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December 2017
07Dec2017

Relations with the State of Israel, Israeli organisations and institutions

On 24 November 2017, the Council of the Tshwane University of Technology formally approved a recommendation by the Institutional Forum that TUT will not have any ties with Israel, Israeli organisations and institutions.
01Dec2017

Protecting Nature’s Beauty, a winning theme for TUT’s best

Three students from the Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Fine & Applied Arts, Jewellery Design & Manufacture Programme has just scooped the first three positions in the annual De Beers 2016/17 Shining Light Awards. For the first time ever a winner, first and second runner up were chosen from each participating country, instead of overall.
November 2017
29Nov2017

Council appoints Prof van Staden as VC

Dr Bandile Masuku, Chairperson of the TUT Council, this morning issued a statement announcing the appointment of Prof Lourens van Staden as Vice-Chancellor and Principal.
29Nov2017

International expertise to boost local entrepreneurship

Collaboration between South Africa’s biggest university of technology, TUT, and Finish based Haaga Helia University of Applied Sciences, is bound to boost and change the face of local entrepreneurship forever. The launch of a collaborative project in entrepreneurial and start-up activities took place on 27 November 2017 in Helsinki, Finland.
23Nov2017

Pres Zuma appoints TUT Council members to national presidential committees

President Jacob Zuma has recently appointed two members of the Tshwane University of Technology’s Council to the Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) Board and the Commission for Gender Equality respectively.
21Nov2017

Council member clinches “Oscar” for leadership in business

Veronica Motloutsi, a TUT Council member, did the University proud when she was named Top Young Executive of the Year at this year’s National Business Awards. She serves as a co-opted ICT specialist on the Council and is regarded as one of the leading ICT executives in the country with a profound understanding of this industry.
14Nov2017

TUT welcomes release of Presidential report on student fees

The Tshwane University of Technology welcomes the release of the long-awaited Presidential report on student fees.
09Nov2017

TUT appoints innovative research leader in top management structure

She is young, energetic and a recognised, well-respected Research and Innovation leader. Just over a month into the job, Dr Thandi Mgwebi, the Tshwane University of Technology’s newly appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor Partnerships, Research and Innovation (PRI), reflected on her first impressions of her new place of work.
09Nov2017

TUT’s Industrial Design students win big

Four second-year students from the Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) Department of Industrial Design for the second consecutive year walked away as winners in the student industrial designers at the annual Association of Rotational Moulders of South Africa’s (ARMSA) design competition.
09Nov2017

Vice-Chancellor invites Journalism Alumni to take hands with TUT

The media are often different things to different people, and whether we love them or hate them, we cannot live without them. For almost four decades, the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) has been instrumental in the training and provision of competent journalists to the media industry.
07Nov2017

TUT recognises sport heroes at annual Prestigious Sport Awards

The energetic athletes who won a gold medal at the University Sport South Africa (USSA) Cross Country, Milton Kekana, and Banyana Banyana captain during the COSAFA competition, Refiloe Jane, were named the Sportsman and Sportswoman of the 2017 TUT Prestigious Sport Awards on 27 October.
October 2017
19Oct2017

A love of plastic moulds professional career

A childhood project working in his father’s injection moulding workshop to earn pocket money, has moulded the Tshwane University of Technology’s fifth honorary doctorate’s professional career, putting him among the top three global experts in Polymer Technology. Prof Joseph Karger-Kocsis this morning received TUT’s highest accolade, a Doctor Technologiae (honoris causa), during the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment’s (FEBE) Spring Graduation Ceremony at TUT’s Pretoria Campus.
18Oct2017

It is Dr Lillian Dube now

The Theunis Bester Hall on the Tshwane University of Technology’s Pretoria Campus was abuzz when celebrated actress, Lillian Dube (72), received an Honorary Doctorate degree from the University during one of its Spring Graduation ceremonies hosted this morning, 18 October.
18Oct2017

Fashion Doctorate is a first for TUT

Kenyan born Ruth J L Cheluget (60) became the first person to obtain a Doctorate in Fashion Design at the Tshwane University of Technology during one of the University’s Spring graduation ceremonies hosted at the Pretoria Campus this morning, 18 October.
10Oct2017

