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Every week, PDBY Deputy Head Jason Visser joins Tuks FM on air to chat about PDBY stories of interest, while opening up to greater conversations. Founded in 1939, it was originally known as Perdeby before rebranding to PDBY to reflect its expansion into digital and broadcast media. The publication covers…

*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…

What’s UP @ Tuks?: UP master’s graduate James Mahlokwane warns that social media influencers and AI-generated deepfakes will increasingly shape how South African voters perceive political actors in future elections. His research on strategic disinformation found that younger, digitally literate voters are becoming more critical, but vulnerable groups like the…