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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
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
Survey: How AI is affecting assessment practices
I’d like to invite you to participate in a research project, the findings of which will contribute to developing support services and resources to build AI in education literacy and to support assessment practices at the University of Cape Town (UCT).
03 Dec 2025
Opdatering van die Visekanselier se Kampuswye Gesprekke
Toe ons die Visekanselier se Kampuswye Gesprekke in Desember 2024 begin het, was dit met die hoop en verwagting om ’n gesamentlike reis van gesprekke te begin – een waar ons openhartig en eerlik kon omgaan met die moeilike vrae wat ons universiteit in die gesig staar, sodat ons kon begin om die vertroue, verbondenheid en gedeelde doelwit wat die afgelope jare onder druk was, te herstel.
02 Dec 2025
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Update on VC’s Campus-wide Conversations
When we launched the VC’s Campus-wide Conversations in December 2024, it was with the hope and aspiration of beginning a collective journey of conversations – one where we could engage openly and honestly with the difficult questions facing our university, and begin to restore the trust, connection and shared purpose that have all been strained in recent years.
02 Dec 2025
UCT staff awards – celebrating excellence and commitment
The University of Cape Town (UCT) Annual Staff Awards remain one of the most significant and anticipated events on our calendar. Once again, I am reminded that UCT’s greatest asset is its people. From academic staff to Professional, Administrative and Support Services (PASS) colleagues, every individual plays a vital role in shaping our collective success.
28 Nov 2025
