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The 2016 Renaissance: Who Is Building the Time Machine?

by Rona Disetlhe | Feb 15, 2026 | Breaking Headlines, Features

“We ain’t ever gettin’ older,” we sang, led by The Chainsmokers and Halsey, framed by blue neon...

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The Loneliness Men Were Never Taught to Name

by Buhle Jantjies | Feb 15, 2026 | Breaking Headlines, Features

A moment many men know well: sitting in a crowded room, phone buzzing, life considered “fine”, yet...

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

by Zizo Mtshemla | Feb 15, 2026 | Breaking Headlines, Entertainment

Dubbed as the “female Kendrick Lamar”, American rapper Doechii has risen to stardom – a fact that...

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

by Londeka Mbokane | Feb 15, 2026 | Breaking Headlines, News

South Africa’s literacy rates present conflicting narratives between two generations. The...

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News

Survival Mode: Test Week Is Knocking

Feb 17, 2026

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

UP & Steve Biko perform SA’s First ...

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

University of Pretoria’s Official ...

Feb 17, 2026

Out with Doomscrolling, In with Reading Robots

Out with Doomscrolling, In with Reading ...

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

Prompt, Scroll, Forget: AI and the decli...

Feb 15, 2026

A STAR is Made

Feb 15, 2026

What’s New at UP in 2026? Key Changes Fi...

Feb 1, 2026

Hatfield House Hunting: The Best Way to Live Through Your Studies

Hatfield House Hunting: The Best Way to ...

Feb 1, 2026

UP’s Got Culture

UP’s Got Culture

Feb 1, 2026

So You Want a Job on Campus: A Student’s Guide to the On-Campus Job Market

So You Want a Job on Campus: A Student&#...

Feb 1, 2026

Beyond the Bubble: Why Campus Societies Are Stronger Together

Beyond the Bubble: Why Campus Societies ...

Feb 1, 2026

The First Step to FLY@UP!

Feb 1, 2026

Finding Your Place: Life Beyond the Lecture Hall

Finding Your Place: Life Beyond the Lect...

Jan 27, 2026

Meet Your Newly Inaugurated 2026 SRC!

Meet Your Newly Inaugurated 2026 SRC!

Jan 26, 2026

Keeping Up with the Madlanga Commission

Nov 6, 2025

From Hashtags to Havoc: Nepal’s Digital Rebellion, South Africa’s Wakeup Call

From Hashtags to Havoc: Nepal’s Digital ...

Nov 6, 2025

“Neutrality is Complicity”: A Letter from PSC-UP to UP’s Executives

“Neutrality is Complicity”: A Letter fro...

Nov 6, 2025

Latest from Features

Features

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

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

Get That Bread: A Guide to Finding Side ...

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...

Feb 15, 2026

The Loneliness Men Were Never Taught to Name

The Loneliness Men Were Never Taught to ...

Feb 15, 2026

You Are Not Doing It Wrong: How Social Media is Distorting the First-Year Experience

You Are Not Doing It Wrong: How Social M...

Feb 1, 2026

More Than A Room: How Residence Life Builds Community

More Than A Room: How Residence Life Bui...

Feb 1, 2026

Still Recovering from Matric? Take That ...

Feb 1, 2026

The Psychology behind “Not Feeling Good Enough” in University

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Feb 1, 2026

PSA : Partying, Substances, and Academic Validation

PSA : Partying, Substances, and Academic...

Feb 1, 2026

You’re Not Alone: Mental Health Resources at UP

You’re Not Alone: Mental Health Resource...

Feb 1, 2026

How Free is Freedom?

How Free is Freedom?

Feb 1, 2026

Budgeting 101: How to Make Your Money Survive Varsity

Budgeting 101: How to Make Your Money Su...

Feb 1, 2026

Sponsored Pride: Is It More Colourful or...

Nov 6, 2025

Latest from Entertainment

Entertainment

Understanding the Shēngxiào: Fire Horse and All

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Feb 17, 2026

“Thanks, I made it myself!”

“Thanks, I made it myself!”

Feb 17, 2026

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

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

Gay Goals and Hockey Holes: Heated Rival...

Feb 17, 2026

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

Feb 17, 2026

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

Feb 17, 2026

The Pursuit of a Dream

Feb 16, 2026

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

If Doechii Isn’t an Industry Plant… then...

Feb 15, 2026

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Feb 1, 2026

TUKS University: The Game Everyone Is Talking About

TUKS University: The Game Everyone Is Ta...

Feb 1, 2026

Join The Club (Literally)

Join The Club (Literally)

Feb 1, 2026

Dorm Diaries: Tips and Tricks for Surviving Communes

Dorm Diaries: Tips and Tricks for Surviv...

Feb 1, 2026

If You’re So Smart, Then Why Are You Still So Afraid?

If You’re So Smart, Then Why Are You Sti...

Feb 1, 2026

Dear First Year Me…

Dear First Year Me…

Feb 1, 2026

Advanced Friendship Forming 101: What Co...

Feb 1, 2026

PSA: Your Favourite Movie Is Musically M...

Nov 6, 2025

Eat the Rich (and their Almond Milk)

Eat the Rich (and their Almond Milk)

Nov 6, 2025

“Pardon me, are you Aaron Burr, Sir?” Leslie Odom Jr Returns to Hamilton: Has Anything Changed?

“Pardon me, are you Aaron Burr, Sir?” Le...

Oct 20, 2025

You Wouldn’t Steal a Car… But Would You ...

Oct 20, 2025

Latest from Sports

Sports

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

Senegal Crowned Kings of Africa Again

Senegal Crowned Kings of Africa Again

Feb 17, 2026

More Than a Game: How Women are Redefining Sport in 2026

More Than a Game: How Women are Redefini...

Feb 17, 2026

Firing Amorim Is Easy. Fixing Manchester United Is Not.

Firing Amorim Is Easy. Fixing Manchester...

Feb 17, 2026

Controversy, Chaos, and Character: How Senegal Rose Above the AFCON Final Storm

Controversy, Chaos, and Character: How S...

Feb 17, 2026

Cold Sport, Warm Passion: Inside South Africa’s Ice Hockey Community

Cold Sport, Warm Passion: Inside South A...

Feb 17, 2026

Back in the Pool: International Swimming League (ISL) Plans 2026 Return

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Feb 1, 2026

Bafana Bafana Returns to the Word Cup Stage

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Feb 1, 2026

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

Feb 1, 2026

Dominant Australia Retain the Ashes

Dominant Australia Retain the Ashes

Feb 1, 2026

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

Feb 1, 2026

More Than a Game: How USSA Shapes Student Life at South African Universities

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Feb 1, 2026

The NBA: the Gift Which Keeps on Giving

The NBA: the Gift Which Keeps on Giving

Feb 1, 2026

The Rise of EFC: Where African Fighters Go Global

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Feb 1, 2026

Boxing or Branding: The Controversial Rise of Celebrity Fighters

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Feb 1, 2026

UPLympics 2025: Unleash the Energy, Unle...

Nov 6, 2025

Amakhosi AmaShining Again?

Amakhosi AmaShining Again?

Nov 6, 2025

TuksSwimming Crowned USSA 2025 Champions

TuksSwimming Crowned USSA 2025 Champions

Oct 20, 2025

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