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How to add the #UCTCOVIDPledge stickers to your Facebook story You can easily add UCT COVID-19 pledge stickers to your Facebook story following these easy instructions. 23 Aug 2021
Four powerful productions at first-ever ‘Zabalaza Season of the Best, Masambeni!’ Four powerful productions will be showcased at the first-ever “Zabalaza Season of the Best, Masambeni!” at The Baxter from 7 to 18 September 2021. 23 Aug 2021
In remembrance: Johannes Petrus Conradie The UCT Executive team writes to the UCT community about the passing of Mr Johannes Petrus Conradie (57). 23 Aug 2021
UCT scientists call for improvement in African vaccine manufacturing University of Cape Town (UCT) scientists have called for governments and private sector funders to join forces to urgently create the infrastructure to enable the transformation of local expertise into concrete vaccine manufacturing capability for Africa. 23 Aug 2021
In remembrance: Thomas Makonie The UCT Executive team writes to the UCT community about the passing of Mr Thomas Makonie (56). 23 Aug 2021
UCT past and present students team up in new initiative to boost GBV efforts The University of Cape Town (UCT) has called on its alumni around the world to support the Alumni in Action programme . This new initiative provides psychological assistance to UCT survivors of gender‑based violence (GBV). 23 Aug 2021
Understanding postoperative deaths in Africa – new study Death after surgery is a major public health problem in Africa. Surgical patients in Africa are twice as likely to die in hospital following surgery when compared to the global average . This is due to a failure to recognise and/or respond to common postoperative complications which result in death. 23 Aug 2021
UCT Faculty of Health Sciences statement in planned protest against vaccination at Groote Schuur Hospital The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Faculty of Health Sciences notes with great concern the protest action against vaccination planned outside Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) on Saturday, 21 August 2021. The Faculty deeply values and supports the right to protest as enshrined in the South African Constitution. The choice of the site for this protest, GSH, creates emotional distress in that it targets a site of hope and care during the pandemic. 20 Aug 2021
Women’s Month: Neziswa Titi on being a voice for society’s most vulnerable The UCT Children’s Institute’s Dr Neziswa Titi said it’s important that her work resonates with those it’s intended to impact: children. 20 Aug 2021
UCT ranks top in Africa UCT came top on the continent in ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities 2021. This means UCT leads in Africa in five major world university rankings. 20 Aug 2021
UCT ranked highest by ARWU to become top in Africa on all five ranking bodies The University of Cape Town (UCT) came top on the continent in the ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2021. It has been ranked in 201–300 band by ARWU 2021, published on 15 August 2021. 20 Aug 2021
In remembrance: Mokgosi Mohube The UCT Executive team writes to the UCT community about the passing of Mokgosi Mohube (47) 20 Aug 2021
COVID-19 heaps pressure on South African consumers across the board UCT Liberty Institute of Strategic Marketing has examined the impact of COVID-19-related restrictions on jobs and income. 19 Aug 2021
UCT 2021 Stella Clark Teachers' Award honours outstanding Maths teacher in Limpopo Bernard Cement, a one‑of‑a‑kind, dedicated and passionate mathematics educator with a teaching methodology that’s second to none, is the recipient of the 2021 Stella Clark Teachers’ Award. 19 Aug 2021
The 2021 TB Davie Memorial Lecture and other updates The annual TB Davie Memorial Lecture will take place on Wednesday, 25 August. 19 Aug 2021
Women’s Month: Lana Crowster on all-women big bands and legacy UCT alumnus Lana Crowster’s Lady Day Big Band is a nursery for women musicians and a safe space to perform together. It’s also a legacy project. 19 Aug 2021
UCT Chancellor Dr Moloi-Motsepe honours women in heartfelt tribute University of Cape Town (UCT) Chancellor Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe has, in celebration of Women’s Month, paid tribute to and commended women for their remarkable achievements – recognising that the journey to gender equality is often a long and onerous one, and one that has some way to go still in South Africa. 19 Aug 2021
Women’s Month: Women, step up to uncover Africa’s fossil heritage Africa is rich in dinosaur fossils but more scientists and fieldworkers are needed to uncover this “fabulous heritage”, especially women. 19 Aug 2021
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