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May 2021
06May2021

Professors on a mission to tackle Social Justice through serious gaming

Prof Khumbulani Mpofu, DSI-NRF SARChI Research Chair in Future Transport Manufacturing Technologies; and Prof Thuli Madonsela, Faculty of Law at the University of Stellenbosch and...
05May2021

Acting Public Protector visits TUT’s Mbombela Campus

Early in 2021, acting Public Protector, Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka, commenced on a series of visits to a number of South African higher education institutions, including TUT’s Mbombela Campus. This...
04May2021

M Tech student hosts first solo exhibition

2021 is a productive year for Lerato Lodi, an M Tech Fine and Applied Arts student. She is currently hosting her first online solo exhibition, titled, Morapedi, One Who Prays, at the North-West University...
03May2021

Collaboration between INET and Russian Embassy on the cards

Collaboration between a wide range of organisation is central to growth and prosperity. Therefore, the University’s Institute for Nano Technology (INET) recently invited members from the Russian Trade....
April 2021
21Apr2021

SAED tackles scourge of human trafficking in South Africa

South Africa has become a prime operational destination for international trafficking syndicate. According to the South African National Human Trafficking Hotline’s current statistics, the sad reality...
12Apr2021

TICE sings MOU with Optimal Assets Maintenance Solutions

The Tshwane Institute for Continuing Education (TICE), a subsidiary of the Tshwane University of Technology Enterprise Holdings (TUTEH), has entered into and signed a partnership with the...
01Apr2021

Research passion sustains Prof’s C-rating

TUT’s reputation as home of world-class researchers just keeps on growing. Prof Shengzhi Du, Full Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, has sustained his prestigious C...
March 2021
31Mar2021

ICT Prof ranks among Africa’s top 500 researchers

Prof Pius Adewale Owolawi, an established researcher in the field of Computer Engineering and Head of the Department of Computer Systems Engineering at the Faculty of Information...
30Mar2021

TUT prof leads second cycle of SARChi Chair

Prof Dharini Sivakumar, from the Faculty of Sciences, who was awarded the DST-NRF SARChI Chair in Phytochemical food network to improve nutritional quality for consumers, will serve another...
25Mar2021

TUT webinar probes Africa’s capability to develop vaccines

“African health practitioners have always been at the forefront of some of the world’s biggest health breakthroughs, not just on the continent but abroad as well, but why is the continent unable to produce...
19Mar2021

TUT Profs elected to CRIMSA council

Two criminology experts from the Tshwane University of Technology’s Faculty of Humanities, Proff Adewale Olutola and Kholofelo B Mothibi, have been elected as members of the Council of the Criminological Society of Africa (CRIMSA)...
10Mar2021

TUT Student spreads H.O.P.E with debut album

Ofentse Moses Sebula, South African jazz saxophone protégé and Performing Arts (Music) student at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Faculty of Arts and Design, will release his debut...
10Mar2021

TUT polymer scientist listed among Africa’s top 500 researchers

Prof Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku, a renowned polymer scientist and professor at the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment has been listed among the top 500 African researchers by scholarly output...
08Mar2021

Top female professor counted among top researchers in Africa

Prof Patricia Popoola, an outstanding Metallurgical and Materials Engineer and Full Professor at the Department of Chemical, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, is one of the few women listed...
05Mar2021

TUT Engineering Prof improves NRF rating

Prof Thomas Otieno Olwal, Associate Professor at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Electrical Engineering and the Graduate School of F’SATI (French South African...
February 2021
26Feb2021

Seasoned Civil Engineering Technologist improves NRF rating

Prof Jacques Snyman, a registered Civil Engineering Technologist, Associate Professor and the Head of Department: Civil Engineering has improved his National Research Foundation (NRF) rating to a C-3.
25Feb2021

Top female scientist appointed as FEBE’s new Executive Dean

Dr Grace Kanakana-Katumba, a professional industrial engineer and astute scientist, joined the Tshwane University of Technology family as Executive Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and the...
24Feb2021

Meet TUT’s newly rated NRF researcher

Esteemed Professor, Thelma de Jager, HOD for Educational Foundation, is now a C-rated National Research Foundation (NRF) researcher. It comes as no surprise as she blends astute scholarship...
22Feb2021

AI research expert receives NRF C-rating

Dr Manoj Lall, a distinguished scholar and senior lecture at the Tshwane University of Technology’s department of Computer Science is now a National Research Foundation (NRF) C rated researcher.
19Feb2021

TUT Film guru and lecturer publishes article on award-winning Lesotho film

The Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Visual Communication at the Faculty of Arts and Design, has started the New Year...
11Feb2021

Minister appoints TUT’s Nthangeni to boxing SA board

The year 2020 has treated 41-year old Dr Shadrack Nthangeni, Director of Sport and Recreation exemplary well. During the Tshwane University of Technology’s virtual autumn graduations,...
03Feb2021

Public gets a chance to view young TUT artist’s thought-provoking work

Eloise Schoeman, one of the Department of Fine and Studio Arts’ most gifted students, will participate in an exhibition, titled LIGHT YEARS, that will be hosted at the Lizamore & Associates art...
02Feb2021

Academy taps TUT Art lecturer’s expertise

Yet another honour has befallen the Tshwane University of Technology’s Dr Jan van der Merwe, celebrated artist and lecturer at the Faculty of Arts & Design’s Department of Fine & Studio Arts...
January 2021
27Jan2021

TUT Prof’s research article attracts major online attention

A research article, titled Testosterone boosters: a report of a supplement’s misleading labelling claims, authored by Prof Rudi de Lange from the Tshwae University of Technology’s Department of...
26Jan2021

Visual Communication students learn from the best of the best

Visual Communication students will get the opportunity to learn from the best in the business during an online guest lecture presented by Kadine James on 27 January 2021. James is a world-ren...
20Jan2021

Thought leaders discuss design’s role towards a more sustainable future

What are currently the most significant influences on design? Thought leaders from around the globe, including Herman Botes, Acting Head of the Department of Visual Communication, at the Tshwane Univ...