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November 2019
21
Nov
2019
Knowledge management and exchange explored in lecture
The Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Safety and Security Management, Faculty of Humanities, on 14 November saw the inauguration of one of its own, Prof Jacob...
13
Nov
2019
TUT newlyweds tackle educational issues together at conference
A newly wedded couple will see their dream of presenting at a conference together, come true next week. The Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) Karel Kapp, Faculty Quality Officer at...
08
Nov
2019
General Electric gives power to 38 TUT students
The future has just become much brighter for a group of 38 B Tech students from the Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Electrical Engineering at the eMalahleni Campus...
06
Nov
2019
SA’s top Interior Architect student is a TUT lad
John Malange, a third-year Tshwane University of Technology Interior Design student, and his lecturer, René van der Merwe, will soon make their way to an international design fair of their choice...
05
Nov
2019
Alumna and society determined to preserve KZN nature and wildlife
For the past 19 years, Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) lecturer and environmental scientist, Dr Cheryl Ogilvie, has been educating school leaners, adults and tribal leaders in the...
01
Nov
2019
Presidency awards TUT Alumnus’ philanthropy
Newly qualified doctor, activist, Tshwane University of Technology alumnus and lecturer, Dr John Molepo, has not only received his doctoral degree in 2019, he is now also a recipient of the Presidential...
01
Nov
2019
Graduation is fifth in a row for Haaga Helia partnership
The 2019 TUT Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences Technical Teacher Graduation ceremony on 25 October, has made it five in a row for this exiting educational partnership that has...
October 2019
29
Oct
2019
TUT twins receive identical qualifications
For a split second, one could have thought they were seeing double, but there were indeed two identical looking young women, receiving identical qualifications, during the recent Spring...
25
Oct
2019
Top Scientist scoops Business Leader of the Year award
One of the University’s top scientists, Prof Shirley Keolebogile Motaung, Assistant Dean at the Faculty of Science, has scooped the Institute of People Management (IPM) Business Leader of the Year award...
25
Oct
2019
We celebrate your love of wisdom, says VC
“Today we celebrate your “love of wisdom” which is what the term PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) means in Greek,” said Prof Lourens van Staden, Vice-Chancellor and Principal in his welcome to 45 staff...
22
Oct
2019
New Director takes Quality Promotion forward
The Tshwane University of Technology’s Directorate: Quality Promotion (DQP) has a new leader at the helm. Emily Mabote, who has been Acting Director of this environment for some time,...
22
Oct
2019
64-year old beats the odds to qualify at TUT
“Never say never!” For almost half a century, this has been the view of 64-year Randeka Nghonyama, who received her National Diploma in Electrical Engineering during the Tshwane University of...
17
Oct
2019
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...
17
Oct
2019
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...
17
Oct
2019
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...
17
Oct
2019
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....
15
Oct
2019
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...
11
Oct
2019
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...
02
Oct
2019
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
16
Sep
2019
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...
11
Sep
2019
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...
05
Sep
2019
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...
05
Sep
2019
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...
04
Sep
2019
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...
04
Sep
2019
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
29
Aug
2019
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...
28
Aug
2019
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...
26
Aug
2019
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...
08
Aug
2019
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...
06
Aug
2019
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).
02
Aug
2019
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
07
Jun
2019
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...
05
Jun
2019
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
30
May
2019
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...
30
May
2019
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...
28
May
2019
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...
28
May
2019
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...
24
May
2019
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...
21
May
2019
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...
14
May
2019
Graduations, the hallmark of success and hope
TUT’s 2019 autumn graduations were a medley of celebrations, glamour and tears!
14
May
2019
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...
13
May
2019
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...
07
May
2019
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
30
Apr
2019
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...
18
Apr
2019
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...
15
Apr
2019
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...
12
Apr
2019
Swati Prince’s graduation a Royal affair
• Graduates should plough back their skills and knowledge, says Swati Prince
11
Apr
2019
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.
10
Apr
2019
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...
09
Apr
2019
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.
04
Apr
2019
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...
03
Apr
2019
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
31
Mar
2019
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.
28
Mar
2019
TUT update: 28 March 2019
Registration for 2019 academic year closes 29 March
27
Mar
2019
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...
27
Mar
2019
TUT update: 27 March 2019
Students urged to return to class immediately
25
Mar
2019
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.
24
Mar
2019
TUT update: 24 March 2019
New academic calendar and plan to be published on Wednesday, 27 March 2019
22
Mar
2019
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.
07
Mar
2019
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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