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October 2019
17Oct2019

TUT honours three exemplary South Africans

Honouring our heroes and recognising the life-long contributions of individuals, culminated the Tshwane University of Technology bestowing honorary doctorates (honoris causa) on three...
17Oct2019

Honorary Doctor delivers powerful speech at graduation ceremony

“I am deeply humbled by this distinguished honour, and in embracing and celebrating this moment, I pay homage to South Africa’s artists who have used their bodies, hands, voices and minds...
17Oct2019

Former Minister of Health receives honorary doctorate from TUT

A former South African Minister of Health, Sponono Francinah Baloyi, has just received an Honorary Doctorate (Honoris Causa), during the Tshwane University of Technology’s annual Spring Graduations...
17Oct2019

Chief Ranger recognised for role in conservation

Xolani Nicholus Funda, Chief Ranger in the Kruger National Park and a former lecturer at the Tshwane University of Technology, has been making his mark in conservation in the region. Yesterday, he....
15Oct2019

CoT to benefit from new business school vision

In a first for South Africa, the TUT Business School recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a partner business school in Italy, to offer an International Certificate in Impact...
11Oct2019

Expert talks about building blocks for meaningful publication

International expert and publisher from Elsevier, Anne-Marie Pordon, shared insightful, new and relevant information on the publishing process, during a dedicated Author’s Publishing Workshop...
02Oct2019

TUT student one of only twenty to attend nuclear science summer school

Mashaba Dakalo Rollet, a 23-year old Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) postgraduate student enrolled for a Master of Applied Science...
September 2019
16Sep2019

Ubuntu is not an occasional call

At least 133 learners from Matlaisane, Hans Kekana and Khaphamadi high schools in Hammanskraal have benefitted from Thabo Kone, a 25-year old Tshwane University of Technology B-Tech Management graduate’s partnership with them...
11Sep2019

Conference will tackle higher education challenges head-on

Pressing challenges facing South African Higher Education Institutions will be put in the spotlight when the Tshwane University of Teechnology’s (TUT) Office for Institutional Effectiveness...
05Sep2019

TUT SRC Election Day a Success

Pretoria - SRC elections were successfully held today across the campuses of the Tshwane University of Technology in Tshwane, Soshanguve, Ga-Rankuwa, Mbombela, Polokwane and eMalahleni. Throughout the day, the mood was one...
05Sep2019

Entrepreneurship week highlights need for business skills

The second National Student Entrepreneurship Week, also known as #SEW2019, hosted by the Tshwane University of Technology’s Faculty of Management Sciences late in August aimed at moving...
04Sep2019

Full polls expected for SRC elections

The Tshwane University of Technology’s Directorate of Student Governance and Leadership Development (SGLD), has declared a state of readiness to deliver the 2019-2020 Student Representative Council (SRC) elections successfully on...
04Sep2019

Students bring children’s stories to life at Arts Festival

The Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Drama and Film (Drama) will stage exciting children’s theatre course work during STORYTIME that will be performed at this year’s TUT Arts...
August 2019
29Aug2019

Arts Dean recognised for her sterling leadership

One of the University’s foremost female leaders, Prof Nalini Moodley-Diar, Executive Dean of the Faculty of the Arts, has been recognised for her leadership in advancing education and training in the...
28Aug2019

eMalahleni Campus partners with industry to help learners

The daily lives of the 113 learners and staff at the Zacheus Malaza Secondary School in eMalahleni will become much easier following the donation of a brand new rooter that will connect up to 35...
26Aug2019

Science student bags SAWiSA award

Nompumelelo Mtsweni, a final year M Tech: Biotechnology student has just won the 2019 South African Women in Science Award (SAWiSA) in the Albertina Sisulu Masters student category. The awards ceremony took place at The Boardwalk...
08Aug2019

Lecturers selected judges for the National Tourism Lilizela Awards

Tourism lecturers, Samantha Bouwer and Portia Pearl Siyanda Sifolo, were recently selected as judges for the National Tourism Lilizela Awards, an initiative by the National Department of Tourism...
06Aug2019

Industry taps Wandile’s expertise

Wandile Mgcodo, Technician at TUT’s quaint Breytenbach Theatre, has been elected as a council member of the Technical Production Services Association (TPSA).
02Aug2019

From merger to #1 people’s university in Africa

Close to 200 guests of honour converged at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Theunis Bester Hall on Wednesday, 31 July, for a dinner hosted by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Lourens van Staden, to...
June 2019
07Jun2019

Agreement opens up exciting new study opportunities for retail motor industry

The Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Marketing, Supply Chain and Sport Management has signed a Memorandum of...
05Jun2019

Country duty compels Boston-based alumnus to coach local educators

A passion for education and sense of “country duty” are driving a Boston based Tshwane University of Technology Alumnus to make a difference in the lives of South African students. “The intense TUT...
May 2019
30May2019

TUT’s online Engineering course is a first

The Tshwane University of Technology’s Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment (FEBE) successfully presented its first, fully-fledged online course. The course, referred to as “modules” in...
30May2019

TUT welcomes Min Nzimande’s appointment

The Tshwane University of Technology Council, student leadership and community, welcomes the appointment of Dr Blade Nzimande as Minister of Higher Education, Sciene and Technology in...
28May2019

