawings a thumbs-up

Lethabo Mashabela (20), a third-year Tshwane University of Technology Architecture student, has taken social media by storm with his drawings of Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo...
28Aug2020

A celebration of women photographers

Francki Burger, a part-time lecturer at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Visual Communication (Photography) and celebrated photographer, was part of a select group...
25Aug2020

TUT’s low-cost automated resuscitator aims to save lives

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many Universities across the globe became proactive in the design and development of ventilators and resuscitators to alleviate the possible shortfall of these devices...
24Aug2020

TUT Vocal artists dominate international singing competition

Alumni and students of the Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Performing Arts (Vocal Art) excelled at this year’s Amazwi Omzansi Africa National Singing Competition, bagging...
19Aug2020

Art heavyweights showcased in new book

The Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (SAAWK), literally South African Academy for Science and Arts, has launched a new book of its impressive art collection of foremost South African...
19Aug2020

TUT’s Pharmaceutical students benefit from ASPEN donation

A partnership between the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) and JSE Limited listed Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Limited (Aspen), will go a long way in assisting students from the University’s...
18Aug2020

TUT student’s artworks selected for prestigious exhibition

No fewer than three of the artworks of Eloise Schoeman, a Fine and Applied Arts student at the Tshwane University of Technology, were chosen for the 2020 Joburg Fringe, an independent art fair...
12Aug2020

Bravo Katleho!

Katleho Mokhoabane, an alumnus of the Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Performing Arts (Vocal Art), has won the third prize in the Concorso Lirico Internazionale di Portofino (CLIP) competition which took place at the...
04Aug2020

South African higher education’s opportunity to embrace digital transformation

New models for online learning can help reduce inequality and improve access, say experts
July 2020
31Jul2020

TUT art student presents business mogul with unique drawing

One of the country’s foremost businessmen is now the proud owner of the art of a Tshwane University of Technology Fine and Applied Arts student who recently presented him with a drawing of himself...
30Jul2020

Church donation boosts TUT student food support programme

Honouring a partnership with the Pretoria Eastern Suburbs Seventh Day Adventist Church (PEDSA) Board to raise funds in support of students in need of welfare assistance, Tshwane University...
28Jul2020

TUT joins global sport integrity alliance

In a first for TUT, Dr Pam Serra, senior lecturer at the Department of Marketing, Supply Chain and Sport Management joined the Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) University Network’s (SUN)...
16Jul2020

Alumna features in gripping new TV drama series

BET Africa (DStv 129) will air a gripping new local drama, titled ISONO (The Sin), from 27 July at 21:30. It stars Pretoria-born and raised rising star and TUT Musical Theatre Alumna, Mpule Matlhola (26)...
15Jul2020

A win cast in clay!

Faculty of Arts & Design students keep on making the University proud, even during lockdown. Clement Maenetja (23), a Fine & Studio Arts student who has just bagged the title of third overall winner of the 2020 #InnibosNationalCraftAwards...
09Jul2020

Former TUT softball coach puts SA on global map

Softball may not be one of the biggest sports in South Africa, but our local players certainly rank high in its global administration. One such person is Pretoria-born former TUT student...
03Jul2020

TUT’s Xaba appointed to chair George Mukhari hospital board

Success is believed to come from knowing what you want, dedication and hard work. For Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital's new Board Chairperson, Gugulethu Xaba, a few more traits...
03Jul2020

TUT Lecturer writes thought-provoking article on future of jewellery industry

We are living in interesting times and the Jewellery industry, such as many other sectors, needs to reinvent itself and adapt for the future, writes Dave...
June 2020
23Jun2020

Director of TUT Sport appointed to CATHSETA committee

Shadrack Nthangeni, Director of Sport and Recreation at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) has been appointed to serve on the Culture, Art, Tourism, Hospitality, and Sport...
23Jun2020

TUT Enterprise Holdings launches digital student accommodation platform

A unique new digital platform, TRes (pronounced “tee-res”), to simplify student accommodation for TUT students and enable accommodation...
20Jun2020

TUT to host virtual graduations for class of 2019

The national COVID-19 lockdown that started on 27 March 2020, has changed the day-to-day normal for most of us. Along with the challenges, many new opportunities also arose. The Executive...
May 2020
19May2020

Two TUT alumni bag big theatre awards

Two Musical Theatre alumni from the Tshwane University of Technology, bagged the awards for Best Supporting actor and Best Performance by a lead actor in a musical or music theatre show...
14May2020

