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Call for applications: Future Professors Programme
The Future Professors Programme (FPP) is a national, collaborative programme aimed at producing a critical mass of academic excellence and leadership within South African higher education. The FPP is based on an innovative approach to growing a representative professoriate through the implementation of a structured programme.
09 Feb 2026
Restoring financial stability at UCT
The 2025 financial year saw the University of Cape Town (UCT) achieve a 1% surplus of approximately R50 million on its general operating budget (GOB), an achievement rendered even more important after the university endured three unprecedented years of budget deficits (R118 million in 2022, R350 million in 2023 and R193 million in 2024).
04 Feb 2026
Annual Bongani Mayosi Memorial Lecture
The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS), in partnership with the Bongani Mayosi Foundation, will host the next Bongani Mayosi Memorial Lecture on Friday, 23 January 2026. The lecture will be delivered by Dr Lehana Thabane, professor in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact at McMaster University in Canada. He will speak on the theme “Fostering evidence-based humanity in the academy and beyond”.
19 Dec 2025
Farewell to Dean of the Faculty of Law
It is with heartfelt gratitude that I write to bid farewell to Professor Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa, Dean of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Faculty of Law, who will be vacating his position on 31 December 2025. Professor Chirwa was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Law on 1 January 2019, the year the faculty celebrated 160 years of shaping legal minds.
17 Dec 2025
