Four women take top spots in civil engineering at UCT

Inspirational UCT graduate and SRC president Akha Tutu reflects on the lessons he learnt during his time as an undergraduate at the university.

University of Cape Town PhD candidate, Alexios Vicatos, graduated with an M.Sc. degree in Supramolecular Chemistry in December 2019.

From a small Kenyan village to a degree cum laude at UCT, graduate Willie Macharia proved that resistance is no match for resilience.

Women have taken four of the five top spots in the final-year civil engineering class, a salute to excellence and a spur to equality.

For the second year in a row, women have taken most of the top spots in the final-year civil engineering class at the University of Cape Town – a salute to excellence and a spur to equality.

UCT PhD graduate Tryphine Zulu will continue using her passion for health economics to help fight inequalities in the country, in Africa and beyond.

After 10 years, and having prevailed over many challenges, Paveshan Moodley finally has his degree from UCT.

Graduation organist Alexios Vicatos is a multi-talented PhD candidate in supramolecular chemistry, a musician and horologist, and a restorer of the Cape Town City Hall’s carillon.

Despite the challenges of navigating campus on a prosthetic leg, Jamie Adams has received her second honours degree – this time in organisational psychology.

After tragedy struck his family in 1999, civil engineering graduand Tsepiso Tshivhase says he reached “rock bottom” years later in his final year at UCT.

Chemical engineering graduate-in-waiting Jabulani Nyathi says students should not be afraid to seek help when university life becomes too overwhelming.

A desire to learn more about disability in education inspired Sarah Oosthuizen to immerse herself in online courses and sign up for UCT’s Postgraduate Diploma in Disability Studies.

Arriving at UCT was a profound shock to Roxanne Mohunlal’s system, but fast-forward just a few years and she’s about to receive her PhD.

Assistant librarian Noziphiwo Sigwela will be graduating with an honours degree in city planning later this month.

UCT Properties and Services staff member Fouzia Thesen’s granddaughter Leila Thesen is the family’s first university graduate.