Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(S.Afr.) a student of the Transvaal University College, since 1930 renamed University of Pretoria; also attrib.

1970		informant in DSAE (1996).
1972		‘Rawbone Malong’ Ah Big Yaws? 25: Another such rivalry exists [...] between the Vitsies (the University of Witwatersrand) and the Tukkies (the University of Pretoria).
1987		S. Afr. Panorama May 43: In spite of his 78 years, the former Tukkie (student of the University of Pretoria) still has plenty of go [DSAE].
1990		Sun. Times (Jo’burg) 4 Mar. 27: They kept out wave after wave of Tukkie jerseys for 28 minutes in the second half [DSAE].
2006		C. Miller Salt and Honey 188: I read the other day that some Tukkies professor advised kaffirs against using sheets. Something about it being bad for the shine on their skin.