The University of Pretoria is a public university in Pretoria,South Africa's universities. Retrieved August 31, 2009 the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa.Conference Venues and Conference Centres Pretoria, Gauteng. Retrieved September 18, 2009 The university in its more than a century of academic service has delivered more than 200,000 alumni. UP in a Nutshell 2008. Retrieved September 17, 2009 Below is a list of prominent alumni.
Authors and academics Prof Tshilidzi Marwala: academic, engineer Paul Moorcraft: author, BBC commentator Prof Pierre de Villiers Pienaar: author and pioneer of speech therapy in South Africa Prof Calie Pistorius: Vice-Chancellor of the University of Pretoria, 2001–2009 Professor Fransjohan Pretorius: historian of the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902) Prof Saurabh Sinha: academic, engineer, author and executive dean Prof Bettine van Vuuren, zoologist Dr Ruth Murambadoro, political scientist and African feminist scholar
Arts and entertainment
Jana Cilliers: actress Bettie Cilliers-Barnard: fine artist Dr Mimi Coertse: opera singer Ampie du Preez: actor Tsakane Valentine Maswanganyi Focalistic: South African Rapper and Amapiano artist Sandra Prinsloo: actress Amanda Strydom: actress Brümilda van Rensburg: actress Verna Vels: voice artist, television director Carrol Boyes: artist and businesswoman
Sport personalities
Springbok captains: Naas Botha Wynand Claassen Victor Matfield Joost van der Westhuizen
Other Springboks: Gary Botha Fanie de Villiers Ernst Dinkelmann Heyneke Meyer Wynand Olivier Danie Rossouw Pierre Spies Jesse Kriel
Other rugby internationals: Duhan van der Merwe (represents Scotland)
MMA: Dricus du Plessis
Business leaders and entrepreneurs Dr Willem Barnard: CEO, KWV Laurie Dippenaar: FirstRand Bank Chairman Dr Marius Kloppers: international CEO of global mining giant BHP Billitoni Daniel Snzile Ndima, biotechnology entrepreneur Dr Anton Rupert: billionaire, former UP chancellor and Tukkie of the Century Dr Chris Stals: business leader; former UP chancellor Giam Swiegers: CEO of Deloitte Australia Elon Musk, a founder, CEO or both of all of: PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, OpenAI, The Boring Company and Neuralink. Stefan J.M. Swanepoel American business executive, author, and real estate strategist.
Law Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi: former Minister of Public Service and Administration Prof Christof Heyns: United Nations Human Rights Council; Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executionsUnited Nations Human Rights Council appoints Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria as Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Retrieved 23 September 2010 Judge Johann Kriegler Frans Lourens Herman Rumpff, Chief Justice of South Africa Judge Johann van der Westhuizen: Constitution Court Prof. Kithure A. Kindiki, former Tharaka-Nithi senator, Cabinet Secretary of Interior and National Administration of Kenya.
Health and medicine
Dr Sindisiwe van Zyl, physician, radio DJ, columnist, health activist and researcher Prof Flavia Senkubuge, physician, professor of public health medicine, past president of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
Theologians, welfare, psychology Michael Licona Archbishop Desmond Tutu: social rights activist; winner of Nobel Peace Prize Dr. Toyin Ajao – Scholar and founder of Ìmọ́lẹ̀ of Afrika Centre, focused on restorative healing of intergenerational trauma
Others Etienne de Villiers: executive chairperson and president, ATP Tennis Elizabeth Voigt: late director of the McGregor Museum, Kimberley Naledi Chirwa: EFF Member of ParliamentWho is Naledi Chirwa - Drama student‚ Zuma tormentor‚ EFF student leader and fees must fall campaigner Shudufhadzo Musida: Miss South Africa 2020 Lalela Mswane: Miss South Africa 2021 & Miss Supranational 2022 Ndavi Nokeri: Miss South Africa 2022
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