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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.
October 2017
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
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.
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.
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.
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’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.
February 2017
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.
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.
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