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Confluency exhibition travels to National Arts Festival Fresh from its showing at the Centre for African Studies gallery at UTC, the ‘Confluency’ art exhibition headed for the National Arts Festival in Makhanda. 30 Jun 2023
VC hosts dinner in honour of Ikey Tigers Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng hosted a dinner for the FNB Ikey Tigers, who recently finished second in the 2021 FNB Varsity Cup. 17 Jun 2021
Summiting Lion’s Head – symbolic of overcoming life’s struggles On Saturday, 12 June, UCT VC Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng and Mastercard Foundation Program Scholars made their way up Lion’s Head. 15 Jun 2021
Conquering Lion’s Head UCT Mastercard Foundation Scholars proved that their fitness levels match their academic talents when they joined VC Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng to conquer Lion’s Head. 04 Jun 2019
Future Leaders Dinner Young researchers selected for UCT’s 2030 Future Leaders Programme were treated to an intimate dinner with VC Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng at Glenara on 28 May. 03 Jun 2019
Winter graduation Winter graduation saw over 350 graduands, including nearly 60 PhDs, gather in Memorial Hall on Friday, 22 June 2018. 27 Jun 2018
Farewell, Dr Price After serving the University of Cape Town as Vice-Chancellor for 10 years, the university community bids farewell to Dr Max Price at the end of June 2018. 25 Jun 2018
MeerLICHT: A new window on the southern skies A new and fully customised optical telescope, MeerLICHT – meaning “more light”, was launched at the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) facilities in Sutherland on 25 May, 2018. 01 Jun 2018
Traces and Tracks South African photographer Paul Weinberg has spent more than 30 years making vital visual documents in San communities across southern Africa. Traces and Tracks offers a view into the lives he encountered during his journeys. 19 Jun 2017
Fresh lens With a late start to the 2017 academic year, campus is not yet its usual bustling self. Robyn Walker, the new photographic intern an UCT's newsroom, looks at the quiet university from a fresh perspective. 13 Jun 2017
Femme in Public “Femme in Public” is a creative collaborative fashion protest that kicked off with a fierce and unapologetic bang when US performance artist/activist/poet Alok Vaid-Menon joined forces with some of South Africa’s trans and gender-non-conforming artists. 13 Jun 2017
June Grad 2016 20 Jun 2016
RetroGrad 2015 08 Jun 2016
A Family Affair 17 Jun 2015
June Graduation 2014 18 Jun 2014
Celebrating Africa Billed as 'the antidote to Afro-pessimism', this year's Africa Month affirmed our continental connectedness. 17 Jun 2014
Celebrate Africa 06 Jun 2014
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