Women benefit from US Doctoral programme

A higher education network that entails American and South African universities working together will see two PhD candidates benefiting from the Academic Doctoral Advancements Programme...
28May2019

Government must help reduce unemployment, says Minister

With the first quarter national unemployment rate currently at a staggering 27,6%, the Minister of Public Service and Administration (DPSA), Minister Ayanda Dlodlo’s Ministers’ Dialogue with students...
24May2019

Dramatic Arts student for Miss Gauteng Exclusive

Mmalebone Lefoka, a B Tech Dramatic Arts student, definitely personifies beauty and the brains. The versatile student has qualified as one of the top 100 finalists of the prestigious Miss Gauteng Exclusive...
21May2019

Biomedical Sciences sign fifteen-year agreement

The Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Biomedical Science has signed a cooperation agreement with the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) that will enhance teaching...
14May2019

Graduations, the hallmark of success and hope

TUT’s 2019 autumn graduations were a medley of celebrations, glamour and tears!
14May2019

Distinguished international programme delivers 31 new graduates

A group of 31 successful Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) academics, who completed the 2019 Vocational Teacher Education Programme...
13May2019

Paralysis will not define me, says alumna

A life-changing cycling accident four years ago almost shattered Palesa Manaleng’s dreams of a career in sport when it left her paralysed from the waist down. Today, the Tshwane University...
07May2019

Drama promises impactful experience for all audiences

When Shakespeare and his company first staged Julius Caesar, they may have suspected that their work would have mass appeal for a long time, but could never have foreseen that it would be...
April 2019
30Apr2019

Student captures Southern African myth and folklore in pictures

In what is considered one of the most imaginative B Tech dissertations originating from the Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Visual Communication this year, a Photography...
18Apr2019

First campus-based Automated Weather Station launched at TUT

The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) and the South African Weather Services (SAWS) have launched an Automated Weather Station at the University’s Pretoria Campus, making this the first...
15Apr2019

TUT Ombudsman appointed to CATHSETA Board

Moses Motha, the Tshwane University of Technology’s Student Ombudsman, has just become first member from the higher education sector to serve on the Culture, Art, Tourism...
12Apr2019

Swati Prince’s graduation a Royal affair

• Graduates should plough back their skills and knowledge, says Swati Prince
11Apr2019

ISRC President General graduates

Dineo Hlagala, Transitional Institutional SRC President General, who received a National Diploma in Legal Assistance, was among the more than 1000 students from the Faculty of Humanities who received qualifications on 9 April 2019.
10Apr2019

TUT graduate honours father in unique way

Tshwane University of Technology graduate, Nandipha Zulu, from Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal, did the ‘unthinkable’ during her graduation on 9 April 2019. The Correctional Services Management National Diploma graduate showed up at the Faulty of Humanities graduation ceremony at the Soshanguve South Campus dressed in imvunulo, the isiZulu traditional attire worn...
09Apr2019

Legacy bursary graduate embraces future

The cold, wet weather could not dampen the excitement of the 2 674 students from the Faculty of Humanities who graduated at the Soshanguve South Campus on Friday, 5 April 2019. One of the most excited graduates was Kevin Phehla, first beneficiary of the Benjamin Phehla Bursary fund, who received a BEd degree.
04Apr2019

TUT lecturer’s artistic footprint knows no boundaries

Sculptor, multimedia artist and lecturer at the Tshwane University’s Department of Fine and Applied Arts, Zelda Stroud, has extended her artistic footprint internationally this year. Two portrait busts that she sculpted were unveiled in Kenya...
03Apr2019

Grassroots programme will benefit local innovators

Grassroots Innovation Programme (GIP) - an initiative by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) aimed at identifying innovators and inventors that do not have formal education and access to innovation facilities in the hope to develop...
March 2019
31Mar2019

TUT update: 31 March 2019

Activities at all the Tshwane University of Technology’s campuses will continue tomorrow, 1 April 2019, despite threats of disruptions doing the rounds on social media platforms.
28Mar2019

TUT update: 28 March 2019

Registration for 2019 academic year closes 29 March
27Mar2019

I dream big about being an entrepreneur, says TUT graduate

An entrepreneur in the making, Vutivi Trinity Khoza, has just graduated cum laude a National Diploma in Accounting at TUT’s first graduation ceremony for this year, at the Mbombela Campus. A National...
27Mar2019

TUT update: 27 March 2019

Students urged to return to class immediately
25Mar2019

First male black nurse graduates at TUT

Thabiso Bale, Nursing and Operations Manager at the Gynaecological Hospital in Pretoria, has just become the first Black male nurse to graduate at TUT.
24Mar2019

TUT update: 24 March 2019

New academic calendar and plan to be published on Wednesday, 27 March 2019
22Mar2019

TUT update: 22 March 2019

Activities at all the Tshwane University of Technology’s campuses will resume on 25 March 2019. The decision was taken after a thorough risk assessment and careful consideration of the situation at all campuses.
07Mar2019

TUT signs three global MoU’s to invest in academic leadership

The Tshwane University of Technology and EduExcellence Ltd have just signed a strategic agreement to implement innovative learning programmes in various areas of expertise both for TUT's...
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