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Retired From Sad Girl Music

by Atanda Ntlantsana | Apr 21, 2026 | Breaking Headlines, Entertainment

“Mitski has joined the war against seasonal depression on the side of seasonal depression,” says X...

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A Ticket is How Much?

by Ilitha Nonkonyana | Apr 21, 2026 | Breaking Headlines, News

The Varsity Cup rugby season is in full swing across university campuses in South Africa. Monday...

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South Africa’s Involvement in the Recently Released Epstein Files

by Kofi Donkor | Apr 21, 2026 | Breaking Headlines, News

On 30 January, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) released over three million pages of documents...

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Botaki Ba Afrika: Artistry That Does Not Break the Bank

by Zizo Mtshemla | Apr 21, 2026 | Breaking Headlines, Entertainment

Nestled in the ever-so-busy neighbourhood of Hatfield stands the colourful building of Botaki Ba...

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Latest from News

News

NSFAS Fails Again: Students Take a Stand...

Apr 21, 2026

STARS Mentorship Meet and Greet: Meet Your Mentors

STARS Mentorship Meet and Greet: Meet Yo...

Apr 21, 2026

Wellness in Motion: The Pantry x Only Friends x Law House Run

Wellness in Motion: The Pantry x Only Fr...

Apr 21, 2026

Where Are We Supposed to Have Fun?

Where Are We Supposed to Have Fun?

Apr 21, 2026

University of Pretoria Leads Africa’s AI Governance Debate

University of Pretoria Leads Africa’s AI...

Apr 21, 2026

Know Your Rights: What Every UP Student Should Understand About Their Rights on Campus

Know Your Rights: What Every UP Student ...

Apr 21, 2026

Doomscrolling Between Lectures: The Silent Productivity Killer on Campus?

Doomscrolling Between Lectures: The Sile...

Apr 21, 2026

Inside the Library: How the University Library Supports Student Success

Inside the Library: How the University L...

Apr 21, 2026

Reporting Live from UP: The DHET Weighs in on Funding and Readiness

Reporting Live from UP: The DHET Weighs ...

Apr 21, 2026

A Ticket is How Much?

A Ticket is How Much?

Apr 21, 2026

South Africa’s Involvement in the Recently Released Epstein Files

South Africa’s Involvement in the Recent...

Apr 21, 2026

The Love Letter Exhibition: Calling the ...

Apr 16, 2026

Orientation Week Unpacked: Inside FLY@UP...

Mar 12, 2026

Graduating Into Uncertainty: The Fear No One Talks About

Graduating Into Uncertainty: The Fear No...

Mar 12, 2026

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

Mar 12, 2026

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

Mar 12, 2026

Staying Safe in Hatfield: Understanding Theft Around Campus

Staying Safe in Hatfield: Understanding ...

Mar 12, 2026

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

From Conference Rooms to Million-Rand Ve...

Mar 12, 2026

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

Mar 12, 2026

The First Few Weeks of the Campus Experi...

Mar 8, 2026

Latest from Features

Features

The Rainbow in the Storm: Good News from Around the World

The Rainbow in the Storm: Good News from...

Apr 21, 2026

Medical Misogyny: The Marginalisation of Women’s Healthcare

Medical Misogyny: The Marginalisation of...

Apr 21, 2026

Adam’s Ale

Apr 21, 2026

The Quiet Ways We Exclude Each Other

Apr 21, 2026

Do Lectures Still Work?

Do Lectures Still Work?

Apr 21, 2026

Is English Bad for Your Mental Health?

Is English Bad for Your Mental Health?

Apr 21, 2026

You’re Not The Main Character

Apr 21, 2026

Don’t Believe Everything You Read

Apr 21, 2026

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

The Unsung Heroes of Campus: Why Campus ...

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

Catch Up Culture: The Feeling of Being L...

Feb 17, 2026

Why The More We See, The Less We Care

Why The More We See, The Less We Care

Feb 17, 2026

Latest from Entertainment

Entertainment

Funerals, Folktales, and Forgotten Traditions

Funerals, Folktales, and Forgotten Tradi...

