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September 2018
19Sep2018

Celebrated songstress Gloria Bosman performs at Arts Festival

During this month of celebrating our heritage, the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) will revel in its diverse arts and culture by presenting a first-ever Arts Festival on its vibrant Arts Campus. Multiple award-winning songstress and TUT alumna, Gloria Bosman...
14Sep2018

TUT knocks Tuks out of Varsity Football competition

The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Men’s Football team has knocked city rivals UP-Tuks out of the 2018 Varsity Football competition with a 1-0 champion score. The two sides locked horns in a vigorous semi-final at the Tuks stadium last night, 13 September.
14Sep2018

TUT trio develops green technology to help reduce fuel consumption

With fuel prices at a record high in South Africa, the development of a new, turbo free-flow technology, aimed at reducing fuel consumption as well as carbon emissions, could not come at a better time.
14Sep2018

TUT launches exciting new solar car

Celebrating ten years of participation in Sasol’s solar challenge, the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment (FEBE) will launch its exciting, new-look solar car, Sun Chaser 3, today, 14 September. The event will take place at the Prestige Auditorium, Building 21 at 16:00.
12Sep2018

Academic activities at TUT’s Soshanguve campuses remain suspended until further notice

TUT Management resolved on Monday, 10 September, that academic activities at the Soshanguve North and South campuses would remain suspended until further notice because of the ongoing violent protest action and damage to institutional property over the weekend.
07Sep2018

TUT update: TUT’s Soshanguve students to go back to class on Monday

The Tshwane University of Technology today, 7 September, obtained an urgent Interdict from the Pretoria High Court towards normalising the situation at the University. This Court Interdict applies to all TUT campuses.
06Sep2018

Notice to TUT community

The ongoing protest action, disruption of activities and damage to property at the Soshanguve South and North campuses has left the Tshwane University of Technology with no option but to approach the High Court for an urgent court interdict against the perpetrators of violence and damage to University property.
06Sep2018

Soshanguve update: 6 September 2018

Activities on both Soshanguve campuses were again disrupted by a small group of students, today, 6 September. Management is investigating the cause of the disruptions.
05Sep2018

Soshanguve update: 5 September 2018

Classes have once again been disrupted at the Soshanguve Campuses this morning, 5 September. In an effort to intervene, the Campus Rector met with the leaders of the student structures responsible for this morning’s disruptions.
04Sep2018

TUT update: 4 September 2018

Activities to continue at all TUT campuses on 5 September 2018
03Sep2018

TUT condemns any disruption of activities

The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) condemns the disruptions experienced at the Pretoria and Soshanguve Campuses today, which included the interruption of a Senate meeting.
02Sep2018

TUT Update

Activities for staff and students at all campuses will resume tomorrow, 3 September 2018
August 2018
30Aug2018

ShareHERstory inspiration for women's month

It's Women's Month and therefore, we are delighted to share with you some inspirational stories of TUT women who have turned their dreams into reality.
30Aug2018

TUT community pays tribute to student Andries Monareng

The TUT community gathered at the Soshanguve Campus today for a memorial service to pay tribute to Mr Andries Monareng, a final-year Legal Assistance student who was tragically killed last Thursday.
29Aug2018

TUT appoints SNG Grant Thornton to conduct forensic investigation into SRC Elections

The Tshwane University of Technology has appointed SNG Grant Thornton to conduct a full-scale independent forensic investigation into allegations of irregularities in the 2018 SRC elections and the subsequent protest action at the Soshanguve and Ga-Rankuwa campuses.
28Aug2018

TUT to honour student at special memorial service

The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) announced at a media briefing today that a special memorial service will be held for final-year legal aid student, Andries Monareng, who was shot and killed in an incident outside its Soshanguve North campus on 23 August. The shooting incident took place after disruptions during the SRC elections.
27Aug2018

