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The Timeless Magic of the Muppets

by Melissa Aitchison | Mar 8, 2026 | Breaking Headlines, Entertainment

Trends come and go, and even the most successful franchises often struggle to hold an audience...

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The First Few Weeks of the Campus Experience

by Mandilive Mbethe | Mar 8, 2026 | Breaking Headlines, News

The first few weeks of any academic year are chaotic as multiple things occur on campus. From...

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Financially Strained: Where to Start, Who to Talk To

by Lutricia Phiri | Mar 8, 2026 | Breaking Headlines, News

The truth remains the same for many UP students: finances still hold a lot of students by the...

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Safety at UP: Where University Protection Ends and Personal Responsibility Begins

by Ompha Mudau | Mar 8, 2026 | Breaking Headlines, News

In a recent poll on PDBY’s Instagram, 84% of students responded by saying that they do not feel...

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Graduating Into Uncertainty: The Fear No One Talks About

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UP Formal Student Project: A Drive to a ...

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Run Clubs on the Rise: Sunny Sunday’s wi...

Mar 12, 2026

Staying Safe in Hatfield: Understanding Theft Around Campus

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Mar 12, 2026

From Conference Rooms to Million-Rand Venues: The Rise of Unite180

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Mar 12, 2026

No Funding, No Guide: What Support Exist...

Mar 12, 2026

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Financially Strained: Where to Start, Wh...

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Safety at UP: Where University Protectio...

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Mar 5, 2026

Survival Mode: Test Week Is Knocking

Feb 17, 2026

UP & Steve Biko perform SA’s First Public-Sector Cryoablation

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Feb 17, 2026

Waste, Rodents and Public Health: UP Research Offers New Insight

Waste, Rodents and Public Health: UP Res...

Feb 17, 2026

Looking Back at South Africa’s Stand Against Gender Based Violence

Looking Back at South Africa’s Stand Aga...

Feb 17, 2026

University of Pretoria’s Official Welcome Day

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Feb 17, 2026

Out with Doomscrolling, In with Reading Robots

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Feb 15, 2026

Student Health 101: What Medical Support is Available on Campus

Student Health 101: What Medical Support...

Feb 15, 2026

Prompt, Scroll, Forget: AI and the decline of adult literacy and cognitive skills

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A STAR is Made

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Features

Freedom, but Make It Acceptable

Freedom, but Make It Acceptable

Mar 27, 2026

When Was the Last Day That Felt New?

Mar 27, 2026

Everyone Wants a Village, No One Wants t...

Mar 27, 2026

Left Off the Menu: How These Students are Tackling Plant-Based Underrepresentation

Left Off the Menu: How These Students ar...

Mar 27, 2026

Why Your Notion Dashboard is a Work of A...

Mar 27, 2026

The Unsung Heroes of Campus: Why Campus Security are so Important

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Mar 12, 2026

Managing On Paper, Surviving Reality

Mar 12, 2026

The Misinformation Machine: What the Epstein Files Exposed About Us

The Misinformation Machine: What the Eps...

Mar 12, 2026

Pretty Privilege, Ugly Past

Pretty Privilege, Ugly Past

Mar 12, 2026

All That Glitters is Not Gold: The Truth Behind South Africa’s Matric Pass Rate

All That Glitters is Not Gold: The Truth...

Feb 17, 2026

Catch Up Culture: The Feeling of Being Left Behind

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Why The More We See, The Less We Care

Why The More We See, The Less We Care

Feb 17, 2026

Beyond The Birds and The Bees

Beyond The Birds and The Bees

Feb 17, 2026

Optimism in an Age of Cynicism

Feb 17, 2026

Get That Bread: A Guide to Finding Side Hustles

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Feb 17, 2026

Love Season: If You Don’t Laugh, You Will Cry

Love Season: If You Don’t Laugh, You Wil...

Feb 17, 2026

Everyone Wants Love, Nobody Wants the Job

Everyone Wants Love, Nobody Wants the Jo...

Feb 17, 2026

Jump. You’ll Land on Your Feet.

Jump. You’ll Land on Your Feet.

Feb 17, 2026

The 2016 Renaissance: Who Is Building th...

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The Loneliness Men Were Never Taught to Name

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Feb 15, 2026

Latest from Entertainment

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Should UP Flip the Bird?

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LetterBoxd-In: Artistic Expression or Performative Penance?

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The Shrinking Circle of Society’s Most P...

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Are Celebrities the New Activists?

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The 27 Club: How a Myth Becomes a Pop Culture Staple

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The Only Thing More Powerful than Hate i...

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The Timeless Magic of the Muppets

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Understanding the Shēngxiào: Fire Horse and All

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“Thanks, I made it myself!”

“Thanks, I made it myself!”

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POV: You Time-Travel to 1912 TUKS

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Media Consumption for Dummies: The Second-Screen Phenomenon

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Feb 17, 2026

Gay Goals and Hockey Holes: Heated Rivalry and the Politics of Queer Representation

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Feb 17, 2026

The Conspiracy of the Death of the Rom-C...

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“2026 Is The New 2016”: The Myth of Nost...

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The Pursuit of a Dream

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If Doechii Isn’t an Industry Plant… then Who Is?

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TUKS University: The Game Everyone Is Talking About

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Against the Climate: The South Africans Competing on the World’s Coldest Stage

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Stick Together: Campus Hockey League Registration Opens!

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Senegal Crowned Kings of Africa Again

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Banned from the Field: The Impact of Etz...

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Dominant Australia Retain the Ashes

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Get in the Game: A UP Student’s Guide to...

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