Spring graduations commence at TUT

The annual Tshwane University of Technology Spring Graduation ceremonies, that commence from 10 to 20 October 2017, will see 5 047 successful students receiving their qualifications. This brings the total number of qualifications conferred on successful students in 2017 to more than 15 000.
09Oct2017

VC’s seminar shines spotlight on decolonisation and Africanisation

Decolonisation and Africanisation have become the talk of the town in the larger discussion about transformation in Higher Education country-wide, and similarly at the Tshwane University of Technology. During the 20th Vice-Chancellor’s Prestigious Research and Innovation Seminar Series hosted at the University late in September, the spotlight was shone on “Decolonisation and Africanisation: The Re-closing of the African Mind”.
September 2017
23Sep2017

Indebted students finally able to graduate

A total of 132 students at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) who have completed their studies, but were unable to graduate owing to outstanding debt, will benefit from a grant of R3,065 million the FirstRand Foundation (FRF) made to the University recently.
22Sep2017

TUT honours scientific excellence

“Existing research data can be an invaluable source for further studies. Such data is, however currently scattered throughout the country. By preserving this research information in a single resource centre like the South African Data Archive (SADA) hosted by the NRF, unnecessary and costly duplication of research are decreased while the quality of the research findings are enhanced by using data from experienced researchers both locally and internationally.”
22Sep2017

Academics explore alternative discourses in Arts

Leading minds in the visual arts representing universities countrywide are gathering at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Faculty of the Arts this week for the South African Visual Arts Historians (SAVAH) conference. It is the first time that the conference, now in its 32nd year, is hosted by a University of Technology.
22Sep2017

VC’s reflections on TUT Transformation Summit

Having had some time to reflect on the recent TUT Transformation Summit 2017 three things really stood out for Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Prof Lourens van Staden.
22Sep2017

Finally, a voice for TUT students with disabilities

Many students living with disabilities experience different and unique challenges; this means that equally unique solutions need to be developed for them. ThisAbility is a newly formed structure at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) and other academic institutions in the country, finally giving these students their own voice.
15Sep2017

Innovative TUT expert’s pitch wins big at FemBioBiz

The Tshwane University of Technology’s Prof Keolebogile Shirley Motaung, Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Science as well asTissue Engineering and regenerative medicine expert, just won R250 000 and an all-expenses paid trip Finland to brainstorm with the best of the best to upscale her business plan and ideas. Following her successful pitch at the South African Innovation Summit, she was announced the winner of the recent FemBioBiz Pitching Den in Cape Town and will visit Finland in November and December.
14Sep2017

Charting a roadmap for the transformation of TUT

“Where to from here?” Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Lourens van Staden asked during his opening address of the University’s Transformation Summit 2017 on 12 September.
14Sep2017

TUT Alumnus wins 2017 Gerard Sekoto Award

Banele Khoza, an Alumnus of the Tshwane University of Technology, was announced the winner of the 2017 Gerard Sekoto Award for his work entitled Note Making during the gala event last night, 14 September 2017.
14Sep2017

There is no holding back on transformation for TUT

Vice-Chancellor and Principal of Tshwane University of Technology, Professor Lourens van Staden, has committed to making TUT a People’s University.
01Sep2017

Impact of Immigration Policy on international students unpacked

Many international students find themselves unaware of the risks of not knowing immigration policies and laws. In an effort to raise awareness among international students, the Tshwane University of Technology’s International Students Organisation (ISO) invited the Department of Home Affairs to facilitate a seminar regarding immigration regulations.
01Sep2017

TUT to train Gauteng government officials for next three years

The Tshwane University of Technology has secured R20 million to provide training for the Gauteng Government officials for the next three years starting from 1 October 2017. This follows the announcement and signing of an agreement that the University will provide the Emerging and Advanced Management Development Programme for the National School of Government (NSG) in Gauteng.
01Sep2017

Art Exhibition a first for TUT

In addition to their lecturing skills, many staff members at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Fine and Applied Arts are also accomplished artists. Now, for the first time, they are collaborating in a group exhibition at the Pretoria Art Museum, titled Art(ed), featuring work representing all three disciplines taught at the Department, namely Textile Design, Jewellery Design and Fine Arts.
August 2017
21Aug2017

