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Feature Vision 2030: a community journey towards a new vision for UCT

We have already invited many of you to take the first steps with us on a journey that will see the creation of a new strategy for our institution.

31 Jul 2020

Feature Coronavirus Disease 2019

UCT is taking the COVID-19 pandemic seriously, and this page will feature the latest news and updates for the UCT community.

05 Feb 2020

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News UCT the only Financial Times ranked MBA school in Africa

The UCT GSB is the only business school in Africa to feature in the prestigious Financial Times rankings for its groundbreaking Executive MBA programme.

26 Oct 2020 - 4 min read

News Just Transition Transaction case study – towards energy equity

UCT researchers have devised a Just Transition Transaction that promises to decarbonise South Africa’s energy sector, salvage Eskom and create employment.

26 Oct 2020 - 7 min read

News Student NPO helps youth unleash their potential

UCT student Moeketsi Mashibini and his team have established Pantsula with a Purpose: an NPO that aims to bridge the gap between high school and university.

23 Oct 2020 - 4 min read

News Studying the immune system’s response to COVID-19

A team of researchers at UCT is studying the immune system’s response to COVID-19 to establish how long immunity lasts after patients recover from the virus.

23 Oct 2020 - 9 min read

News UCT’s budding legal eagles soar at moot competition

UCT law students emerged victorious after the final round of this year’s Kate O’Regan Intervarsity Moot Competition, which took place on Saturday, 17 October.

22 Oct 2020 - 5 min read

The Baxter is back with a benefit fundraiser Championed by UCT’s vice-chancellor, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, a new production celebrates the Baxter’s return to opening its doors under lockdown Level 1. 21 Oct 2020

UCT boasts three new African Academy of Sciences fellows The African Academy of Sciences has elected three UCT academics as fellows for their significant contributions to the advancement of science in Africa. 19 Oct 2020

‘UCT taught me resilience’ Reflecting on three decades at UCT, Rosina Court said that she is grateful for the opportunities that arose from her time at the university. 19 Oct 2020

National physical activity policy for COVID-19 and beyond COVID-19 has highlighted the need for a multi-faceted national plan for physical activity to underpin the country’s health development. 19 Oct 2020

Interactive website tracks SA’s post-school qualifications Siyaphambili, a project in UCTʼs Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, has launched an interactive website to help track South Africa’s post-school qualification scores. 16 Oct 2020

Mobile app for UCT’s Jammie Shuttle Users of the Jammie Shuttle mobile app can now access the campus bus serviceʼs schedules and other information at a click of a button. 16 Oct 2020

Visit the Irma Stern Museum on its new website Closed since lockdown began, the Irma Stern Museum has launched a new website to allow fans, old and new, to enjoy the museum online. 16 Oct 2020

Virtual staff assembly: difficult year provides useful lessons The UCT executive hosted an online staff assembly to discuss and respond to questions about the challenges of 2020 and the university’s plans for 2021. 15 Oct 2020

Construction begins on new d-school building A new home for Africa’s first school dedicated to design thinking is officially under construction on UCT’s middle campus. 14 Oct 2020

35th anniversary of the Trojan Horse Massacres

As South Africa remembers the tragic events of 15 and 16 October 1985, when forces of the apartheid government took the lives of five youths, and injured more, four members of the UCT community reflect on what happened 35 years ago.

Videos Trojan Horse Massacre: 35 years on

Tuesday, 15 October 1985. A joint task force, organised by the National Joint Operational Centre (JOC), sent a decoy truck into Athlone, Cape Town.

20 Oct 2020

Photo Essay Commemorating the 35th anniversary of the Trojan Horse Massacres

As South Africa remembers the tragedy of 15 and 16 October 1985, four members of the UCT community reflect on what happened.

16 Oct 2020

News Trojan Horse Massacres: ‘It’s like it never happened’

Three prominent members of the UCT community reflect on the Trojan Horse Massacres and the tragic events that unfolded 35 years ago.

16 Oct 2020 - 10 min read

News The Trojan Horse Massacre: ‘We had stones; they had bullets’

Four prominent members of the UCT community reflect on the Trojan Horse Massacre and the tragic events that unfolded 35 years ago.

15 Oct 2020 - 8 min read

Works of art at UCT

The Works of Art Collection committee, which oversees the display and integration of art into campus life, is reshaping the university’s art collection and transforming it into a resource for researchers, curators and students.

Photo Essay Works of art at UCT

For UCT’s Works of Art Collection committee, the university’s vast visual art collection offers an opportunity to contribute to an inclusive expression of heritage.

30 Sep 2020

Videos UCT’s Works of Art Collection committee rethinks art and accessibility

The University of Cape Town boasts a vast visual art collection, which comprises approximately 1 700 artworks across 70 UCT buildings.

29 Sep 2020

News Redressing past injustices with art

The new chairperson of UCT’s Works of Art Collection committee says she aims to shape an equitable art collection that will become a valuable resource.

10 Sep 2020 - 8 min read

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Trojan Horse Massacres: ‘It’s like it never happened’

Three prominent members of the UCT community reflect on the Trojan Horse Massacres and the tragic events that unfolded 35 years ago.

16 Oct 2020 - 10 min read

Rhodes’ Distinguished Alumni Award for Robert Morrell

UCT social scientist and gender and masculinities scholar Dr Robert Morrell has been awarded a Rhodes University 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award.

16 Oct 2020 - 8 min read

The Trojan Horse Massacre: ‘We had stones; they had bullets’

Four prominent members of the UCT community reflect on the Trojan Horse Massacre and the tragic events that unfolded 35 years ago.

15 Oct 2020 - 8 min read

Social Responsiveness Award: a unique study on youth and HIV

Dr Rebecca Hodes has won UCT’s Social Responsiveness Award for a unique, collaborative study on youth vertically infected with HIV.

08 Oct 2020 - >10 min read