TUT announces a week of mourning following death of student

The Tshwane University of Technology is shocked and mourns the death of a final year Law student from the Soshanguve Campus, Katlego Andries Monareng, on 23 August.
22Aug2018

TUT prof walks off with two prestigious global awards

The Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) Prof Khumbulani Mpofu, a NRF Y-rated researcher, Gibela Research Chair in Manufacturing and Skills Development and the Founder of the Rail Manufacturing Centre for Rapid Incubator (RMCERI), recently brought two prestigious global manufacturing research...
21Aug2018

TUT lecturer helps choose this generation’s best art(ists)

Pfunzo Sidogi, lecturer at the Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) Department of Fine and Applied Arts, is part of the esteemed judging panel of this year’s Sasol New Signatures Art Competition. As the longest running competition of its kind in South Africa, it has for many years provided a platform for...
16Aug2018

TUT students make their debut at Market Theatre

Musical Theatre students from the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) will strut their stuff at one the country’s most iconic theatres, The Market Theatre in Newtown, Johannesburg, when they stage SHOWTIME 2018 on 31 August and 1 September.
15Aug2018

City of Tshwane signs strategic agreement with TUT

A strategic Memorandum of Understanding signed by the City of Tshwane and the Tshwane University of Technology on 7 August, will go a long way in making the University more relevant to its communities.
06Aug2018

Semenya breaks 25-year-old 800m African record

World champion and TUT ambassador, Caster Semenya, led from the front again as South Africa continued their fine form on the final day of the 21st African Athletics Championships in Asaba, Nigeria.
03Aug2018

Four from TUT nominated for prestigious Women in Science Awards

Four top-performing women from the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) are among the nominees for the 2018 South African Women in Science Awards (WISA).
02Aug2018

Scarcity in skin donors can cost lives

At the start of Organ and Tissue donor month, the country faces a serious shortage of skin to treat burn victims. In a drive to create public awareness about the importance of Organ and Tissue donation, especially skin donation, the Tshwane University of Technology’s Centre for Tissue Engineering...
July 2018
25Jul2018

Jewellery lecturer shows his mettle nationally

Dave Newman, Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Lecturer and Programme Coordinator for the Jewellery Programme at the Department of Fine and Applied Arts, has been appointed new chairperson of the Jewellery Manufacturers’ Association of South Africa
23Jul2018

Chair of TUT Council elected to Gauteng leadership

Dr Bandile Masuku, Chairperson of the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Council, was elected as the eighth additional member to the African National Congress (ANC) Provincial Executive Committee (PEC). His seelction was announced during the party’s...
19Jul2018

Going Digital, how inclusive is our development agenda

Join Dr Thandi Mgwebi, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research, Innovation and Engagement at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), in a conversation on the importance of research to solve global challenges.
18Jul2018

TUT Deputy Registrar appointed to Tshwane District hospital board

Dr Solly Pooe, the Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) Deputy Registrar: Enrolment Planning and Coordination, was appointed as board member of the Tshwane District Hospital until March 2019.
17Jul2018

Varsity football star joins Black Leopards

The Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) super striker Themba “Messi” Ndlovu, has signed a three-year deal with newly promoted Premier Soccer League (PSL) side, Black Leopards.
10Jul2018

TUT prof bags coveted science award

The Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) Prof Keolebogile Shirley Motaung, Assistant Dean of Postgraduate, Research, Innovation and Engagement at the Faculty of Science, has won the first prize in the category “Research for Innovation Awards – Corporates” at the 2017/2018 National...
06Jul2018

Trophies at World Choir Games have a TUT touch

In a first for Southern Africa, more than 21 000 singers from 48 countries are currently competing in song on local soil, at the 2018 World Choir Games (WCG) also referred to as the Olympic Games of Choirs. The University would like to wish the TUT Choir,
June 2018
27Jun2018

TUT aerobics team pockets gold at SASAF champs

The Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) Ga-Rankuwa Campus based Aerobics Team won gold again for the 8th year running. The team also qualified with federation colours at the recent South African Fitness Sport Aerobics Federation (SASAF) championships...
27Jun2018

