The Wednesday Wrap | 26 August 2026

What's UP @ Tuks?: 15 UP athletes have been selected for the Commonwealth Games. TuksSport contributed 19 medals at previous Games. Swimmers Pieter Coetzé and Erin Gallagher are the top medal prospects. Di Polotiki tsa Mzansi (SA Politics): King Misuzulu caught on video verbally abusing his wife and insulting a…

This episode of The Wednesday Wrap explored key social, political, and current affairs issues affecting South Africa and the region. The show began with a discussion of the University of Pretoria’s HABITS study, which examined the impact of social media on adolescent identity formation. Researchers found that nearly a quarter…

*What’s UP @ Tuks?:* A recent study by the University of Pretoria and Trinity College Dublin in Ireland, along with several other institutions in Europe have revealed interesting and hidden information about the ocean’s most powerful predators. *Di Polotiki tsa Mzansi (SA Politics):* Julius Malema gets five years in prison…

What’s UP @ Tuks?: Researchers at the University of Pretoria, working with the hearX Foundation, have created a free hearing health training programme that runs on WhatsApp using artificial intelligence. The programme helps teachers spot hearing problems in children early. Hearing loss is the most common sensory issue in kids,…

What’s UP @ Tuks?: UP’s Social Insects Research Group is visiting five Gauteng schools this May to teach learners about pollinators. Without bees and other pollinators, food systems could collapse - most crops depend on them. South Africa is a global centre of bee diversity, and the outreach aims to…