TUT not considering cancellation of exams

The University is aware of an article in a prominent national newspaper that created the impression that TUT is considering cancelling exams. However, Vice-Chancellor & Principal, Prof Lourens...
April 2020
28Apr2020

10MillionMasks: Tshwane textile designer creates and hands out free face masks

Pretoria - The day she was awarded the contract to design stage costumes for the Soweto Gospel Choir has to feature as one of the high points in the...
22Apr2020

TUT student shortlisted for innovative solutions to address COVID-19 Issues

A Tshwane University of Technology student, Denzil Bothma, 3rd year Industrial Design student, has been shortlisted for his innovative solutions...
22Apr2020

TUT donates Covid-19 face shields to local hospital

In response to the increasing need for personal protection equipment (PPE), due to outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, various entities at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) have...
17Apr2020

TUT survey to determine students’ online access progressing well

Two weeks into a TUT survey to determine students’ access to online facilities for study purposes, more than 25 000 students have already responded to the questionnaire. Preliminary...
16Apr2020

TUT expert heads up Gauteng facilities COVID-19 readiness testing

A team of researchers under the leadership of Prof Keolebogile Motaung, Chair Person of the Gauteng Provisional Health Research Committee (PHRC) and Assistant Dean of Research, Innovation and...
March 2020
31Mar2020

Technology station produces hand sanitisers to help TUT community stay safe

Staff and students at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Technology Station in Chemicals (TSC) at the Ga-Rankuwa Campus, in collaboration with...
09Mar2020

Motsepe Foundation honours top female scientist

The Motsepe Foundation has honoured Prof Shirley Keolebogile Motaung, Assistant Dean at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Faculty of Science for her meaningful contributions and dedicated...
05Mar2020

Academic activities to resume at TUT

Academic activities for all students will resume on Friday, 6 March 2020. This follows the suspension of activities at the Pretoria (West), Arts and Arcadia campuses on 4 March, due to renewed student protest action.
February 2020
26Feb2020

TUT agreement with Security Watch Africa to benefit Africa

The Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Safety and Security Management at the Faculty of Humanities has just signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Security Watch Africa...
25Feb2020

TUT among top 300 in Emerging Economies University Rankings

The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) has once again emerged as an academic leader and world-class contender in the 2020 Times Higher Education Emerging Economies University Rankings...
21Feb2020

C4Me gives vision to the sightless

A deep compassion of seeing fellow blind students struggling and trying to find their way inside and outside of campus, spearheaded an innovation to guide the blind on their way. Four students from the Tshwane University of Technology’s...
20Feb2020

Visiting Prof speaks about impact of culture on leadership

International leadership expert and visiting professor, Mike Hoffmeister from the Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences in Wolfsburg, Germany, delivered a riveting lecture on the Impact of...
19Feb2020

Book donation improves life in prison

For a second time, the Tshwane University of Technology’s eMalahleni Campus Library has donated a large number of books and journals to Paxton Correctional Services in eMalahleni following the weeding of the current stock in the library.
19Feb2020

Last chance to apply for Geomatics

Are you fascinated by the surface of the earth and the science surrounding it, then a career in Geomatics might be cut out just for you! This exiting career field should is not only a scarce skill profession with much need in South Africa...
11Feb2020

TUT’s Lebogang moves people with his voice

Lebogang Rampou (35), who is part of the Ga-Rankuwa Campus’ Moving Team, is a member of the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) family whose talents extend much further than those...
06Feb2020

TUT launches new Polymer degree

Bachelor of Engineering: Materials Engineering in Polymer Technology degree opens new doors for industry and students
03Feb2020

Springbok legend is new TUT Vikings head coach

Legendary rugby player, Kaya Malotana is the new head coach for the FNB TUT Vikings. His appointment was announced during a media briefing and send-off lunch at TUT’s Pretoria Campus on...
January 2020
22Jan2020

A new dawn for the Arts

2020 heralds in a new phase in the life of the Tshwane University of Technology’s former Faculty of the Arts with a new name, signature and Programme Qualification Mix (PQM) that is locally relevant and internationally competitive.
21Jan2020

TUT graduates show their mettle at international piano competition

Three Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Performing Arts (Music) graduate students are among an international group of young musicians that were handpicked to participate...
09Jan2020

TUT mourns passing of honorary doctor, Dr Richard Maponya

The Tshwane University of Technology Council and community mourns the passing of Dr Richard Maponya, revered businessman, property developer and who has often been referred to...