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Opera UCT to stage Offenbach’s evergreen ‘Tales of Hoffmann’
French composer Jacques Offenbach’s most well-known opera, Les Contes d’Hoffmann , or The Tales of Hoffmann , comes to the stage in Cape Town in a new production by Opera UCT.
21 Aug 2023
Women’s Month: ‘I am a product of my village’
Assoc Prof Tracey Naledi speaks about her resilience through five years of study and how her work can be applied in practice.
21 Aug 2023
Character strengths workshop to help UCT residence staff flourish
Residence Life staff are welcome to join a ‘Strengths Unleashed’ workshop to identify their top character strengths, part of their personal and professional development.
21 Aug 2023
UCT to support unity walk by Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation
In continuing to remember Uyinene Mrwetyana and many others who lost their lives due to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), the University of Cape Town (UCT) will gather in support of a unity walk organised by the Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation on Saturday, 26 August 2023.
21 Aug 2023
Capacitating the next generation of HoDs through mindful leadership practice
The annual Heads of Department / Division Enhancement Programme took place from 10 to 12 August and brought together 15 newly appointed heads of department.
21 Aug 2023
UCT to host TB Davie lecture by Professor Buhlungu
The University of Cape Town (UCT) will host Vice-Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare (UFH), Professor Sakhela Buhlungu, who will present the 57th annual TB Davie Memorial Lecture.
21 Aug 2023
Tobacco sales ban failed to encourage smokers to quit, UCT research shows
The 20 weeks sales ban on tobacco products introduced by the South African government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic did not have the intended objective of encouraging large-scale smoking cessation, a study has found.
21 Aug 2023
Johaar Mosaval (1928–2023)
Johaar Mosaval, acclaimed ballet dancer and recipient of a 2020 UCT honorary doctorate, has died.
18 Aug 2023
UCT lauded after a recent Language Resources Audit
UCT was lauded for its commitment to multilinguism at a recent USAf-supported Language Resources Audit.
18 Aug 2023
UCT welcomes Sign Language as SA’s 12th official language
June Bothma, a Deaf staff member who teaches South African Sign Language (SASL) at UCT welcomes the announcement that SASL is the country ’ s 12th official language.
18 Aug 2023
Update for postgraduate students
Prof Sue Harrison writes to UCT postgraduate students and their supervisors with updates, information and tips for postgraduate studies.
17 Aug 2023
“Transformation: A Humanising Praxis Think Tank Series” – Session 2
17 Aug 2023
Women’s Month: UK creates ‘hostile environment’ for African sexual and gender-diverse asylum claimants
Skye Chirape’s PhD research centres the lived experiences of African sexual and gender-diverse people seeking refuge in the United Kingdom.
17 Aug 2023
P&S working to speedily resolve issue affecting buildings access
The Properties and Services department (P&S) is working to resolve an issue affecting physical access to various buildings on upper, middle and lower campuses.
16 Aug 2023
TB Davie Memorial Lecture and other updates
16 Aug 2023
Women’s Month: Driven to make a difference
UCT alumna Dr Samkelisiwe Nyamathe knew that her life’s mission would be to help empower people.
16 Aug 2023
UCT retains Africa’s top spot in ARWU rankings
UCT remains the top university on the continent, according to ShanghaiRanking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities 2023.
16 Aug 2023
UCT retains Africa’s top spot on ARWU rankings
The University of Cape Town (UCT) remains the best ranked university on the continent, placing in the top 201–300 band globally according to the 2023 ShanghaiRankings Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) published on 15 August 2023.
16 Aug 2023
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