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Elon Musk responds after mother Maye Musk shares computer aptitude test result: ‘...not bad for a human…’

The Times of India 19 May 2025
The document, from 1989, is signed by the Director of Information Management at the University of Pretoria, where Musk studied for a short time before moving to Canada ... “The results were outstanding,” the letter states ... My genius boy ... .
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A journey from theology to military chaplaincy

Independent online (SA) 16 May 2025
Shunmugam, formerly of Tongaat, said after completing matric, he pursued his bachelors and honours degrees in theology and religion at the University of Pretoria and graduated in 2019.
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A big voice comes home

Independent online (SA) 16 May 2025
The tour starts with a concert on May 21 at 7pm in the Aula, University of Pretoria, then on May 23 at 7pm at the Regina Mundi Church, Soweto and May 24 at 4pm at the Linder Auditorium, Johannesburg.
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Diary: One and the Many exhibition at Javette Art Centre,  Simthandile Mtolo Quartet live, Kaleidoscope ...

Mail Guardian South Africa 16 May 2025
From Friday, 4 July, the Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria will be opening its galleries to One and the Many, a bold, sprawling exhibition that investigates the relationship between the individual and the collective.
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How a new gene discovery could revolutionise obesity treatment

Independent online (SA) 16 May 2025
Researchers at the University of Pretoria (UP) have found a gene that could play a key role in diet-related obesity. The gene, called Slc7a8, appears to affect how the body stores fat, especially when eating a high-fat diet ... IOL .
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Golden Arrows in need of a spark ahead of KZN derby clash with Richards Bay FC

Independent online (SA) 16 May 2025
Having narrowly survived relegation last season by winning the play-offs against the University of Pretoria and Baroka FC, Richards Bay will be looking to avoid a similar fate this time around ... Golden Arrows, meanwhile, have it all to do ... .
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Durban City on the brink of promotion as relegation battle heats up

Independent online (SA) 14 May 2025
12th I Hungry Lions. P29 W8 D9 L12 GD1 Pts33 ... Before their 2-0 victory over the University of Pretoria, Upington City had endured a rough stretch, managing just one win in their last ten outings — a 2-1 victory over Pretoria Callies back in February ... .
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Afro-resilience: Africa’s strategic realignment in a multipolar world

Mail Guardian South Africa 14 May 2025
The emerging world order ... 7 ... Dan Kuwali is a senior research fellow at the Africa Institute of South Africa, the Human Sciences Research Council, and extraordinary professor of international law at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria.
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White South Africans arrive in the US as refugees, protected under Trump's carve out

NBC Bay Area 13 May 2025
Their resettlement in the U.S ... The Afrikaners were met on arrival by U.S ... Thula Simpson, an associate professor of history at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, said that Trump’s rhetoric and the admission of Afrikaner refugees in the U.S ... .
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When the hustle breaks you: Karabo Lediga’s quietly radical Sabbatical

Mail Guardian South Africa 09 May 2025
The setting for Sabbatical is a world Lediga knows well, having grown up in Pretoria herself, before moving to Johannesburg for university, and never quite returning, staying on to pursue a career in film and television.
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Terence Nombembe awarded honorary Doctorate in Commerce by the University of Pretoria

Independent online (SA) 07 May 2025
The University of Pretoria (UP) has conferred an honorary Doctorate in Commerce on Terence Nombembe, a chartered accountant and leader in the public and private sector who served as Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) from 2006 to 2013.
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