TUT academic elected SAAPAM president

The South African Association of Public Administration and Management (SAAPAM) has just elected Prof Zwelibanzi Mpehle unanimously as its President at the recent 18th Annual Conference. Prof Mphele, acting HoD of Public Management at the Tshwane...
19Jun2018

Bright IT students bag bursaries and laptops

Hard work has paid off for four students from the Tshwane University of Technology’s Faculty of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), who have just received bursaries and laptops worth R564 254 from the Dell Development Fund (DDF).
18Jun2018

International World Camp aims to change youth’s mindset

In a first for the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), the University hosted a three-day long International World Camp in partnership with the International Youth Foundation. The aim of the event, hosted at the Student Centre at the...
14Jun2018

Academics launch book on complex global challenges

Prof David Katerere from the Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, together with colleagues from the National Research Foundation and the University of the Free State, will launch a book, entitled Systems Analysis
12Jun2018

City museum exhibits work of young TUT artists

The Genesis II’Xhibition at the Pretoria Art Museum features the work of six current students and one Alumnus of the Tshwane University of Technology’s (TU) Department of Fine and Applied Arts. They are working as Educational Assistants at the museum and...
07Jun2018

TUT's Dumisani is SA netball's new assistant Coach

Dumisani Chauke, sport organiser at the Tshwane University of Technology has been appointed assistant Coach for the SA University netball team that will compete at the World University Netball Championships, September in Uganda.
07Jun2018

Rural agriculture in the spotlight at inaugural lecture

High profile public figures, such as Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform; and Tito Mboweni, former Governor of the South African Reserve Bank, were among the guests who attended the Dr Sam Motsuenyane inaugural
07Jun2018

Centre for Tissue Engineering nominated as finalist for top science award

The annual Vision 2030 Awards have announced their 2018 finalists, and TUT’s Centre for Tissue Engineering is one of them. “Myself, together with everyone involved at the Centre are so proud of this achievement,
05Jun2018

Trio called-up for Banyana Banyana AWCON qualifiers match

Three TUT female football players, Refiloe Jane, Rachel Sebati and Hilda Magaia have been called up to join the Banyana Banyana squad that will challenge Lesotho at 15:00 on 6 June 2018 in the two-legged Africa Women's Cup of Nations qualifiers.
01Jun2018

Student innovation saves 9-year old girl’s life

Imagine how powerless you would feel if you were unable to provide for your child’s life support. This is what Tshepiso Mashubuku, a 29-year-old single mother, experienced because of her daughter, Koketso (9), who suffers from pulmonary bronchitis and...
May 2018
31May2018

Musical explores African spirituality

The Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) Department of Performing Arts (Musical Theatre) will stage Ngoma: The Musical based on Ngoma dza Dzivha Fundudzi (Drums of the Water Spirits – tales of Vhavenda mystical deities and legends of sacred spaces), at the Breytenbach Theatre from 13 – 23 June.
29May2018

Trophies at World Choir Games have a TUT touch

Category winners of the 10th World Choir Games (WCG) that will be hosted by South Africa from 4 to 14 July, will return home with Protea-inspired trophies designed by a talented Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Fine and Applied Arts student.
29May2018

Two TUT lecturers take on international entrepreneurship challenge

Two lecturers from the Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Francine du Plessis, and Anna Ramogale, are fired-up to make the most of an...
24May2018

Exchange programme gives students a worldview of teaching

For the past six years, a unique student exchange programme between the Tshwane University of Technology(TUT) and the Windesheim University in the Netherlands has afforded Education students at both institutions the opportunity to gain a..
21May2018

Maths school to fill gap in community

Sbonelo Tshabalala (28), a TUT graduate aims to change the lives of young people in a big way through education. Early in May, he launched the Trenello School of Maths and Arts in Songanguve Block AA. Sbonelo studied Education at TUT and majored in Mathermatics, electrical technology and
16May2018

