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September 2021
21
Sep
2021
VC’s seminar shines spotlight on cultural and creative industries
The Tshwane University of Technology’s Faculty of Arts and Design recently welcomed renowned author of Global Cultural Economy, Dr Christiaan de Beukelaer, when he joined...
16
Sep
2021
TUT names buildings after two SA creative giants
It was history in the making at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) on 14 September 2021, when two buildings on the University’s Arts Campus were named after South African creative...
09
Sep
2021
Gibela Research Chair launch promotes strategic partnerships
Collaboration and strategic partnerships were the order of the day at the launch and 5-year celebration of the Gibela Research Chair in Manufacturing and Skills Development. The event took...
09
Sep
2021
TUT Prof awarded African Research Chair in Public Safety
In a first of its kind in Africa, Prof Jacob Mofokeng, Head of the Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Safety and Security Management, has been awarded the African Research Chair for...
08
Sep
2021
TUT ranked among best universities in South Africa
The Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) is once again recognised as one of the best eleven universities in South Africa. This is according to the latest Times Higher Education ranking of world’s...
01
Sep
2021
TUT’s Gibela Research Chair hosts fascinating prototype exhibition
The Gibela Research Chair in Manufacturing and Skills Development hosted a first of its kind exhibition that showcased remarkable prototypes derived from its multi-million rand funded research...
August 2021
31
Aug
2021
Catching up with Dr Vathi, nine months on
She is vibrant, progressive and a respected research and innovation leader. Just nine months into the job, Dr Vathiswa Papu-Zamxaka, Tshwane University of Technology’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor:...
31
Aug
2021
Inventive alumnus registers new patent in the US
TUT alumni’s inventiveness certainly knows no boundaries. One such former student is Clinical Engineering graduate, Marthinus Bekker, who invented a new patent that was recently registered...
30
Aug
2021
Vocal Art student strikes a chord with international audiences
Tshegofatso Khunwane (23), an Advanced Diploma: Performing Arts (Vocal Art) student at the Faculty of Arts and Design, has recently returned from Spain where he has performed in a theatre production,...
27
Aug
2021
We will grow eMalahleni into region’s higher education leader
The TUT community, especially at the eMalahleni Campus, is proud to welcome Dr Molefe Maleka as the new eMalahleni Campus Rector. Dr Maleka’s term commenced on 1 August 2021.
20
Aug
2021
TUT alumna designs edgy nature inspired textiles
Ditiro Mashigo, an alumna of the Tshwane University of Technology’s Faculty of Arts and Design is cementing her space in the fashion and textile industry with her edgy range of designer...
18
Aug
2021
Arts Faculty showcases its fascinating research
Research is alive and kicking at the Faculty of Arts & Design based on a Research & Artistic Output Virtual Showcase the Faculty hosted on 28 July. The line-up included nine staff members sharing....
17
Aug
2021
Arts staff and alumnus add their voices to new book
Two staff members and an alumnus from the Faculty of Arts and Design, Pfunzo Sidogi (Fine and Studio Arts), Dr Anna-Marie Jansen van Vuuren (Visual Communication), and Katlego Chale (actor,...
July 2021
29
Jul
2021
Mandela Lecture highlights deep-rooted graft within SA public service
As South Africans commemorate 27 years of freedom, there is also a veil of repeated acts of corruption tarnishing the gains of this democratic dispensation and eroding the moral...
28
Jul
2021
TUT to launch and celebrate Gibela Research Chair extension
The Tshwane University of Technology’s Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, and the Gibela Rail Transport Consortium will soon launch and celebrate the five-year milestones and...
22
Jul
2021
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...
19
Jul
2021
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...
16
Jul
2021
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...
15
Jul
2021
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...
14
Jul
2021
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...
09
Jul
2021
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.
08
Jul
2021
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...
07
Jul
2021
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
30
Jun
2021
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...
29
Jun
2021
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...
24
Jun
2021
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...
23
Jun
2021
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...
22
Jun
2021
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...
09
Jun
2021
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...
07
Jun
2021
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...
04
Jun
2021
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...
03
Jun
2021
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....
02
Jun
2021
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
31
May
2021
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...
13
May
2021
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...
12
May
2021
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...
11
May
2021
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...
10
May
2021
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...
06
May
2021
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...
05
May
2021
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...
04
May
2021
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
21
Apr
2021
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...
01
Apr
2021
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
31
Mar
2021
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...
30
Mar
2021
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...
19
Mar
2021
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)...
10
Mar
2021
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...
10
Mar
2021
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...
08
Mar
2021
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...
05
Mar
2021
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
26
Feb
2021
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.
25
Feb
2021
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...
24
Feb
2021
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...
22
Feb
2021
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.
19
Feb
2021
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...
11
Feb
2021
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,...
03
Feb
2021
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...
02
Feb
2021
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
27
Jan
2021
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...
26
Jan
2021
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...
20
Jan
2021
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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