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July 2021
22Jul2021

TUT to benefit from multi-million THENSA project

The Tshwane University of Technology will benefit from a multimillion-rand European funding capital injection, to fast track the South African Technology Network of universities (THENSA) project designed...
19Jul2021

TUT athletes head for Tokyo Olympics

Oscar Mavundla, Sokhwakhana Zazini, and TUT Athletics Coach, Stephen Mokoka, are among the squad of athletes selected to represent Team South Africa at the Tokyo Olympics. Olivier Mwimba will...
16Jul2021

TUT Vocal Art alumna bags major international prize

The Tshwane University of Technology community, in particular the Faculty of Arts and Design, is rejoicing following the news that Vocal Art alumna and up-and-coming soprano, Masabane Cecilia...
15Jul2021

Service delivery to benefit from TUT partnership with school of government

The Tshwane School for Business and Society (TSB), based at the Tshwane University of Technology, is one of 10 higher education institutions in the country...
14Jul2021

TUT celebrates ongoing SAP partnership with FIRST LEGO League Robotics programme

The Tshwane University of Technology’s Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment (FEBE) is celebrating the ongoing work and support of software...
09Jul2021

TUT to establish an Institute for the Future of Work

The Tshwane University of Technology has just announced plans to establish an Institute for the Future of Work. It will be officially launched later this year.
08Jul2021

TUT indigenous herbal medicines authority honoured for research

Prof Alvaro Viljoen, Director: SAMRC Herbal Drugs Research Unit at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and DST-NRF Chair in Phytomedicine, received...
07Jul2021

Student handpicked for prestigious leadership programme

Shortly before Women’s Month, Sandrine Kwinja (28), an Advanced Diploma: Interior Design student at the Tshwane University of Technology, received the good news that she was handpicked from a...
June 2021
30Jun2021

IT authority speaks at Data and Cloud Policy colloquium

Prof Pius Owolawi, HoD at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Computer Systems Engineering, Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, represented TUT and...
29Jun2021

TUT Prof leads new African herbal pharmacopoeia

Prof David Katerere, the co-founder of PharmaConnect Africa (PCA) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Association for African Medicinal Plants Standards...
24Jun2021

TUT contributes to pioneering Adventure Industry Association

The drowning of a young learner from Parktown Boys’ High School in January 2020 and the resulting massive public outrage, highlighted the lack of an umbrella body for the diverse outdoor and adventure...
23Jun2021

TUT technology champions explore transformation of TVET training

Technology champions, Prof Khumbulani Mpofu, Gibela Research Chair and SARCHI Chair holder in Future Transport Manufacturing Technologies (FTMT) and Xolani Skosana, RMCERI incubated...
22Jun2021

UNESCO Chair in African Integration and Innovation established at TUT

The Tshwane University of Technology and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), recently signed a bilateral agreement to establish a UNESCO chair...
09Jun2021

TUT Post-doctoral nursing fellow’s PhD dream fulfilled

Postdoctoral fellow at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Adelaide Tambo School of Nursing, Dr Tshiamo Ramalepa has just become the youngest person in his profession to obtain a Doctorate degree...
07Jun2021

Student governance and leadership expert obtains doctorate degree

Dr Gugulethu Morris Xaba, the Tshwane University of Technology’s Director of Student Governance and Leadership Development (SGLD), has just obtained a doctorate degree in Organisational Leader...
04Jun2021

Caster Semenya obtains Post Graduate diploma in Sport Management

One of South Africa's most celebrated athletes, Mokgadi Caster Semenya, has obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Sport Management from the...
03Jun2021

First South African obtains TUT doctorate in fashion design

Dr Sipho Mbatha is the first South African to obtain a Doctorate in Fashion Design at the Tshwane University of Technology during the virtual June graduations. The title of his dissertation is Exploring....
02Jun2021

TUT Professor appointed to lead public service framework

Minister for the Public Service and Administration, Senzo Mchunu, has appointed a high-level task team, led by Prof Mashupye Maserumule, Executive Dean at the Tshwane University of Technology’s...
May 2021
31May2021

TUT students encouraged to enter ventilator design competition

Mahlale Innovation Consortium (MIC), a partner to the Tshwane University of Technology, has launched a competition that gives students an opportunity to design ventilator solutions, related serv...
13May2021

TUT student wins Inter-University innovation challenge

Pinky Mokwena, a Masters’ Degree student in Environmental Sciences at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Faculty of Sciences, scooped first prize at the overall Inter-University Innovation Challenge...
12May2021

TUT Vocal Art students excel at international singing competition

Two Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Vocal Art students, Zintle Soga (a third-year student), and Asisipho Petu (an Advanced Diploma student) have reached the final round of the prestigious 39th...
11May2021

Emerging TUT scholar among Africa’s top 500 researchers

Dr Mxolisi Brendon Shongwe, Head of Chemical, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment has been listed among the...
10May2021

Meet TUT’s Spokesperson

The Tshwane University of Technology has appointed Phaphama Tshisikhawe as its spokesperson. Phaphama has worked at TUT for the past 13 years, starting as a journalism intern in 2008, following which she held specialist...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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