Minister announces campus safety pilot for TUT

The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) will become the first higher education institution in South Africa where a comprehensive, SAPS lead Campus Safety Strategy, will be piloted. The Minister of Police, Genl Bheki Cele, announced the pilot project on..
08May2018

Smart hand hygiene monitor curbs bacterial contamination

Patient safety and hygiene prompted the design and development of an innovative Hand Hygiene Monitor to curb the spread of bacteria in hospitals. Steve Mbappe and Nicholas Wiles from the Tshwane University of Technology’s Technology Station in Electronics
07May2018

Two celebrities among 522 TUT Arts graduates

The Theunis Bester Hall at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Pretoria Campus was painted red on Friday, 4 May, when 522 graduates from the Faculty of the Arts obtained qualifications during two Autumn graduation ceremonies.
07May2018

New record for Caster Semenya

South African golden girl, Caster Semenya, rose to glory once more on Friday night, 4 May, at the Diamond League meeting in Doha, Qatar. Semenya sped to victory, breaking her own national record of 4 min 00.71 seconds in the 1500 meters race that she set at the Commonwealth games less than a month ago.
03May2018

Industrial Engineering recognises its top achievers

Industrial Engineering students who excel in their studies were awarded for their hard work by the University and the Gibela Research Chair in Manufacturing Skills Development. The recognition function was held at the Prestige Auditorium on Thursday, 26 April.
02May2018

Pulitzer prize-winning play staged at the Rostrum

The Department of Drama and Film (Drama) will stage American playwright Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined at the Rostrum Theatre in May.
02May2018

#FeesMustFall leads to incubator for small business development

Inspired by the national #FeesMust Fall campaign towards the end of 2015, the Tshwane University of Technology’s Prof Khumbulani Mpofu, decided the only way to help students, is by thinking out of the box.
April 2018
26Apr2018

Jewellers go all out for inaugural exhibition

Three lecturers and two alumni students of the Tshwane University of Technology’s Jewellery Design and Manufacture Programme (Department of Fine and Applied Arts) were among the 26...
26Apr2018

E-waste project assists struggling Soshanguve School

The roll-out of a Tshwane University of Technology driven e-waste pilot project at various universities of technology in the country will ensure that valuable materials contained in e-waste are...
25Apr2018

Caster Semenya seals deal with TUT

One of South Africa’s most revered athletes, Mokgadi Caster Semenya, has signed an agreement with the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) to become the University’s number one sporting ambassador.
24Apr2018

TUT Council re-elects Dr Bandile Masuku as Chairperson

Dr Bandile Masuku was re-elected as TUT’s Council Chairperson and Ms Lulama Nare was elected as Deputy Chairperson at a Council meeting held on 20 April 2018.
20Apr2018

View the best in advertising and brand communication

Staff and students will have the unique opportunity to view and be inspired by the best in advertising and brand communication across Africa and the Middle East when TUT hosts the Loeries pop-up Travelling Exhibition from 23 to 27 April.
19Apr2018

Applause for TUT’s Commonwealth stars

The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) community celebrates the exceptional achievements of its athletes who participated in the recent Commonwealth Games, held at the Carrara Stadium, Australia from 4 to 15 April.
17Apr2018

PURCO SA rebate boosts TUT student funding

The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Bursary and Scholarship Fund received a massive cash injection of R1 994 182 from the Purchasing Consortium of Southern Africa (PURCO SA). This is the second major contribution from PURCO to the
17Apr2018

TUT play examines crippling impact of a class system

The crippling impact of a class system and the notion that all are haunted, in some way, by the ghosts from the past, are examined by the Tshwane University of Technology’s Drama Programme’s latest offering, Buried Voices.
16Apr2018

TUT’s graduation numbers on a steady incline

The Tshwane University of Technology’s graduation numbers have been on a steady incline, with a total of 10 904 successful graduates receiving their qualifications from today, 16 April 2018. In 2017 the total number stood at 10 148.
16Apr2018

