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The Faculty of Commerce’s graduation on Friday, 14 December, was a celebration of being African in a world undergoing unprecedented change. 14 Dec 2018 - 5 min read

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‘Set your super-power dials to “in service” ’

“Set your super-power dials to ‘in service’,” Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng told graduands at a special graduation ceremony where she was officially robed as Vice-Chancellor. 14 Dec 2018 - 4 min read

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Sarah Baartman Hall: Potent transformation symbol

History was made on 13 December when UCT’s newly robed Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, announced that Memorial Hall will be renamed the Sarah Baartman Hall. 14 Dec 2018 - 3 min read

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‘Tell them about the dream’

Graduation season has started on a high note with the robing of the Vice-Chancellor, academics being honoured and Humanities graduands being urged to be courageous. 14 Dec 2018 - 6 min read

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Four doctors, two families make it a double

It’s not often that two sets of brothers who are close friends graduate from the same two faculties – and each with the title of doctor. 14 Dec 2018 - 4 min read

Twin cities connect struggle and liberation sites Associate Professor Svea Josephy received a Creative Works Award for her solo exhibition, Satellite Cities, at today’s graduation. It is one of three such awards. 13 Dec 2018

Symphony of elements wins Creative Works Award Professor Hendrik Hofmeyr, of the South African College of Music, receives a Creative Works Award at today’s graduation for his composition Second Symphony – The Elements. 13 Dec 2018

Creative Works Award for Womb of Fire Dr Sara Matchett’s Creative Works Award winner, Womb of Fire, addresses how centuries of violence in South Africa continue to play out on women’s bodies. 13 Dec 2018

UCT Book Award for classics scholar Professor David Wardle’s work Suetonius: Life of Augustus has won him the 2018 UCT Book Award. 13 Dec 2018

Burst of energy from new UCT lecturers The completion of the New Academic Practitioners’ Programme (NAPP) was cause for celebration for 20 new lecturers at UCT. 13 Dec 2018

‘Razor-sharp intellect, exceptional humility’ UCT alumnus and a founding trustee of the university trust, Nobel Prize winner Sir Aaron Klug is remembered for his “razor-sharp intellect”, yet “exceptional humility”. 12 Dec 2018

Commitment, passion and dogged determination Due to graduate with a PhD in Medical Biochemistry, Kehilwe Nakedi reflects on her academic journey and the pleasure of seeing things finally fall into place. 12 Dec 2018

DataFirst rescues historical apartheid-era datasets UCT’s DataFirst research data service has partnered with Rhodes University and the University of KwaZulu-Natal to rescue two historical datasets. 12 Dec 2018

An extra special Golden Grad celebration Golden Grad Madi Gray, a veteran of the nine-day Bremner sit-in of 1968, will be among other UCT alumni celebrating their Golden Graduation this week. 12 Dec 2018

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Graduates must become ‘more African‘ The Faculty of Commerce’s graduation on Friday, 14 December, was a celebration of being African in a world undergoing unprecedented change. 14 Dec 2018

‘Set your super-power dials to “in service” ’ “Set your super-power dials to ‘in service’,” Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng told graduands at a special graduation ceremony where she was officially robed as Vice-Chancellor. 14 Dec 2018

‘Tell them about the dream’ Graduation season has started on a high note with the robing of the Vice-Chancellor, academics being honoured and Humanities graduands being urged to be courageous. 14 Dec 2018

Four doctors, two families make it a double It’s not often that two sets of brothers who are close friends graduate from the same two faculties – and each with the title of doctor. 14 Dec 2018