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Top Young Economist in the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences |
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| Rangan Gupta, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, has been ranked number 16 on the Research Papers in Economics (RePEc)’s list of top 200 young economists.
These rankings consider only the youngest economists registered with RePEc. Young is defined by the year of the first publication in any form in the categories of 5 years or less, 10 years or less, 15 years or less and 20 years or less. Prof Gupta received the ranking in the category of 10 years or less. |
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Advocate Pansy Tlakula welcomes new human rights students |
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| Advocate Pansy Tlakula, the Chairperson of the South African Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), who is also the African Commission’s Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa, recently addressed aspiring human rights students from across the African continent. |
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Commitment to sustainability |
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| Prof Derick de Jongh, Director of the Albert Luthuli Centre for Responsible Leadership, was invited by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) to give a presentation at the Deans and Directors General Conference that was hosted by the Koç University School of Business in Turkey from 31 January to 1 February 2013. |
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SARChI research chair in tax policy and governance |
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| The National Research Foundation (NRF) has approved the nomination of Professor Franzsen, Director of the African Tax Institute (ATI), for appointment to the Tier 1 Chair in Tax Policy and Governance at the University of Pretoria.
The South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) is managed by the NRF under the auspices of the national Department of Science and Technology (DST). It is a strategic intervention of the South African government designed to attract and retain excellence in research and innovation at South African universities. Its primary goal is to increase scientific research capacity through the development of human capacity and stimulate the generation of new knowledge. |
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TuksLaw reigns supreme again |
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| During the second week of February 2013, TuksLaw seized the right to represent South Africa in the international rounds of the prestigious Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Washington DC.
The annual South African national qualifying rounds of the Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition were held in Port Elizabeth on 7 and 8 February 2013. |
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