Top TUT journalism students shine at media exchange conference

Four students from the Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Journalism were selected to represent the University at the Duke University Menell Media Exchange (MMX) conference. The week-long MMX conference brought together South African media houses, non-profit organisations, community and independent journalists, bloggers, new media content makers, tech developers, scholars and students.
04Aug2017

Twenty TUT students benefit from SA wildlife industry’s financial support

Twenty students at the Tshwane University of Technology this week received bursaries totalling R635 000 from the Stud Game Breeders® (SGB®) organisation. The bursaries form part of a concerted drive by the SGB® to transform the South African wildlife industry and create more opportunities for young people in the country to enter this important industry.
04Aug2017

TUT Senate resolves to defend global scientific freedom

Global developments, particularly in the geo-political sphere, have raised serious concerns about the contribution, interference in, and sustainability of science and technology for the good of humanity.
July 2017
21Jul2017

Drama students and alumni bag several accolades at Festival

The Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Drama and Film (Drama) returned from this year’s Grahamstown National Arts Festival (held from 29 June to 9 July) with no fewer than four accolades. Not only did its student production, Molora, bag a coveted Ovation Award, so did three productions staged by alumni students of the Department.
June 2017
28Jun2017

Two from TUT in run for South African Oscars of Science

The wait is almost over for two research experts at the Tshwane University of Technology nominated as finalists in the 2016/2017 NSTF-South32 Awards.
27Jun2017

TUT students manage Festival from A to Z

The annual dirACTions Festival, presented by the Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Drama and Film, aims to entice audiences with this year’s theme ACTION-REACTION. dirACTions will be staged at the Rostrum Theatre, TUT Arts Campus, from 31 July to 5 August.
27Jun2017

Dancing to the beat let visually impaired TUT student steal the show at dance-off competition

“Being blind doesn’t mean that I can’t exercise.” This attitude has just enabled a visually impaired student, Rebone Mogale, to steal stole the show at the annual arts and cultural dance-off that took place at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Primary Education at the Soshanguve North Campus.
14Jun2017

TUT tackles maths, science problem

In a first for the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) and the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment (TUTFEBE), Prof SP Daniel Chowdhury, a research professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, together with a team of lecturers have developed a Maths and Science workshop to get mathematics and science teachers at schools in the university’s footprint area “back on track” for training to help their learners perform better. In addition to addressing an important national issue, the project forms part of the Faculty’s annual Community Outreach programmes.
07Jun2017

Three TUT staff members, four new qualifications

The Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) Directorate of Quality Promotion (DQP) boasts four new qualifications among three of its staff members – all aimed at ensuring improvement of teaching and learning through effective academic development and quality initiatives.
06Jun2017

One of TUT’s number one female leaders in run for 2017 business woman award

Cleo Ndhlovu, Manager of the Centre for Tissue Engineering, based at the CSIR, and one of the number one female leaders at the University, is in the run to become the next Business Woman of the Year. The South African Council for Businesswomen (SACBW) recently announced the list of 2017 finalists for the title Business Woman of the Year.
02Jun2017

Matjiesfontein community project runs at full steam

The TUT Maths and Science project established at Matjiesfontein in 2012, is running at full steam. Speaking after a recent visit to the Matjiesfontein community project, under the guardianship of the Faculty of Science, Prof Prince Ngobeni, Executive Dean, shared his satisfaction about the way in which the project is being maintained.
02Jun2017

University extends cross-continental collaboration

The cultivation of relationships beneficial to the University’s students, staff and other stakeholders, is a central part of how an institution of higher learning ought to function. In light of this, a delegation of TUT EMC members and Executive Deans, together with Ms Sanni Grahn-Laasonen, the Finnish Minister of Education and Culture and her delegation, participated in a two-part dialogue at the Pretoria Campus Council Chambers on 30 May.
01Jun2017