Apr 21, 2026

The Grass Is Greener Where We Water It

Apr 21, 2026

Don’t Like, Don’t Read: Censorship and t...

Apr 21, 2026

The Everest Problem: Seeing the Summit F...

Apr 21, 2026

“Truly Yours, Your Biggest Fan, This Is Stan”

“Truly Yours, Your Biggest Fan, This Is ...

Apr 21, 2026

Cultural Mining: They Took the Gold and the Gwara Gwara Too

Cultural Mining: They Took the Gold and ...

Apr 21, 2026

Retired From Sad Girl Music

Retired From Sad Girl Music

Apr 21, 2026

Botaki Ba Afrika: Artistry That Does Not...

Apr 21, 2026

Should UP Flip the Bird?

Mar 12, 2026

LetterBoxd-In: Artistic Expression or Performative Penance?

LetterBoxd-In: Artistic Expression or Pe...

Mar 12, 2026

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

Mar 12, 2026

Are Celebrities the New Activists?

Are Celebrities the New Activists?

Mar 12, 2026

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

The 27 Club: How a Myth Becomes a Pop Cu...

Mar 12, 2026

The Only Thing More Powerful than Hate i...

Mar 12, 2026

“Wait…Harry Styles Was In A Boyband?”

“Wait…Harry Styles Was In A Boyband?”...

Mar 12, 2026

The Timeless Magic of the Muppets

The Timeless Magic of the Muppets

Mar 8, 2026

Understanding the Shēngxiào: Fire Horse and All

Understanding the Shēngxiào: Fire Horse ...

Feb 17, 2026

“Thanks, I made it myself!”

“Thanks, I made it myself!”

Feb 17, 2026

POV: You Time-Travel to 1912 TUKS

POV: You Time-Travel to 1912 TUKS

Feb 17, 2026

Media Consumption for Dummies: The Second-Screen Phenomenon

Media Consumption for Dummies: The Secon...

Feb 17, 2026

Latest from Sports

Sports

From Pride to Passion: Why Varsity Cup Matters for Students and Players

From Pride to Passion: Why Varsity Cup M...

Apr 21, 2026

Off the Field, On the Frontline: The Hid...

Apr 21, 2026

Stadiums of Power: Football, Control, an...

Apr 21, 2026

Redrawing the Game Plan: How Women Are R...

Apr 21, 2026

Clash of the Koshuis: Men’s Res Rugby Le...

Apr 21, 2026

The Loftus Lockdown: How the Bulls Found...

Apr 21, 2026

The 2026 Soweto Derby: Momentum Meets Me...

Apr 21, 2026

When Legends Speak: Chiefs’ Derby Defeat...

Apr 21, 2026

The Promise They Kept: The Redemption of TuksRugby

The Promise They Kept: The Redemption of...

Apr 16, 2026

Top of the Log: Tuks Edge Maties to Maintain Perfect Varsity Cup Start

Top of the Log: Tuks Edge Maties to Main...

Apr 16, 2026

The GR Cup Revolution: Shaping South Afr...

Mar 27, 2026

Stripes vs Ikeys: Tuks Faces UCT Ikeys i...

Mar 11, 2026

Freshers Take the Field: First-Year 7-a-...

Mar 11, 2026

Beyond the Scoreboard: Knights Victory a...

Mar 11, 2026

Resilience Defined: How the Boks Conquered the World

Resilience Defined: How the Boks Conquer...

Mar 11, 2026

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

Against the Climate: The South Africans ...

Mar 11, 2026

Stick Together: Campus Hockey League Registration Opens!

Stick Together: Campus Hockey League Reg...

Mar 11, 2026

Cape Town Steps into the Cage: EFC Knox Legacy Series Begins

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Feb 17, 2026

Can the Proteas Finally Lift the World Cup?

Can the Proteas Finally Lift the World C...

Feb 17, 2026

The Price of Passion: What It Really Cos...

Feb 17, 2026

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