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Triumphant return for Woza Albert!
South African theatre luminaries Mbongeni Ngema and Percy Mtwa reprise their original roles in their theatre classic Woza Albert! at the Baxter Theatre next month.
21 Jan 2019
Collaboration and inclusivity important to new dean of law
Preparing UCT’s law graduates to be the best in the country will be a key focus for new Dean of Law Professor Danwood Chirwa.
18 Jan 2019
Laws and land dispossession
On the first day of his five-day UCT Summer School course, Professor Lungisile Ntsebeza painted a grim picture of how laws were used to enable land dispossession.
18 Jan 2019
Questions on bio-bricks grown from urine answered
News that UCT had grown the first bio-brick from human urine made world headlines. Dr Dyllon Randall’s subsequent public lecture answers common questions about the project.
16 Jan 2019
Finding Khoisan connections on the Cape Flats
A UCT Summer School course examines research into and discussions about South Africa’s indigenous peoples and their connection to the Cape Flats.
16 Jan 2019
UCT remains top university in Africa
UCT remains the top university in Africa, holding its position at ninth in the 2019 Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings.
16 Jan 2019
Tuition programme helps learners shine
Applications for the 2019 SHAWCO Shine tuition programme for high school learners are now open – with 25% discount on offer to UCT staff.
16 Jan 2019
‘Doc’ Moss Memorial Day 2019
Join the UCT Rugby Club on Saturday as they celebrate the life of SA rugby legend and former club president and coach “Doc” Cecil Moss, at Doc Moss Memorial Day 2019.
15 Jan 2019
The science of the obese brain
Tackling the complex issue of obesity and its two most concerning related diseases – diabetes and heart disease – requires multi-faceted consideration.
15 Jan 2019
Achieving SA’s ‘new dawn’
Economist Iraj Abedian unpacked his plan for South Africa’s economic revival during a three-day lecture at UCT’s Summer School.
14 Jan 2019
VC visits world’s largest experiment
VC Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng is currently visiting the Swiss home of the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN).
14 Jan 2019
Baxter to host award-winning play Sainthood
The 2018 Standard Bank Ovation Award-winning play Sainthood, which interrogates all-boys school culture, comes to the Baxter Golden Arrow Studio next month.
11 Jan 2019
UCT General Practitioners Conference 2019
UCT’s Division of Family Medicine will host the General Practitioners 2019 conference from 14 to 18 January at the Sports Science Institute of South Africa.
11 Jan 2019
Solving SA’s literacy crisis
An education expert has told UCT Summer School participants that there’s no quick fix for South Africaʼs literacy crisis. It will take time and hard work.
11 Jan 2019
Tackling an ‘uneasy campus culture’
Symbolic change must be accompanied by practical transformation to ultimately rid UCT of the legacy of Cecil John Rhodes, Carla Lever argues.
11 Jan 2019
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Focus on SA’s apartheid-era spies
UCT Summer School participants spent three days delving into the lives of some of South Africa’s infamous apartheid-era spies.
10 Jan 2019
UCT Annual Awards
Long-serving staff were honoured at the Annual Awards in November when VC Prof Mamokgethi Phakeng also congratulated recipients of ad hom promotions, the Distinguished Teacher Award and the Alan Pifer Award.
10 Jan 2019
Sarah Baartman Hall: Potent transformation symbol
In December the newly robed Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, announced that Memorial Hall, previously Jameson Memorial Hall, will be renamed the Sarah Baartman Hall.
10 Jan 2019
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