Visually impaired PhD graduate Joan Byamugisha said that without the support of her classmates and the university, getting to graduation day would have been impossible.

Civil Engineering’s top 2019 honours graduate Mwana Mwale’s research thesis has won second place in the National IP Showdown for South African universities.

Handing in final thesis corrections can be a fraught time, especially on a bicycle in rural Africa, without Wi-Fi, only hours from deadline.

An array of dynamic UCT women in white lab coats shared their scientific research with passers-by at South Africa’s first Soapbox Science event.