TUT bags prestigious Liberty Radio Award

Only four months into the year, Tshwane University of Technology’s Pretoria based campus radio station, Tshwane FM 93.6, has once again raised the bar by bagging a second prestigious award for 2018.
March 2018
28Mar2018

TUT’s niche research areas to benefit from new appointment

The appointment of Dr Lawrence Hlupheka Sithole, an expert in research development and training, as the Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) new Deputy Director: Research and Niche Areas Support, is bound to greatly benefit Research and...
23Mar2018

TUT wishes UCT’s new Vice-Chancellor well

The Council and community of the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) would like to congratulate Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng on her appointment as the new Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town (UCT).
23Mar2018

TUT graduate uses skills to create self-employment

Motivated by the high unemployment rate in the country, Tshwane University of Technology graduate, Caroline Mokoena (25), uses her internationally acquired skills to create self-employment. Being passionate about sharing knowledge and creating work...
19Mar2018

Finnish expertise to boost TUT’s entrepreneurial education

Entrepreneurial education at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) just received a boost with the signing of an agreement of collaboration regarding entrepreneurial education with the Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences (UAS).
15Mar2018

TUT Prof bags coveted fellowship

Prof Felix Dapare Dakora, a Plant and Soil Biotechnology Professor at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Faculty of Science, holder of the DST/NRF South African Research Chair in Agrochemurgy and Plant Symbioses, and President of the African Academy of Sciences, has now added another accolade...
09Mar2018

Experience + enthusiasm = new head of maths and science

Prof Percy Sepeng, a seasoned and enthusiastic educator, has recently taken over the reins at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Mathematics, Science and Business Education (MSBE), situated in the Faculty of Humanities.
February 2018
27Feb2018

Tshwane FM is city’s best community radio station

The City of Tshwane has just awarded Tshwane FM 93.6, the accolade of Best City of Tshwane Community Radio Station.
26Feb2018

R64 million in donor money is an all-time record

The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) community and members of Council recently celebrated the announcement by Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Prof Lourens van Staden, that the University in 2017 received an overall amount of R64 mil...
15Feb2018

Engineering and science translated into fashion

Architecture students interpreted Professor Ora Joubert’s philosophy of the buildings she designed through the creation of fashion garments at the event hosted by the Department of Architecture on 9 February, in Building 11, Pretoria Campus.
08Feb2018

Ovation for TUT alumna who wins prominent music competition

Within only two years of completing her degree, a B Tech: Vocal Art Performance at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), Cecilia Rangwanasha (24) this weekend became the first South African classical singer to win the prestigious 6th Unisa Internatio...
07Feb2018

Hospital board benefits from TUT excellence

Gugulethu Xaba, the Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) Director of Student Governance and Leadership Development (SGLD), has just been appointed to the board of the George Mukhari hospital.
06Feb2018

Umpiring the Wright way

And the award of International Hockey Umpire of the Year goes to … John Wright!
January 2018
31Jan2018

HEDS up to new Senior Director

Heads-up to Dr Mumthaz Banoobhai, newly appointed Senior Director at the Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) Directorate Higher Education Development Support (HEDS).
30Jan2018

Classes for TUT students get underway

The Class of 2018 got underway, yesterday, 29 January 2018, with the official commencement of lectures for the majority of students at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). Excited returning and first-year students have been flocking to TUT’s campuses to report for the first day of their studies.
26Jan2018

NRF recognises TUT’s brightest research minds

Six of the Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) brightest research minds recently received National Research Foundation(NRF) ratings, after dedicating years towards research and study within a particular field and proving their high standards of research.
25Jan2018

University mourns Bra Hugh’s death

The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) community and the country as a whole mourn the passing on of one of South Africa’s greatest music legends of all time. Bra Hugh Masekela passed away on 23 January, after a long battle with prostate cancer.