Pageant celebrates plus sized figures

Big can be sexy and beautiful! This was the core message at the first ever Plus Size Beauty Pageant hosted at the Tshwane University of Technology to help boost the self-esteem of larger women and to celebrate plus sized figures. In addition, the contestants who entered, were all dressed in black and wore red lipstick in support of the movement against women trafficking and femicide. This scourge against women has been on the increase country-wide over the past month.
May 2017
30May2017

Sibling becomes first benefactor of Benjamin Phehla memorial bursary

Evans Phehla, has just become the first recipient of the memorial bursary fund established in honour of his late brother, Benjamin Phehla. Benjamin died in October last year after being knocked down by a car during the #FeesMustFall protest at the Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) Soshanguve Campus. An emotional Evans, a first-year Computer Systems Engineering student, said he is grateful for the bursary and promised to work hard to make his family proud.
12May2017

TUT Bursary and Scholarship Fund reaches the R14 million mark

The Tshwane University of Technology Bursary and Scholarship Fund has achieved another milestone in its quest to grow to R50 million before the end of 2019, following an R11,4 million injection by ABSA over the next three years into the fund. The donation was made at a function hosted at on the Pretoria Campus yesterday, 11 May, and was attended by dignitaries representing the banking giant and the University.
11May2017

Two TUT graduates receive double doctorates

“Our future is dependent on partnerships with affiliate institutions and other countries. South Africa has potential in many fields and we need to harvest this potential so we can make a better world for future generations,” said His Excellency Christophe Farnaud, Ambassador of France to South Africa, during his keynote address at the Tshwane University of Technology this week. He addressed graduates during one of the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment’s recent graduation ceremonies.
05May2017

FUNDI wants to help realise dreams with donation

TUT’s Bursary and Scholarship Fund has added another donor to its already long list of loyal supporters yesterday, 3 May, when FUNDI Capital Pty Ltd, a leading South African education finance and education fund management solution specialist, donated R75 000 to the fund.
03May2017

Cuml aude graduate make sit against all odds

When Thapelo Lebese (21) completed his matric he wanted to study Accounting. Due to the unavailability of space he ended up enrolling for Internal Auditing, and fell in love with it instantly. During the Tshwane University of Technology’s Autumn Graduation ceremonies currently underway, he finally obtained the National Diploma in Internal Auditing cum laude, with a whopping 28 distinctions out of 30 modules. He was also awarded the Chancellor’s medal for outstanding academic performance.
March 2017
28Mar2017

Sport Management graduates benefit from internship initiative

Thirty graduates from the Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Marketing, Logistics and Sport Management, will benefit from internships funded by the Culture, Art, Tourism, Hospitality, and Sport Sector Education and Training Authority (CATHSSETA). This was announced at the official launch of the CATHSSETA Sport Management internship programme.
23Mar2017

TUT signs valuable agreement with Zensar Technologies

In light of the fast growing dependence on digital technologies, information technology and the rapid digitisation of business processes across the globe, the Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) Faculty of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) just signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zensar Technologies Ltd to strengthen their already existing partnership. This includes, but is not limited to specialised in-service training for Faculty of ICT students.
23Mar2017

TUT Alumnus, genius medical technology scientist

Tshwane University of Technology alumnus, Marthinus Bekker, has once again proved to be the new age “Macgyver” with his latest invention - the Unified Incubation and Detection System (UIDS). This is his second invention in only four years, following the ‘The Rain Catcher’, a device he invented in 2012 that can collect hundreds of litres of drinking water when placed outside in the rain.
15Mar2017

TUT celebrates one of a kind researcher

The number of rated researchers, research output, as well as the quality and impact of research at tertiary institutions in South Africa all contribute significantly to the rating of institutions on the National Research Foundation (NRF) system, as well as the image and reputation of institutions.
15Mar2017

TUT’s new Student Ombudsman takes office

Moses Motha, the new Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Student Ombudsman, was appointed to this important function at the University on 1 March 2017.
01Mar2017

Fifty Nyaope addicts to get help after campaign

A campaign against the so-called Bluetooth Nyaope, initiated by TUT FM ‘s AMRUSH breakfast show team, Reikhutsitse Malala, Baphelile Sambo and Sphamandla Nkambule, proved to be huge success. Hosted at Pick ‘n Pay in Soshanguve early in February, 50 addicts from Soshanguve volunteered to get help from rehabilitation centres following the caimpaign.
February 2017
27Feb2017

Forty TUT students to benefit from pilot skills programme

The Department of Labour (DOL) and the Compensation Fund (CF), in collaboration with SAICA (South African Institute of Chartered Accountants) and TUT has just launched a pilot project for the funding of 20 Nursing and 20 Medical Orthotics and Prosthetics students.
24Feb2017

Abe Baily bursar looks back at memorable trip

A group of 18 South African university staff and students embarked on a journey of a lifetime in November 2016 – all of them handpicked for the prestigious Abe Baily Travelling Bursary.
21Feb2017

TUT Prof hailed as one of Africa’s best

Prof Felix Dapare Dakora, who holds the South African Research Chair in Agrochemurgy and Plant Symbioses at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Arcadia campus, has been recognised by the African Union (AU) Commission as the winner in the category of Earth and Life Science at the 2016 Edition of the prestigious Kwame Nkrumah Continental Science Awards.
17Feb2017

Finnish counsellor hails excellence of TUT graduates

An international educational partnership concluded between the Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences in Finland and the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) just produced 32 graduates in Vocational Teacher Education. The graduation ceremony took place at the Business School on 17 February 2017.
15Feb2017

Online platform opens up countless study opportunities

Access to tertiary education has, for the past decade, been prominent on the national agenda in South Africa. Against this background, TUT is continuously looking at innovative ways to open up opportunities and access for the ever increasing numbers of learners who annually want to enter the tertiary sector.
08Feb2017

Sixteen year-old whizz kid ready for varsity

​Nothando Ngobeni is one of almost 15 000 first-year students who have enrolled at the Tshwane University of Technology this year. However, there is one fact, or rather figure that sets this well-spoken whiz kid apart from the rest of the 2017 intake. She is only sixteen years old!
07Feb2017

TUT Chancellor appointed a snew MEC of Health in Gauteng

Monday, 6 February 2017 saw the Tshwane University of Technology’s Chancellor, Dr Gwen Ramokgopa, being sworn in as the new MEC for Health in Gauteng. Dr Ramokgopa previously also served a term as Deputy Minister of Health and MEC for Health in Gauteng respectively.
06Feb2017

TUT’s new IT Director focused on making a difference

The Tshwane University of Technology’s newly appointed Director of Information Technology (IT), Mafika Nkambule, who joined the University on 1 February 2017, is focused on making a real difference in the higher education sector.
January 2017
30Jan2017

TUT expert recognised by Planet Earth Institute as African Science hero

The Tshwane University of Technology’s Prof Maggie Momba, SARChI Chair holder of Water Quality and Wastewater Management at the Faculty of Science, has been recognised as one of ten 2016 Science Heroes by Planet Earth Institute (PEI).
27Jan2017

Mbombela students to benefit from Vodacom partnership

Putting the Tshwane University of Technology’s value, Duty of Care, into action, the Vodacom Mpumalanga Region and TUT’s Mbombela Campus late last year signed a partnership that will yield great benefits for students. As part of the agreement, Vodacom has committed to expand the current Wi-Fi coverage on the campus by providing additional hotspots at its own cost.
26Jan2017

TUT hosts international green buildings expert to talk about environmentally friendly buildings of the future

The dire need for sustainable solutions to issues of pollution and climate change, has resulted in the Tshwane University of Technology’s (TUT) Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment (FEBE) hosting renowned green building expert, Prof Antonio Frattari, to present a lecture on Wooden Structures for Sustainable Environments at the Pretoria Campus.
20Jan2017

TUT appoints new Head of Department for Marketing Logistics, Sport Management

The Department of Marketing, Logistics and Sport Management (MLS) at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Faculty of Management Sciences boasts a new Head of Department. The dynamic Dr Eric Pule assumed this responsibility late in 2016.
13Jan2017

Mokoka wins third Shangai Marathon

Stephen Mokoka, South Africa’s 10 000m sensation and TUT’s Pretoria Campus Sport Man of the Year, has emerged victorious from a three-men battle to bag his third title in four years at the Shanghai International Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race.
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